Sarajevo Is The Capital and Largest City Of: Lonely Planet

Culture
Even though it“s a small country,Bosinia and Herzegovina has a rich culture which has affected and other Balcan
countries,and also the whole world.It is manifested through a lot of different areas of people activity
like:music,literature,films,art,design,media...Bosnia and Herzegovina is with Hunagry,the only country in the region,whitch
gave more then pne winner of Nobel prize:Vladimir Prelog for chemistry 1975. and Ivo Andrić 1961. for literature.There are
two Oscar winners and they are:Danis Tanović 2001. and Dušan Vukotić 1961.The first prizeman of American film
Academy,the prize „Oscar“,was born in Bosnia & Herzegovina,7 of February 1927. in Bileća.Dušan Vukotić (1927.-1998.),film
director,scenarist,droughtsman,animator,won an Oscar 1961. for short animated film „Surogat“ (Ersatz).
Sarajevo
Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its current administrative
limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area, including Sarajevo Canton and East Sarajevo as well as some neighboring
municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants. Nestled within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by
the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.
Sarajevo is the leading political, social and cultural center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a prominent center of culture in
the Balkans, with its region-wide influence in entertainment, media, fashion, and the arts.
The capital of Bosnia,Sarajevo,was a host of 14.th Winter Olympics,which were not only for converse of young sportists from
across the world,and for games of culture,piece and friendship. Sarajevo is sometimes called "Jerusalem Europe" or
"Jerusalem of the Balkans". It is the only major European city with a mosque, a Catholic church, an Orthodox church and a
synagogue within a hundred meters.
In 1885, Sarajevo was the first city in Europe and the second city in the world to have a full-time electric tram network
running through the city, following San Francisco. Sarajevo has been undergoing post-war reconstruction, and is the fastest
growing city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The travel guide series, Lonely Planet, has named Sarajevo as the 43rd best city in
the world, and in December 2009 listed Sarajevo as one of the top ten cities to visit in 2010. In 2011, Sarajevo was
nominated to be the European Capital of Culture in 2014 and will be hosting the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2019.
Various modern buildings now occupy Sarajevo's skyline, most significantly the Bosmal City Center, BBI Centar, Sarajevo City
Center and the Avaz Twist Tower, which is the tallest skyscraper in the Balkans with 176 meters heights.
Music
Bosnian music has a long and famous history.Traditional music of Bosnia is a miscture of different Balcan effect,where are
the most different motives and gerne met.The most popular is yet “sevdalinka”,the love song od unique expression,which in
Bosina has a very long tradition.It is melodic,poetic and romantic,”sevdah” in Turkish means love.Bosina and Herzegovina
also has very popular pop and rock formations from ex-Yugoslavia,like:”Divlje Jagode”,”Bijelo dugme”,”Indeksi”,”Crvena
jabuka”,...
Literature
Bosnian literature is made up of many famous works. Ivo Andrić is the most significant representative of domestic literature
and the Nobel Prize winner of Literature in 1961 for "a complete literary description of a nation's history". The culmination
of this work was the novel "Na Drini ćuprija". At the top of literary creativity, the authors include: Meša Selimović (Dervis
and Death, Fortress), Isak Samoklija ... Among the poets of Bosnian origin, the most famous are Aleksa Šantić, but also Musa
Ćazim Ćatić, Antun Branko Šimić, Mehmedalija Mak Dizdar, Skender Kulenovic, Abdulah Sidran and many others.
Film
During the first two decades after the Second World War, films from Bosnia and Herzegovina covered the theme of the
National Revolution and War, including the famous and famous battles of partisans against foreign occupiers and domestic
traitors ("Kozara", "Sutjeska", "Battle of the Neretva" , "Valter brani Sarajevo"). However, the first real successes of the
domestic film were felt during the late 1970s and 1980s, when a special Bosnian film was created. The films have largely
covered social topics, as well as social criticisms of the socialist society. From 1995 until today, every year is regularly held
the Sarajevo Film Festival that grew up in the international film festival. Special attention to this festival is dedicated to films,
actors' talents and future projects from the area of South East Europe, attracting the attention of the international film
public. The Sarajevo Film Festival is also important in creating a common basis for the development of film industry
throughout the region while at the same time setting high standards in the festival organization, presentation and
popularization of film art in South East Europe.

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