Marijin Dvor (Sarajevo) Explained

Official Name:Marijin Dvor
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:entity
Subdivision Name1:F BiH
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Sarajevo
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:Sarajevo
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Centar Municipality, Sarajevo
Subdivision Type5:Neighborhood
Subdivision Name5:Marijin Dvor
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Leader Title:Municipality president
Pushpin Map:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Area Code:+387

Marijin Dvor or Marindvor (; English: Mary's Palace) is a neighborhood in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The neighborhood is noted for buildings from the Austro-Hungarian Empire era.[1]

In the neighborhood are several significant buildings; National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Holiday Inn Sarajevo, UNITIC World Trade Towers, Sarajevo City Center, Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building (old Parliament building pre-1992), Hastahana and others.

The Holiday Inn Sarajevo was the home of foreign correspondents during the 1984 Winter Olympics and throughout the siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War.

The UNITIC Twin Skyscrapers were built in the 1980s. They were colloquially named "Momo and Uzeir" after two characters from a radio comedy show, a Serb and a Bosniak. The towers were heavily damaged by shelling during the siege but remained standing, becoming symbols of resilience.[2] They were renovated after the war.

Notes and References

  1. (Bosnian)The Commission to Preserve National Monuments Decision designating the historic building – the church of St . Joseph to Mary 's house in Sarajevo
  2. Web site: Momo i Uzeir. Pavle Pavlović. e-novine. 12 September 2011. 12 September 2011. bs.