Welcome!
We wish you a pleasant stay on our
page.
It explains the reincarnation of a city
(Sarajevo) after the longest siege in the history of man.The name it self “Fenix
Sarajeva” (The Phoenix of Sarajevo; Phoenix- “rebirth” after a catastrophe)
explains the situation. We have compared two periods which highlight the city. The XIV
Winter Olympic Games, which took place in 1984, and the horrifying war which was devouring
the city from 1992-95. At the end we pointed of the present-day situation and the future
prospect of Sarajevo. First of all we would like to show the location, which can be found
in southern Europe. 
For better acquaintance with this medieval city, it is important to
unearth its history. Founded in 1254, under the name Vrh Bosna, it always had a central
geo-political position. The territory of the Bosnia and Herzegovina, who’s capital
city is Sarajevo, was even in the ancient era a border between two civilizations (between
the Eastern and Western Roman empire and later, between the Francs and the Byzantine
empire), where many nations and cultures mixed.
The miracle of Sarajevo is the way a mass of
unlike nations live together in an unique
harmony. The name Sarajevo comes after the Ottoman occupation in 1463, from the
Turkish word "saraj" which means "palace". After that, in 1878,
Austro-Hungarian troops enter Sarajevo after a harsh 20 day resistance. It is important to
say that the Archduke and the pregnant Duchess of the Austro-Hungarian empire was
assassinated in Sarajevo on the 28th June 1914. 
After the collapse of the "Black and Yellow"
kingdom, on the 1st December 1918, Bosnia and Herzegovina enter the SCS (Serb,
Croat and Slovenian) kingdom (from the 3rd October 1929 Yugoslavia). After 80
years under the communist rule, on the 6th April 1992 B&H declares
independence and battles hostile forces for integrity and democracy until the 15th
December 1995. The point of this page is to acquaint and connect the world with this
wondrous city.
Manual
- After
entering the page you may return here by clicking on the logo of the page (the Olympic
flame).
- At the bottom of the screen you can
click on the scrolling text and enter the gallery, where a picture of a room with three
pictures on the wall will appear, which symbolize the three periods presented (pre-war,
during the war and the post-war period). Selecting on of the three will list a number of
thumb-nails of pictures of the city in the period selected.
- Accessing other pages can be done
by selecting the two "spinning" dates, ’84 or ’94, depending on which
period you whish to research.
- After selecting a period, a text
with a number of pictures will appear. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PICTURES CAN BE FOUND BY
CLICKIN ON THEM.
- The post-war situation is combined
with the 1994 page under the name "From the Ashes".
The Crew
Leader, text,
research, JAVA:
- Muhamed Cerimovic
Realization, HTML, idea:
- Davor Fikais
Graphics, 3D GFX, animations:
- Adnan Jelic
Credits:
- II High
School of Sarajevo- who gave us this chance and much more
- To Professor Aida Arnautovic - our
mentor
- The Institute for the Planning and
Development of the Canton Sarajevo- for the information on the plans for the future of the
city of Sarajevo
- Our parents- who helped us in
every possible way
- Special Thanks to prof. Munevera Barackai - who gave us the
chance to participate
Copyright © by Muhamed Cerimovic, Davor Fikais & Adnan
Jelic
Sarajevo, October 1998.