Stari Grad, Sarajevo

Stari Grad

Стари Град
Old Town
Stari Grad Стари Град Old Town
Municipality
	Clockwise from top: Stari Grad panorama, Latin Bridge, Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, Vijećnica and the Sebilj.
	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387 33
Website	http://www.starigrad.ba

Stari Grad (

Isa-Beg Ishaković

in the 15th century.

Features

The

municipality of Stari Grad is characterized by its many religious structures, and examples of unique Bosnian architecture. The eastern half of Stari Grad consists of the Ottoman influenced sectors of the city, while the western half showcases an architecture and culture that arrived with Austria-Hungary

, symbolically representing the city as a meeting place between East and West.

The population of Stari Grad is 36,976, making it the least populous of Sarajevo's four municipalities. Its population density of 742.5 inhabitants per km² also ranks it last among the four. Stari Grad contains numerous

Sarajevo Cathedral

and more.

Demographics

1971

126,598 total

Bosniaks - 74,354 (58.73%)
Serbs - 27,658 (21.84%)
Croats - 12,903 (10.19%)
Yugoslavs - 5,944 (4.69%)
Others - 5,739 (4.55%)

1991

50,744 total

Bosniaks - 39,410 (77.66%)
Serbs - 5,150 (10.14%)
Croats - 1,126 (2.21%)
Yugoslavs - 3,374 (6.64%)
Others - 1,684 (3.35%)

2013

36,976 total^[1]

Bosniaks - 32,794 (88.68%)
Croats - 685 (1.85%)
Serbs - 467 (1.26%)
Others - 3,030 (8.19%)

Sites

Prior to 1914, the Austro-Hungarians who ruled Sarajevo wanted land in the Sarajevo Old Town district to build a city hall and library.^[2] The land had a home on it and, despite offering the owner money, he refused and continued to refuse even when told that he had to move.^[2] When the officials threatened him, he moved the house and rebuilt it, piece by piece, on the other side of the Miljacka river, as a way of spiting the officials.^[2] The Sarajevo spite house operates today as a restaurant, called "Inat Kuća", which means "Spite House."^[2]