Marijin Dvor (Sarajevo)
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Marijin Dvor or Marindvor (Cyrillic: Маријин Двор or Мариндвор; 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;
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.
References
- ^ (Bosnian)The Commission to Preserve National Monuments Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Decision designating the historic building – the church of St . Joseph to Mary 's house in Sarajevo
- ^ Pavle Pavlović (12 September 2011). "Momo i Uzeir" (in Bosnian). e-novine. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
External links
Media related to Marijin Dvor at Wikimedia Commons
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