Sarajevo, Jerusalem of the Balkans

6 July 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  6 minutes

Old Town with Sebilj Fountain © Muu-karhu

Old Town with Sebilj Fountain © Muu-karhu

Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 291,000 people in the four municipalities that make up the city proper, and a metro-area population of 515,000 people in the Sarajevo Canton. It is also the capital of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity, as well as the center of the Sarajevo Canton. Sarajevo is located in the Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River. The city is famous for its traditional religious diversity, with adherents of Islam, Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Judaism coexisting there for centuries. Due to this long and rich history of religious diversity, Sarajevo has often been called the “Jerusalem of Europe” or “Jerusalem of the Balkans”.   read more…

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