Polča Tower, Old Vratnik Fort, Sarajevo |
The Polča Tower now houses the Alija Izetbegović Museum (1st President of B&H) |
"Build the Memorial Together" - Veterans Cemetery |
Army of Bosnia & Herzegovina banner - Veterans Cemetery |
Bosnian Muslim war cemetery at the base of the Old Vratnik Fort, Sarajevo |
Graves of the defenders of Sarajevo 1992-1996 |
Veterans Cemetery with the tomb of Alija Izetbegović, first Bosnian president, under the canopy |
Alija Izetbegović was the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s |
Širokac Tower - the western gate connecting the old Vratnik Fort with Sarajevo |
White Bastion - strongest point of the old Vratnik Fort erected 1729-1739 on the site of a 14th C. castle |
White Bastion, SE corner of Old Vratnik Fort |
The Miljacka River flows into Sarajevo below the walls of the White Bastion |
Interior of the White Bastion (Bijela Tabija) |
Interior of the White Bastion (Bijela Tabija) |
Sarajevo's downtown seen from the eastern hills |
Panoramic view from the hills to the east of Sarajevo |
View of Sarajevo from near the Visegrad Gate |
Jajce Barracks (1914) damaged from the Siege of Sarajevo |
During the Siege of Sarajevo, Serbian forces held most of the hilltops almost completely surrounding the city |
Settled hills of Sarajevo |
Sarajevo neighborhood with a minaret |
The Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian city center, Sarajevo |
Driving in the hills of Sarajevo |
The Sarajevo Brewery |
...I wish it had been a clear day... |
Sarajevo, set along the river in a narrow valley |
Upper suburbs of Sarajevo |
Visegrad Gate, eastern gate of Old Vratnik Fort leading out of Sarajevo |
View of Sarajevo driving up the eastern hills |
Sarajevo with the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Cathedrals |
View of downtown Sarajevo |
A new Muslim cemetery on Zmajevac Hill, Sarajevo |
Not dead yet? |
Cemetery on Zmajevac Hill overlooking the city of Sarajevo |
A third cemetery in the distance |
The White Bastion from the top of Zmajevac Hill, Sarajevo |
The White Bastion, old Vratnik Fort, Sarajevo |
Reentering the old Vratnik Fort through the Visegrad Gate |
Luckily traffic is light, Visegrad Gate |