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