Sebilj
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| Sebilj | |
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 Sebilj in Baščaršija square. |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Sarajevo |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 43°52′04″N 18°25′59″E / 43.867889°N 18.433127°E |
| Completed | 1753 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Mehmed Pasha Kukavica |
The Sebilj (Bosnian: sebilj - Turkish: sebil) a kiosk-shaped public wooden and stone fountain) or as visitors frequently call it “the pigeon square”. The Sebilj is a pseudo-Moorish style wooden fountain in the centre of Baščaršija square in Sarajevo built by Mehmed-pasha Kukavica in 1753. It was relocated by Czech architect Alexander Vitek in 1891.[1][2]
A multi-national collaborative public arts project created a life-size contemporary interpretation of the famous public fountain and landmark in Birmingham, utilising traditional Bosnian design and craft techniques and combined with modern digital technology.[3][4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=-WIEYZ-SMHEC&pg=PA116
- ^ http://www.sonar.ba/content.php?lang=en&action=full&id=3
- ^ http://www.newgenerationarts.co.uk/nga-news/sebilj-an-arabic-word-for-a-kiosk-shaped-public-fo/
- ^ http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/news/item/project_b_sebilj_art_architecture_community_project/
- ^ http://www.axisweb.org/seWork.aspx?WORKID=59622
[edit] External links
- http://www.visitsarajevo.ba/sightseeing/attractions/historical-sarajevo/sebilj Sebilj - Sarajevo
- http://www.virtualnosarajevo.com.ba/sebilj.htm
- http://topic.freehostia.com/projects/sebilj.wrl
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