Skenderija
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 Terezija Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 51 '17.3 " N , 18 ° 24' 50.5" E |
| owner | Sarajevo Canton |
| start of building | 1960s |
| opening | November 29, 1969 |
| First game | December 2015 |
| Renovations | 2000 to 2006 |
| architect | Živorad Janković , Halid Muhasilović and Ognjeslav Malkin |
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The Skenderija is a large cultural, sports and shopping center in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo .
It is located in the Sarajevo-Centar municipality at the meeting point of Terezija and Skenderija streets on the south bank of Miljacka . On an area of 70,000 square meters, there are several multi-purpose halls in which various sports and cultural events take place throughout the year. There is also the Privredni grad, a modern shopping center with numerous shops and restaurants.
history
Due to the lack of an exhibition and sports center in the fast-growing city of Sarajevo in the late 1960s, the city planned to build the new Skenderija center. This opened on November 29, 1969 with a premiere of the film The Battle of the Neretva .
The name Skenderija is derived from Skender Paša , who had a market built on the site in 1499. Since the opening of the Skenderija numerous sporting events such as the table tennis world championship in 1973 or the basketball world championship in 1970 have been held.
When Sarajevo was chosen to host the 1984 Winter Olympics in 1977 , the organizers realized that, in addition to the Zetra Olympic Hall, another hall was needed for figure skating competitions and ice hockey games. So they began to convert and expand the Skenderija into a state-of-the-art ice sports center. In addition, the Skenderija was the seat of the international press center.
The Dom mladih (youth center) was the most modern youth club in Yugoslavia before the Bosnian war . The club burned down during the war. The main building remained without major damage, but the Skenderija was empty for some time. With numerous private donations, a fundamental renovation took place from 2000 to 2006, which was decided by the city administration the year before.
After heavy snowfall in the wake of a cold spell in Europe , the roof of the ice rink collapsed on February 12, 2012 under the weight of the snow. The roof was designed to support 100 kilograms per square meter, at that time the weight of the snow was around 160 kg per square meter.
gallery
View of the Skenderija
View from Skenderija Street
Dom mladih and the Skenderija bridge
Olympic symbol on the ice rink
Building complex on a GDR postage stamp
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literature
- Marko Plešnik: Sarajevo: With Ilidža, Butmir, Rakitnica Gorge and the winter sports areas. Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 9783897943643 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Bosnia sports center roof collapses. February 12, 2012, accessed December 9, 2019 .
Web links
Competition venues for the 1984 Winter Olympics
