City of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo - The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo is the capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an estimated total population of approximately 760,000 people (670,136 in Sarajevo proper) as well as the center of the Sarajevo Canton. Sarajevo is located in the Sarajevo valley of Bosnia proper, surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated around the Miljacka river. The city is famous for its traditional religious diversity, with adherents of Islam, Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Judaism peacefully coexisting there for centuries. Because of that Sarajevo is called "Jerusalem of Europe".

Although settlement in the area stretches back to prehistoric times, the modern city arose as an Ottoman stronghold in the 15th century. Sarajevo has attracted international attention several times throughout its history: In 1914 it was the site of the assassination that sparked World War I, while seventy years later it became the host city of the 1984 Winter Olympics. More recently, Sarajevo underwent the longest siege in modern military history during the Bosnian War. Today the city is recovering and adjusting to a post-war reality, as a major center of culture and economic development in Bosnia and Herzegovina and southeast Europe. Sarajevo Canton declared 2005 as the "Region of the year in Europe".

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REGISTRATION

The following Institutions have been registered for the EULP Project. If you also want to be part of it please contact the EULP Assistant Katharina Erne:
eulp@landscape.tuwien.ac.at

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• Association of horticultural engineers and technicians

• University of Sarajevo