Sebilj in Sarajevo

This article is about sebil in Sarajevo. For other sebils, see Sebil (fountain).
Sebilj

Sebilj in 2016 after main square reconstruction in 2015.
General information
Town or city Sarajevo
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates 43°51′35″N 18°25′52″E / 43.859705°N 18.431199°E / 43.859705; 18.431199
Completed 1753
Design and construction
Architect Mehmed Pasha Kukavica

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]

Replicas

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 also gifted by the city of Sarajevo.

References

  1. ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=-WIEYZ-SMHEC&pg=PA116
  2. ↑ http://www.newgenerationarts.co.uk/nga-news/sebilj-an-arabic-word-for-a-kiosk-shaped-public-fo/ Archived January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/news/item/project_b_sebilj_art_architecture_community_project/
  4. ↑ http://www.axisweb.org/seWork.aspx?WORKID=59622
  5. ↑ Tourist Organization of Belgrade – Sebilj Fountain
  6. ↑ St. Louis Bosnians -

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