Eternal flame (Sarajevo)

Eternal flame Vječna vatra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
200px The Eternal flame in Sarajevo
For the military and civilian victims of the Second World War in Sarajevo
Established	6 April 1946 (1946-04-06)
Location

The Eternal flame (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: 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 is located in the center of Sarajevo at the corner the Marshal Tito street and the main Sarajevo pedestrian street, Ferhadija.

In the very early morning of Sunday, 2 January 2011, the Vječna vatra was attempted to be extinguished by a gathering of revellers. However, the flame refused to be extinguished and instead grew in strength, quickly scattering the revellers.

Inscription

Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian

English

Hrabrošću I Zajednički Prolivenom Krvlju Boraca Bosansko-Hercegovačkih, Hrvatskih, Crnogorskih I Srpskih Brigada Slavne Jugoslavenske Armije, Zajedničkim Naporima I Žrtvama Sarajevskih Rodoljuba Srba, Muslimana I Hrvata 6 Aprila 1945 Oslobođeno Je Sarajevo Glavni Grad Narodne Republike Bosne I Hercegovine Vječna Slava I Hvala Palim Junacima za Oslobođenje Sarajeva I Naše Otažbine O Prvoj Godišnjici Svoga Oslobođenja Zahvalno Sarajevo

With Courage and the Jointly Spilled Blood of the Fighters of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian Brigades of the Glorious Yugoslav National Army; with the Joint Efforts and Sacrifices of Sarajevan Patriots Serbs, Muslims and Croats on the 6th of April 1945 Sarajevo, the Capital City of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was liberated. Eternal Glory and Gratitude to the Fallen Heroes of the liberation of Sarajevo and our Homeland, On the First Anniversary of its Liberation-- a Grateful Sarajevo

Gallery

• VjecnaVatra.jpg

  From a distance

• Sarajevo Finance ministry1.jpg

  From a greater distance

• The Eternal flame in Sarajevo (1).JPG

  The Eternal flame in Sarajevo

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  The Eternal flame from air