Marshal Tito street (Sarajevo)

Marshal Tito street, or Tito's street, is one of main streets in Sarajevo, located in Centar Municipality. Street is named after Josip Broz Tito, former President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1]

Marshal Tito street
Tito's street
Marshal Tito street in 2010
Native nameUlica Maršala Tita, Titova ulica
Former name(s)Ćemaluša, Franz Fedrinand street, Alexander Karađorđević street, Alexander I Karađorđević street, Ante Pavelić street
Length1.3 km (0.8 mi)
Coordinates43°51′30.56″N 18°24′48.1″E
EastMula Mustafa Bašeskija street and Ferhadija street
WestZmaj od Bosne street

Marshal Tito street is connecting Mula Mustafa Bašeskija street and Ferhadija street on east and Zmaj od Bosne street on west. Through this street, main route of Sarajevo tram lies.

History of name

After Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the section from Koševski Potok to Baščaršija was called Ćemaluša, but was renamed after Franz Ferdinand following the Sarajevo Assassination.[2]

A new street was laid out in January 1919, between Marijin Dvor and Baščaršija. First it was named after Alexander Karađorđević, and in 1921 after Aleksandar I Karađorđević. From 1941 to 1945 it was named after Ante Pavelić.[2][3]

Today's name this street have from April 6, 1945, and in 1993 the street was bisected: The part from Marijin Dvor to Vječna Vatra remained Marshal Tito street and the part that continues on to Baščaršija became Mula Mustafe Bašeskije street.[2]

Significant buildings
Building of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Several significant buildings and institutions are located in this street and some of them are:

Events
Live performance of Solomun during night between 23 and 24 August 2019

Marshal Tito street is popular location to organize open-air concerts, and other various celebrations.

On 6 April 2012, this street was location of Sarajevo Red Line, a memorial event organized in cooperation between the City of Sarajevo and East West Theatre Company which commemorated the Siege of Sarajevo's 20th anniversary.[4]

References
  1. "Općina Centar Sarajevo". centar.ba. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. "Maršala Tita". Sarajevo.travel. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. "Titova ulica". Furaj.ba (in Bosnian). 20 September 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. "Sarajevska crvena linija: Sjećanje na poginule u opsadi". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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