__top__ — Welcome To Sarajevo

Today, "Welcome to Sarajevo" is a greeting to one of Europe’s most resilient and visually arresting cities.

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Sarajevo is the architectural duality. Nowhere is this more visible than on Ferhadija Street, the main pedestrian thoroughfare. As you walk from the west, you are surrounded by elegant, Austro-Hungarian buildings—grand stone structures with neo-Renaissance facades that would not look out of place in Vienna. Welcome to Sarajevo

For the uninitiated, the name “Sarajevo” might evoke a single image: the siege of the 1990s. But to reduce this capital city to its war alone would be to miss the point entirely. — a city that has been destroyed and rebuilt countless times, a city that has welcomed Romans, Ottomans, Austro-Hungarians, and tourists alike for centuries. Today, "Welcome to Sarajevo" is a greeting to

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