Eternal flame (Sarajevo)
Eternal flame Vječna vatra | |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
For The military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo | |
Established | 6 April 1946 |
Location | 43°51′31.90″N 18°25′18.70″E / 43.8588611°N 18.4218611°E |
The Eternal flame (Serbo-Croatian: Vječna vatra, Вјечна ватра) is a memorial to the military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The memorial was dedicated on 6 April 1946, the first anniversary of the liberation of Sarajevo from the four-year-long occupation by Nazi Germany and the fascist Independent State of Croatia.
The memorial was designed by architect Juraj Neidhardt and is located in the center of Sarajevo at the junction of Mula Mustafa Bašeskije, Titova and Ferhadija streets.[1]
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From a distance
The Eternal flame in Sarajevo
The Eternal flame from air
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Coordinates: 43°51′31.90″N 18°25′18.70″E / 43.8588611°N 18.4218611°E
Categories:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina in World War II
- Monuments and memorials in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Grad Sarajevo
- Eternal flames
- 1946 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Yugoslav World War II monuments and memorials
- National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and Herzegovina history stubs