Marijin Dvor Маријин Двор | |
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Neighborhood | |
.jpg) Hiseta street leading to Marijin Dvor | |
 Interactive map of Marijin Dvor | |
| Coordinates:43°51′12″N18°23′58″E / 43.8534°N 18.3995°E /43.8534; 18.3995 | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| entity | F BiH |
| Canton | Sarajevo |
| City | Sarajevo |
| Municipality | Centar Municipality, Sarajevo |
| Neighborhood | Marijin Dvor |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +387 |
Marijin Dvor orMarindvor (Cyrillic:Маријин Двор or Мариндвор; English:Mary's Palace) is a neighborhood inSarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The neighborhood is noted for buildings from theAustro-Hungarian Empire era.[1]
In the neighborhood are several significant buildings;National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina,Holiday Inn Sarajevo,UNITIC World Trade Towers,Sarajevo City Center,Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building (oldParliament building pre-1992),Hastahana and others.
The Holiday Inn Sarajevo was the home of foreign correspondents during the1984 Winter Olympics and throughout thesiege of Sarajevo during theBosnian War.
The UNITIC Twin Skyscrapers were built in the 1980s. They were colloquially named "Momo and Uzeir" after two characters from a radio comedy show, aSerb and aBosniak. The towers were heavily damaged by shelling during the siege but remained standing, becoming symbols of resilience.[2] They were renovated after the war.
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