10 Places in Sarajevo That Shaped the World

Hotels.com writes:

Sarajevo is a city that showcases a varied and often tragic history. The name itself, acquired during the mid-15th century, comes from the Turkish word saraj – meaning ‘palace’. It established itself as a crucially important market on the east-west trading lines, then transferred from the fading Ottoman Empire to Austro-Hungarian rule. More recently, it hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984, then a brutal and bloody siege during the Bosnian War in the early 1990s. As you might expect, Sarajevo is a place that houses a whole host of important historical landmarks.

From the first electric tram in all of Europe to the spot that marks the beginning of World War I, wherever you wander in Sarajevo, you’ll be reminded of the important place that the city occupies in human history. You’ll also find it hard not to be moved by such important stories of days past.

Here are the 10 Places in Sarajevo that shaped the world.

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