City Hall (Vijećnica)
The striped neo-Moorish City Hall, burned in 1992 with the National Library and restored in 2014.
About
Completed in 1896, the Vijećnica was the city's town hall and later the National and University Library. On the night of 25–26 August 1992 it was shelled and burned, destroying most of its collection. After a long restoration it reopened in 2014; its painted atrium and stained-glass dome are breathtaking.
History
A plaque at the entrance reads: "On this place Serbian criminals in the night of 25th–26th August 1992 set on fire the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Over 2 million books, periodicals and documents vanished in the flames. Do not forget, remember and warn!"
Local tip
Check the basement exhibition on the history of the building.
Location
Vijećnica, Sarajevo