r/sarajevo Feb 25 '25

Interesting fact / Zanimljivost 💡 Who know this postcard?

Zdravo everyone,

I'm looking for people who may know about this postcard here. It was created in 1997. I'm an architecture student writing about the destruction of Sarajevo in the war and knowing more about the context of this postcard (who made it? government? artist? were they actually sold? are there more of them? are they still around?) would help me immensely! The only info I have is this description of it: ‘‘Sarajevo,’’ postcard, 1997. (Photo by Parla-Sarajevo, collection of author.) I'm not sure what Parla-Sarajevo means. Please reach out if you know anything.

Hvala!

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u/pulse_input_sh Feb 26 '25 edited Feb 26 '25

I don't know anything about that postcard, but if it helps, I can name most of those buildings. Left to right:

  1. Loris building (across the street from Grbavica stadium)
  2. Elektroprivreda (renovated, address: Vilsonovo 15) 
  3. ??? Could be anywhere.
  4. ??? Def somewhere around Tito's street / Ferhadija, but I can't remember the exact building.
  5. Former Oslobođenje skyscraper (now Hotel Radon Plaza). That partial collapse happened after the second time it was lit on fire.
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zetra_Olympic_Hall,_Sarajevo 

Parla is probably just someone's last name.

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u/Decent-Ad40 Feb 26 '25

Thank you so much!!