Palaca vakufskog direktorata

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

The building of the Zemaljski vakuf and the Hadin Ali Pasha vakuf is the building of the Wakuf Directorate of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. It is located on the corner between Reis Džemaludin Čaušević and Mis Irbina streets, in the immediate vicinity of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sarajevo County Government building. From 1959 to 1992, the building was the Palace of the Supreme Islamic Elders, and the residence of the Reis-ul-ulema.

What We Love About This Place

I view this place regularly, as it relatively near to where I live. One interesting part of this palace is itss renovation. Until the Aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the headquarters of Rijaset and Reisu-l-ulema were in the same premises. The goal of the project was the restoration of the historical building of the Zemaljski vakuf and Hadim Ali Pasha vakuf in Sarajevo, which was included in the list of the most valuable cultural and historical heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007 and declared a national monument. During conservation and restoration works, original materials and methods of material processing must be used, with the obligation to preserve the original appearance of the object. I am enthused of the fact that they take such good care of restoring and maintaining cultural and historical places in Sarajevo.

This Place is Important Because

Regarding the name of the building itself, there is some controversy. According to an article published in New Behar in 1933/34, the identity of the Bosnian sandjakbeg Gazi Ali Pasha was switched with Hadin Ali Pasha, who was the governor of Egypt, and died in Cairo in 1560. According to this source, the name Hadin Ali Pasha is wrong. Since the name has become part of the building's history, it is still used. The construction of the building of the Land Foundation (now the Directorate of Foundations) and the Hadin Ali Pasha Foundation in Sarajevo was completed in 1913. It belongs to the architecture of the original Bosnian style. It consists of two wings, made in two stages. One wing is the Hadin Ali Pasha Foundation, and the other is the Zemaljski Foundation. The designer of Hadin Ali Pasha's foundation is Josip Pospišil, who published an article entitled "On Bosnian practice" in the Viennese professional magazine Der Bautechniker on January 5, 1912. Pospisil then published his drafts and comments related to the design and construction of Hadim Ali Pasha's waqf.

Special Tips

The end of the Austro-Hungarian period in architecture is linked to the emergence of the Bosnian style, which has high documentary, historical, and artistic qualities. The building of the Zemaljski vakuf and the Hadin Ali Pasha vakuf represent an almost pure realization of this architecture, with very little admixture of other architectural expressions. With the construction of the wing of the Zemaljski vakuf building, today's seat of the Vakuf directorate, this unique historical ensemble has been rounded off. A simple project that, in addition to the ground floor, offers a typical Bosnian floor. The result is a building with a unique architectural and compositional whole, even though it is two buildings physically separated by an internal wall surface.
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