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SERAJEVO (pronounced SERAJEVO, " the city of palaces "; Turkish, Bosna Serai; Ger. Sarajewo; Ital. Seraglio)

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 660 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SCY-SHA
SERAJEVO (pronounced SERAJEVO, " the city of palaces "; Turkish, Bosna Serai; Ger. Sarajewo; Ital. Seraglio) , the
capital
  of Bosnia, situated on the Miljacka, a small right-hand tributary of the Bosna and on the railway from Bosna-
Brod
 , 167 m. N., to Ragusa. Pop. (1895) 37,713, chiefly Serbo-Croatians, with small colonies of
gipsies
  and Jews. The city, frequently called the " Damascus of the North," spreads over a narrow valley, closed on the east by a semicircle of rugged hills. Though still half oriental, and wholly beautiful, with its Turkish bazaar, its hundred mosques, wooden houses and cypress groves, it was largely rebuilt, after 1878, in western fashion. The river was also canalized, a telephone service introduced, and extensive drainage works carried out.
Serajevo
  is the seat of the provincial government, of a Roman Catholic bishop, an Orthodox metropolitan, the highest Moslem ecclesiastical authority or Reis-el-ulema, and the supreme court. It is the centre of Bosnian education, containing the celebrated orphanage founded in 1869 by Miss Irby and Miss Mackenzie (afterwards Lady Sebright); the Scheriat-Schule, which derives its name from the Turkish code or scheri, and is maintained by the state for Moslem law-students; a gymnasium, a technical institute and a teachers' training-college. The Begova Djamia (Djamia), or mosque of Husref Bey, is only surpassed, among European mosques, by those of Adrianople and Constantinople. It was founded, in 1465, by Husref or Usref, pasha of Bosnia. The castle and barracks, occupied by an Austrian garrison, stand on a cliff commanding a fine view of the city. Other noteworthy buildings are the konak or
governor
 's residence, the Roman Catholic and Orthodox cathedrals, the
hospital
 
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, the townhall and the museum, with fine antiquarian and natural history collections. In the Silvan Tekke or Dervish monastery the ceremonies of the howling and dancing Dervishes may be witnessed. Turkish baths and cafes are numerous. The bazaar, or cariija, is a labyrinth of dark lanes, lined with booths, where embroideries, rugs, embossed fire-arms, filagree-work in gold and silver, and other native wares are displayed. There are also large potteries, silk-mills, a brewery and a tobacco factory. At the
mineral
  baths of Ilidze near the city, where many Roman remains have been found, a hydropathic
establishment
  was opened in 1899. The whole neighbourhood is rich in prehistoric remains.
Founded, in 1262, by the Hungarian General Cotroman, under the name of Bosnavar or Vrhbosna,
Serajevo
  was enlarged by Husref Bey two centuries later, and takes its name from the palace (Turkish, serai), which he founded. During the wars between Turkey and Austria, its ownership was often contested; and it fell before King Matthias I. of Hungary in 1480, and before Prince
Eugene
  of Savoy in 1697. Destructive fires laid it waste in 1480, 1644, 1656, 1687 and 1789. It was chosen as the seat of Turkish government in 185o, instead of Travnik. In 1878 it was seized by the Austrians, under Baron Philippovic.


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