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  Miljacka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Miljacka is a tributary of the Bosna river.
The Miljacka thus flows from the east to the west.
The Miljacka is known for its peculiar smell and brown waters, but is nonetheless loved by the residents of Sarajevo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miljacka   (150 words)

  
 miljacka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It is famous for being "Sarajevo's River", and it has come to be identified immediatly with the city itself.
The Miljacka is known for it's peculiar smell and brown waters, but is nontheless loved by the residents of Sarajevo.
Several famous bridges span it, including a bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel, builder of the Eiffel Tower, and the scene of the infamous assasination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria by Gavrilo Princip.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /miljacka.html   (182 words)

  
 CONK! Encyclopedia: Sarajevo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Neighborhoods in the old town in particular are well known for their steep streets and landscape.
The river Miljacka flows through the city from east to west and is one of the city's chief geographic features.
The source of the river Bosna, Vrelo Bosne is found on the city's outskirts near Ilidža and is one of the most well known natural landmarks in the country.
www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Sarajevo   (4227 words)

  
 Bosna (river) - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
The river's biggest tributaries are the Željeznica, Miljacka, Fojnica, Lašva, Gostović, Krivaja, Usora, and Spreća rivers.
The river originates in the Vrelo Bosne, on the outskirts of Sarajevo at the base of mount Igman.
Its most famous tributary, the Miljacka, passes through Sarajevo as well.
www.indopedia.org /Bosna.html   (363 words)

  
 Urban Operations - An Historical Casebook
The Miljacka is a tributary of the Bosna River, which along with the Željeznica River bounded the city on its western border.
The Miljacka was only a limited barrier to movement between the northern and southern portions of the city and played only a minor role in the siege.
Just across the Miljacka from the Parliament and Museum was the district of Grbavica, a residential area of mostly two- and three-story apartments.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/2002/MOUTKing.htm   (13982 words)

  
 OTTOMAN SARAJEVO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Alas, these wooden structures were constantly catching fire or being flooded by the Miljacka, but they were inexpensive enough to be rebuilt over and over, although less so after the Austrians when the economic importance of the Bascarsija went into a decline.
One could meet completely unknown people who went out on the streets armed, sleepless, agitated and with strange looks, grinding their teeth and looking for someone whom they could terrorize in order to relieve their own anger, which was pursuing and terrorizing them.
During this forty year stay, they built municipal services and municipal buildings in the styles popular in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, such as the [former] Palace of Justice, the National Theater, the Gymnasium, and the Army headquarters which were built in the Neo-Renaissance style.
www.friends-partners.org /bosnia/cb1.html   (5273 words)

  
 IMG_7214
DESCRIPTION: The city of Sarajevo lies along the Miljacka River, sprawling up steep hillsides to the north and south sides of the westward flowing river.
Beyond the western end of the town, the valley opens up as the Miljacka flows into the Bosna River.
Atop these peaks are some of the old Olympic sites that are struggling to return to their earlier glory after being the scenes of wartime destruction.
www.nathanmccance.com /serbia/pages/IMG_7214.html   (124 words)

  
 The Institute for the Protection of Cultural-Historical and Natural Heritage of Canton Sarajevo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He laid a foundation stone of the present capital Sarajevo on riverbanks of the river Miljacka, as well the bridge (Careva cuprija).
Opposite, on the left side of the river Miljacka, he had constructed a caravan palace (Kolobara) and several department stores.
Economically speaking communal public service was established, complexes of military barracks were built, railway, as well as city sewerage system, regulation of river Miljacka watercourse and many other facilities.
www.spomenici-sa.ba /eng/guide   (1112 words)

  
 Sarajevo --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It lies in the narrow valley of the Miljacka River at the foot of Mount Trebevic.
Sarajevo sits next to Mount Trebevic in the narrow valley of the Miljacka River in the south-central part of the country.
The climate is continental, with cold winters and warm summers.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9065727   (851 words)

  
 Suspected Sarajevo Serb mass grave found   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The director of the Republic of Srpska Missing People Bureau, Milan Bogdanic, was unable to give details about the number of bodies in the grave in the village of Darivo.
However, he said, various sources of information had indicated the existence of the grave in Benbas Basin near the Kozija Bridge at the confluence of the Moscanica and Miljacka rivers.
Bogdavic quoted witnesses and documentation as saying that the bodies of the missing Serbs had been taken from all parts of Sarajevo to a mass grave.
www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/jun05/hed7067.shtml   (181 words)

