Grbavica Грбавица | |
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Neighbourhood | |
Residential high-rise buildings on the bank of theMiljacka river | |
![]() Interactive map of Grbavica | |
| Coordinates:43°51′1.95″N18°23′39.01″E / 43.8505417°N 18.3941694°E /43.8505417; 18.3941694 | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Municipality | Novo Sarajevo |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,657 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Grbavica (Serbian Cyrillic:Грбавица) is a neighbourhood of the city ofSarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today it is part of the municipality ofNovo Sarajevo and administratively distinguished between Grbavica I and Grbavica II.
The area was developed as a new residential neighbourhood by the authorities ofSocialist Yugoslavia, on the west bank of theMiljacka river.
Grbavica I, between Zagrebačka street and the Miljacka river, aside from residential buildings, hosts the Forestry Faculty of theUniversity of Sarajevo (Šumarski Fakultet), the Kovačići Franciscan Monastery (Franjevački samostan), the Jordanian Mosque (Jordanska Džamija, 1996),[1] three primary schools (OŠ Kovačići, OŠ Grbavica I and OŠ Grbavica II) and the Netherlands embassy.On its north-west corner, the new British Embassy Sarajevo has been built.[2]Grbavica II, between Grbavica I and Hrasno, hosts the Grbavica Shopping Centre and the Ummu Arif Zabadne Mosque. South of Zagrebačka street areGrbavica Stadium, home ofFK Željezničar, and the Catholic Church of St. Ignatius (Crkva Sv.Ignacija Lojolskog).