Stari Grad ( sr-cyrl, Стари Град, ; lit. "Old Town") is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of the city of

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. It is the oldest and most historically significant part of Sarajevo. At its heart is the Baščaršija, the old town market sector where the city was founded by Ottoman general Isa-Beg Ishaković in the 15th century.

Features

The

of Stari Grad is characterized by its many

religious Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural ...

structures, and examples of unique Bosnian architecture. The eastern half of Stari Grad consists of the Ottoman influenced sectors of the city, while the western half showcases an architecture and

culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

that arrived with

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...

, symbolically representing the city as a meeting place between East and West. The population of Stari Grad is 36,976, making it the least populous of Sarajevo's four municipalities. Its population density of 742.5 inhabitants per km² also ranks it last among the four. Stari Grad contains numerous

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

s and tourist attractions including the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, Emperor's Mosque, the Sarajevo Cathedral and more.

Demographics

1971

126,598 total *

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

- 74,354 (58.73%) *

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

- 27,658 (21.84%) *

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

- 12,903 (10.19%) *

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; ; ) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: ...

- 5,944 (4.69%) *Others - 5,739 (4.55%)

1991

50,744 total *Bosniaks - 39,410 (77.66%) *Serbs - 5,150 (10.14%) *Croats - 1,126 (2.21%) *Yugoslavs - 3,374 (6.64%) *Others - 1,684 (3.35%)

2013

36,976 total *Bosniaks - 32,794 (88.68%) *Croats - 685 (1.85%) *Serbs - 467 (1.26%) *Others - 3,030 (8.19%)

Sites

Prior to 1914, the Austro-Hungarians who ruled

wanted land in the Sarajevo Old Town district to build a city hall and library.Barnett, Tracy. (June 25, 2006) San Antonio Express-News
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' Section: Travel; Page 1L. The land had a home on it and, despite offering the owner money, he refused and continued to refuse even when told that he had to move. When the officials threatened him, he moved the house and rebuilt it, piece by piece, on the other side of the Miljacka river, as a way of spiting the officials. The Sarajevo spite house operates today as a restaurant, called "Inat Kuća", which means "Spite House."

Gallery

File:KantonSarajevoMunicipalities.png, No. 7 on this map of the Sarajevo Canton. File:Sarajevo Kaisermoschee.JPG, The Emperor's Mosque. File:Bosnien catholic church in Sarajevo-2.jpg, The Sarajevo cathedral. File:Sarajevo Seher Cehaja Brücke.JPG, Šeher-Ćehaja Bridge. File:Saborna crkva u Sarajevu.jpg, The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos.

References

External links

Stari Grad, Sarajevo website
{{Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, state=collapsed Populated places in the Sarajevo Canton Populated places established in the 1460s 1461 establishments in Europe Ottoman period in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina Architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina''