Trebević ( sr-cyrl, Требевић) is a mountain in central

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, located to the southeast of

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, in the territory of East Sarajevo city, bordering Jahorina mountain. Trebević is tall, making it the second shortest of the Sarajevo mountains. During the

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, Trebević was known as ''Zlatni Do''. During the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки иг� ...

Trebević, like the other Sarajevo mountains, was used for a number of Olympic events, such as

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. Trebević today is important as a tourist destination for citizens of Sarajevo as

Igman Igman ( sr-cyrl, Игман, ) is a mountain plateau in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. Geologically, Igman is part of the Dinaric Alps and formed largely of secondary and tertiary sedimentary rock, mostly Limestone. It is located southwest of ...

Bjelašnica Bjelašnica ( sr-cyrl, Бјелашница, ) is a mountain in central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is to the southwest of Sarajevo, bordering Mount Igman. Bjelašnica's tallest peak, by which the mountain group got its name, rises to an elevation ...

. Most of the

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s are now cleared from heavy fighting that took place in the early 1990s. There are a few hotels, mountaineering homes, and other such structures on Trebević and the immediate area. The mountain is very popular for family picnics, hiking, climbing, mountain biking and it has a downhill track for local and international skiing competitions. Trebević has been the main excursion site for Sarajevo citizens due to the favorable geographical position, climate and the beauty of the nature. The biological diversity is among the highest and it is extraordinary to find such a phenomenon near the heart of the big city. On 9 April 2014,

Sarajevo Canton The Sarajevo Canton, officially the Canton of Sarajevo ( bs, Kanton Sarajevo; hr, Sarajevska županija; sr-Cyrl, Сарајевски кантон), is one of 10 cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It ...

Assembly declared Trebević a protected area, in order to conserve and improve each element of the geographical and biological diversity. Trebević can be reached from Sarajevo by the Trebević Cable Car, which starts from the neighbourhood of Bistrik.

Mineral and crystal deposits

The area is known to contain

quartz Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica ( silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical ...

siderite Siderite is a mineral composed of iron(II) carbonate (FeCO3). It takes its name from the Greek word σίδηρος ''sideros,'' "iron". It is a valuable iron mineral, since it is 48% iron and contains no sulfur or phosphorus. Zinc, magnesium an ...

, and

calcite Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is a very common mineral, particularly as a component of limestone. Calcite defines hardness 3 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, based on scra ...

crystal deposits, and one such item is on display in

at the

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History

1984 Winter Olympics

Orthodox cross controversy

In March 2008, a

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organization Savez logoraša Republike Srpske (''Association of Bosnian Serb War Prisoners''), led by Branislav Dukić, announced its intention to erect a giant high

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at the part of the mountain on

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territory in order to commemorate the

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victims in Sarajevo during the

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. The idea followed a move by

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who erected a Catholic Christian cross on Hum Hill above

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, remembering Croats killed there during the Bosnian War.Bosnia Serbs To Erect Sarajevo Cross
, ''Balkaninsight.com'', 12 March 2008

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asked Republika Srpska authorities not to allow the construction of the cross. The structure was built in early 2014, only for it to be demolished within a month by persons unknown. There has recently been talk about its reconstruction; however, this has yet to materialise due to the fear of it being demolished once again.

References

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