Religious sights in Sarajevo — mosques, churches, synagogue.
Within a 500-meter radius: Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque (1531), Sacred Heart Cathedral (1889), Old Orthodox Church (1539), Ashkenazi Synagogue (1902).
Gazi Husrev Bey’s Mosque, or Bey’s Mosque, as it is known locally, was built in the center of Baščaršija in 1530. Bey’s Mosque was designed by Adžem Esir Ali, a Persian from Tabriz, who was the chief architect in the Ottoman Empire at that time.
When the original Church of St. Anthony was built in 1882, it was the only Catholic church in Sarajevo and it was here that the Archbishop of Sarajevo, Josip Štadler, served until the completion of the Cathedral of Jesus’ Heart (1889).
St. Joseph’s Church was built in Pale in 1911 so as to meet the needs of lumberjacks who were working in the forests around Sarajevo. It later became a seat of religious life for Catholics who were living around Romanija.
Alifakovac Cemetery is found in the neighborhood of the same name on the left bank of the Miljacka River.
The Church of the Holy Trinity is located in Dolac Malta, in the Sarajevo municipality of Novo Sarajevo.
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