The Vraca Memorial Park ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Spomen-park Vraca, separator=" / ", Спомен-парк Враца) is a park dedicated to the
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
victims in
Sarajevo
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
It covers 78,000 square meters and mentions the names of over 11,000 men, women, and children killed during World War II.
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History
The idea was to rehabilitate an old Austro-Hungarian
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fortress by combining the work of Vladimir Dobrović as designer, Alija Kučukalić as sculptor, and Aleksandar Maltarić as landscaper. Construction began in April 1980 and was finished in November 1981. The Memorial Park was opened on November 25, 1981,[ the "Day of Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina" in SR Bosnia & Herzegovina commemorationg the date that ]ZAVNOBIH
The State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Zemaljsko antifašističko vijeće narodnog oslobođenja Bosne i Hercegovine, Земаљско антифашистичко виjеће нар ...
held their first meeting in 1943.[
In 1996, the park was systematically destroyed by withdrawing VRS forces after the signing of the ]Dayton Agreement
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Dejtonski mirovni sporazum, Дејтонски мировни споразум), and colloquially kn ...
.
In 2005, the park was declared a National Monument .
On 16 May 2019, the park was renovated, where night lighting was connected for the first time,
and the eternal flame was kindled after 27 years.
See also
* List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Partisan cemetery in Livno is located in Livno
Livno ( Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ''Ливно'', ) is a town and the administrative center of the Township of Livno and Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the river Bis ...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
* Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar is located in Mostar
Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina.
Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
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Parks in Sarajevo
Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials
Monuments and memorials in Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1981 establishments in Yugoslavia
Memorial parks
Yugoslav Bosnian and Herzegovinian architecture