Sebilj
Sebilj | |
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Sebilj in Baščaršija square.
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General information | |
Town or city | Sarajevo |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Completed | 1753 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Mehmed Pasha Kukavica |
The Sebilj (Bosnian: sebilj - Turkish: sebil) is a kiosk-shaped public wooden and stone fountain.
Sarajevo's Sebilj
The Sebilj is a pseudo-Ottoman-style wooden fountain (Sebil) in the centre of Baščaršija square in Sarajevo built by Mehmed Pasha Kukavica in 1753. It was relocated by Austrian architect Alexander Wittek in 1891.[1] It is also frequently called "the pigeon square".
A multi-national collaborative public arts project created a life-size contemporary interpretation of the famous public fountain and landmark in Birmingham, utilising traditional Bosnian design and craft techniques and combined with modern digital technology.[2][3][4]
There is a replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in Belgrade, Serbia, gifted by the city of Sarajevo in 1989.[5]
There is a replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States gifted by the Bosnian community to the city of St. Louis for its 250th birthday. [6]
There is replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in Novi Pazar. It was gift from Bosnian capital city Sarajevo.
References
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=-WIEYZ-SMHEC&pg=PA116
- ↑ http://www.newgenerationarts.co.uk/nga-news/sebilj-an-arabic-word-for-a-kiosk-shaped-public-fo/[dead link]
- ↑ http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/news/item/project_b_sebilj_art_architecture_community_project/
- ↑ http://www.axisweb.org/seWork.aspx?WORKID=59622
- ↑ Tourist Organization of Belgrade – Sebilj Fountain
- ↑ St. Louis Bosnians - [1]
External links
- http://www.visitsarajevo.ba/sightseeing/attractions/historical-sarajevo/sebilj Sebilj - Sarajevo
- http://www.virtualnosarajevo.com.ba/sebilj.htm
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- Stari Grad, Sarajevo
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