SARAJEVO, FEBRUARY 11 (ONASA) – The Sarajevo Cantonal Institute for the Protection of Cultural-Historical and Natural Heritage has published a Memory Map called “Sarajevo Roses 1992-1995”, which provides a map of marked traces of shells on city streets, called “Sarajevo Roses”.
It is an extremely important document that is on the path of memorializing the traces of war, a kind of wounds on the streets of Sarajevo, a sign of the destruction of the city in the whirlwind of war.
The author of the map is Amra Čusto from the Institute, who did the research, interpretation and selection of texts, while Damir Hodžić is responsible for the graphic and artistic design and photography.
The map provides a map of Sarajevo with marked places of painted “Sarajevo roses”, as well as those not painted, and shows where the Sniper Alley and the Path of Life under siege were located. It can be seen that the largest number of painted “Sarajevo roses” are distributed in the city center.
This type of memorial document also offers a selection of testimonies from citizens who were wounded in one of the countless bombngs of Sarajevo, most notably from the massacre at the Markale market.
The memory map is enriched with a series of photos showing “Sarajevo roses” in different parts of the city, on the streets and in front of famous buildings, such as the area in front of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mary’s Court, the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Great Park, the Markala market, the Town Hall, Ferhadija Street, Faculty of Philosophy or City Hall.
The publication of the Map was made possible by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Canton of Sarajevo. (end)