Sebilj in Sarajevo
| Sebilj | |
|---|---|
 Sebilj in 2016 after main square reconstruction in 2015. | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Sarajevo |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 43°51′35″N 18°25′52″E / 43.859705°N 18.431199°E |
| Completed | 1753 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Mehmed Pasha Kukavica |
The Sebilj is a pseudo-Ottoman-style wooden fountain (sebil) in the centre of Baščaršija square in Sarajevo built by Mehmed Pasha Kukavica in 1753. It was relocated by Austrian architect Alexander Wittek in 1891.[1]
Replicas
A multi-national collaborative public arts project created a life-size contemporary interpretation of the famous public fountain and landmark in Birmingham, using traditional Bosnian design and craft techniques and combined with modern digital technology.[2][3][4]
There is a replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in Belgrade, Serbia, donated by the city of Sarajevo in 1989.[5] Another replica in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, was donated by the Bosnian community to the city of St. Louis for the city's 250th birthday.[6] A third replica is in Novi Pazar, also a gift from the city of Sarajevo.
References
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=-WIEYZ-SMHEC&pg=PA116
- ^ http://www.newgenerationarts.co.uk/nga-news/sebilj-an-arabic-word-for-a-kiosk-shaped-public-fo/ Archived January 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/news/item/project_b_sebilj_art_architecture_community_project/
- ^ http://www.axisweb.org/seWork.aspx?WORKID=59622
- ^ Tourist Organization of Belgrade – Sebilj Fountain
- ^ St. Louis Bosnians - [1]
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