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CASE STUDY/ SEBILJ CITY FOUNTAIN 1754 = 1891 POSITION OF SEBILJ PRINCIPLES OF SEBILJ FOUNTAIN -Sebilj dates from the Arabian world, which later on ruled by Ottoman Empire. Public fountain made out of wood buill In public squares or intersections of important roads. Sebil is he mos! significant monument in Satojeve. Place for relaxation and meeting point. {Aim of this open fountain was to serve @ water for thirsty people, trevelers POSITION OF SEBILJ Fountain in Bokeartija is the only structure of such kind I in Sarajevo, constructed in 1891. ond most probobly } Gesigned by Josip Vonces, Sebij was demolshed several fimes intr. POSITION OF SEBILJ I you are in Sarajevo start your day at Sebllj or as visitors frequently call it “the pigeon square” There Is an interesting legend behind the Sebilj fountain in Sarajevo. It is said that once you lL drink its waters, you can never leave Sarajevo for 106 long. Buil! in a pseudo-Moorish style, Sebilj along with Vijecnica [the City Hall] represents one of the cily's most recognizable symbols “Tu se ovjeku ini do mote dugo Bivell, jer na hifadu miesta po Sarajevu teku Eesme iz vielo neumest." (Nekresia, najpoznatl srojevsk! pjesnik rojo 16.1 podetka 17, vijeka} SURROUNDING MATERIALIZATON DECORATIONS The city of Sarajevo gave a Sebil as. git 1 the city of Beograd, Sertia in 1989. Novi Pazar [Serbia], Birmingham (Englend) and Sarojeve's sister city Burea (Turkey), ako have each e Sebi modeled after the ane Sebil in Bursa Sebil in Beograd Sebil in Novi Pazar

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