  
 Sarajevo on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
529,000), capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the Miljacka River.
An important industrial and railway center, its industries include food and tobacco processing and furniture manufacturing.
The Miljacka River bisects the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, the city that hosted the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Sarajevo.asp   (880 words)

  
 sp12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
To the casual observer, the Vrbanja bridge looks quite nondescript, an otherwise drab and crumbling concrete structure in the center of Sarajevo carrying traffic and pedestrians over the River Miljacka.
One group broke away from the main crowd and marched south down Vrbanja Street, with the hope of peacefully removing the barricades that had been erected on Vrbanja Bridge.
However, on the other side of the Miljacka River, hidden amongst the trees, Serb gunmen were waiting.
members.aol.com /aleong1631/sp12.html   (897 words)

  
 Portfolio One: The Sarajevo Riverfront   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A footprint of the city center and the Miljacka River that divides it.
Submitted by Curt Nogle, L.S.U. View on the School of Fine Arts with proposed bridge across the Miljacka River.
Plan view of a development spanning the Miljacka River in central Sarajevo.
www.friends-partners.org /bosnia/portfo1.html   (187 words)

  
 The FAME: Sarajevo Canton - Communities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The wavy bar represents the Miljacka river and the tree is a copy of a tree found on a medieval stone monuments known as stečci, preserved in the Land Museum in Sarajevo.
The flag is blue, white and golden/yellow tricolour divided diagonally with the coat of arms in the middle.
The flag is light blue vertical flag with the white bordered coat of arms in the middle.
jagor.srce.hr /fame/descr/ba-09-1.html   (510 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Spanning across the Miljacka River was the Princip Bridge, named after the man who took not only the life of an Archduke, but also the lives of many more during World War I.  Bismarck had predicted that, “Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans” would cause the war.
He was partially correct. The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip did not cause World War I; instead it served as one of the contributing factors to the start of the war.
The route taken was an avenue by the name of Appel Quay; a wide road that followed the Miljacka River.
students.concord.edu /mlstover/paper.doc   (3526 words)

  
 Schork’s best piece from siege of Sarajevo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
SARAJEVO, May 23, 1993 - Two lovers lie dead on the banks of Sarajevo’s Miljacka river, locked in a final embrace.
For four days they have sprawled near Vrbana bridge in a wasteland of shell-blasted rubble, downed tree branches and dangling power lines.
Bosko and Admira walked at least 500 meters along the north bank of the Miljacka river, fully exposed to soldiers on both sides.
www.ksmemorial.com /romeo.htm   (655 words)

  
 Miljacka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
According to the Sarajevo Master Plan the Miljacka River is seen as the green axis of the city around which various recreational and entertainment facilities are to be built and integrated into the existing urgan tissue.
The Miljacka River as an Open Public Space and an Axis of Integration
Individuals and teams, young architects, urban planners and landscape designres are invited to take part in the competition.
www.saray.net /biennial2001/eng/bien/miljacka.htm   (223 words)

  
 FAMA Timeline 1991-1992   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Enes Sivac is a talented welder who creates metal sculptures of human figures in motion; riding bicycles, flying airplanes or humans themselves in flight.
Suspended above the Miljacka river, which runs through the center of Sarajevo, the sculptures are most fully enjoyed as audience runs while looking at them.
At the opening, Enes Sivac covered the lager-than-life human figures in paper, waited for night to fall, and lit the shrouded artwork leaving behind the pure metal frame, which Sarajevans could observe the next morning.
www.famainternational.com /timeline/c-babytlbu-08.htm   (149 words)

  
 frontline: the lost american: fred cuny in bosnia
The construction of an emergency water treatment system for Sarajevo was a typical Intertect project.
In the first days of the war the Serbs severed all the water lines into the city, leaving Sarajevans with only three sources of clean water--two small wells under the city's sole brewery and the Miljacka River.
The Miljacka runs through the center of town and is, predictably, exposed to shell fire and sniping.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cuny/bio/cunyinbosnia.html   (3118 words)

  
 East Ethnia: Balkanblogging 1
I promise to review any suggested additions to the list and include the ones that strike my fancy in a future installment.
Update: Get an ongoing take on the literature and architecture of Sarajevo with a refreshing dip in the Miljacka.
Great blogs, thank you for bringing them up.
eastethnia.blogspot.com /2004/12/balkanblogging-1.html   (412 words)

  
 WAR'S TOLL IN BOSNIA A RIVER SEPARATES CITY - AND BROTHERS
WAR'S TOLL IN BOSNIA A RIVER SEPARATES CITY - AND BROTHERS
The Miljacka River courses through this war-torn city.
Bridges connect its two banks, but some of them haven't been crossed for almost four years.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp951018/10180362.htm   (930 words)

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