The courtyard
A café under the trees.
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An Ottoman caravanserai built in 1551 and the only one of Sarajevo's old hans still standing. It belonged to the endowment of Gazi Husrev-beg and stands on Sarači street in the heart of Baščaršija. It could hold about 300 travellers and 70 horses, a caravanserai in the full sense. It burned several times: after a fire in 1697 it was rebuilt in its present form, then a fire in December 1957 destroyed it, and it was rebuilt between 1971 and 1974, with its walls decorated with Persian verses from the quatrains of Omar Khayyam. On 29 July 1878 the people of Sarajevo met in the han and set up a people's council in protest at the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia. Its present name probably comes from the family of its tenants in the early 19th century, Mustafa-aga Morić and his son Ibrahim-aga. Its cobbled courtyard now holds a restaurant and a café with seats under the trees, plus shops selling carpets, souvenirs and copper lanterns. Entry to the courtyard is free, and it makes a quiet break from walking around Baščaršija.
A café under the trees.
On the walls.
And copper lanterns.
Sarači street, Baščaršija
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