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Hotel Europe (Sarajevo)

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1241: 603: 418: 371:, it offered entertainment and leisure options with in-house establishments like Bečka kafana and Zlatni restoran, night club Plavi podrum, and the hotel garden. Though operating as part of the hotel, these establishments also managed to create an identity of their own, becoming instantly popular so that they began to be frequented not just by the hotel guests, but also by the city inhabitants. Drawing on various aspects of the 489: 36: 475:
including the city of Sarajevo. German units marched into Sarajevo on 15 April, setting the scene for the first Ustaše contingent to enter the city en route from Zagreb during the night of 23–24 April. Within weeks of their arrival, on 5 May 1941 Ustaše arrested dr. Dušan Jeftanović along with
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and in disrepair since the Bosnian War—reportedly spending BAM42 million (~€21 million) for the transaction. Over the subsequent years, most of Bajrović's business efforts focused on renovating his new 240-room property that re-opened as Hotel Holiday.
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4.8 million), by the Sarajevo-based Rasim Bajrović-owned Astrea company, owner of another nearby hospitality venue: Hotel Astra. The Hotel Evropa building was restored in 2007, a project overseen by the Sarajevo-based
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merchants and industrialists from Sarajevo. During the communist period in Yugoslavia from 1945 until 1990, the hotel was nationalized and run by various state-owned entities such as HTP Evropa. After the
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from the Sarajevo vice-mayor Damjanović, informing him about the minimal compensation he would be receiving for k. und k. officers and soldiers using the first two floors of his hotel.
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occupied part of Hotel Evropa by the joint decision of the government's Sarajevo trustee and the Sarajevo Fortress military command. In late October 1914, Gliša Jeftanović received a
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By the early 1900s, the aging Gliša Jeftanović handed the reins of many of his business holdings—including Hotel Evropa—over to his son Dušan (1884-1941), a
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that burned down in the great fire of August 1879, was selected as the location for a new hotel. The building design was commissioned to architect
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premiere, the hotel hosted an invitation-only dinner for the guests in town and local dignitaries, including the film's cast as well as the
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by the new communist authorities. Soon, another wing, built in the contemporary architectural style of the period, was added to the hotel.
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In 2016, Bajrović purchased another marquee hospitality property in Sarajevo—former Holiday Inn hotel, originally built for the
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At some point during the early 2010s, the name of the hotel's parent company, Astrea, was changed by Bajrović to Europa d.d.
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Hotel Europe's storied history continued drawing dignitaries. During an official state visit in July 2011, the Sarajevo-born
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cultural model. As the first of its kind in Sarajevo, the venue became the focus of the city's embryonic
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Hotel Evropa building in the 2000s, still in disrepair from the 1990s war damage and subsequent neglect.
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During late November 1969, Hotel Evropa was the central venue for the events surrounding the
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Hotel Europe is located at 8 Vladislava Skarića Street in the central part of Sarajevo's
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had a photo-op meeting organized for him in the hotel's garden with local celebrities
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the premises to Edvard Lasslauer who began running the hotel's day-to-day operations.
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who re-opened the venue in 2008, this time under the modified name Hotel Europe.
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details such as Zeitungsständer (newspaper stand) and wallpapers depicting
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Aleksandra Mandić, Skenderija's director and former Sarajevo mayor
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was introduced to the city. Furthermore, Bečka kafana incorporated
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The hotel was re-privatized in November 2006, reportedly for
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interior motifs, while Zlatni restoran offered desserts like
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Two and a half years later on 12 April 1972, following the
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as well as various Yugoslav political leaders including
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For sixty years, from its grand opening in 1882 until
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Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Index

Hotel Europe

Stari Grad
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
B-H Federation
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Karel Pařík
Sead Gološ
Hotel Europe
Sarajevo
Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
World War II
Gliša
sr
Serb
Bosnian War
Sandžak
Bosniak
Rasim Bajrović
mk
Stari Grad
Gazi-Husrev Beg
Bezistan
Tašlihan
Latin Bridge
Despić House
Baščaršija
sites of interest

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