Vijećnica
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Sarajevo City Hall (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Gradska vijećnica Sarajevo / Градска вијећница Сарајево), known as Vijećnica (Вијећница), is located in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was designed in 1891 by the Czech architect Karel Pařík, but criticisms by the minister, Baron Béni Kállay, caused him to stop working on the project. It was initially the largest and most representative building of the Austro-Hungarian period in Sarajevo and served as the city hall.
Key facts
- Monument.name
- Sarajevo City Hall
- Monument.native_name
- Gradska vijećnica Sarajevo / Градска вијећница Сарајево
- Monument.image
- Sarajevská radnice Vijećnica.jpg
- Monument.caption
- Vijećnica in 2022
- Monument.location
- Sarajevo
- Monument.designer
- Karel Pařík, Alexander Wittek, Ćiril M. Iveković
- Monument.type
- City hall
- Monument.begin
- 1891
- Monument.complete
- 1896
- Monument.open
- 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city hall
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Located in
- Stari Grad
- Location
- Sarajevo
- Official website
- www.vijecnica.ba
- Image
- Sarajevská radnice Vijećnica.jpg
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- Commons category
- Town hall in Sarajevo
- date of official opening
- 1894-00-00
- heritage designation
- National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- architect
- Karel Pařík
- street address
- Obala Kulina bana br. 1, Baščaršija, 71000 Sarajevo
- inception
- 1891-00-00
- postal code
- 71000
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Renewal
- Delayed opening
- Legacy
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Sarajevo City Hall (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Gradska vijećnica Sarajevo / Градска вијећница Сарајево), known as Vijećnica (Вијећница), is located in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was designed in 1891 by the Czech architect Karel Pařík, but criticisms by the minister, Baron Béni Kállay, caused him to stop working on the project. It was initially the largest and most representative building of the Austro-Hungarian period in Sarajevo and served as the city hall.
The building was reopened on July 17, 2014. It is the current seat and headquarters of the Mayor of Sarajevo, as well as the Sarajevo City Council.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vijećnica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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