Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river Miljacka runs through the
city.
The city is considered one of the most important cities in the Balkans and has had a long and rich history ever since it was founded by the Ottomans in 1461.
In the event that triggered World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
The peak of city growth occurred in the early 1980s, when Sarajevo hosted the 1984 Winter
Olympics.
On April 6, 1992, Sarajevo was surrounded by the Yugoslav National Army. The warfare that lasted until October 1995 resulted in large scale destruction and dramatic population
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