Status of monument -> National monument

Published in the „Official Gazette of BiH“ no. 19/08

Pursuant to Article V para. 4 Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Article 39 para. 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, at a session held from 11 to 17 September 2007 the Commission adopted a

D E C I S I O N

I

The architectural ensemble of the Konak (Residence) in Sarajevo, together with movable heritage, is hereby designated as a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the National Monument).

The National Monument consists of the Konak residence building with its movable heritage, a secondary building, and the park of the Konak residence.

The movable heritage referred to in the previous paragraph consists of 17 paintings and a collection of furniture.

The National Monument is located on a site designated as cadastral plot nos. 8 and 9 (part), cadastral municipality Sarajevo XI, title deed no. 1450 (new survey), corresponding to part of c.p. nos. 8, 6, 181, 182 and 183, Mahala CXVIII Sarajevo, and part of c.p. nos. 61, 62, 169, 129 and 197, Mahala CXX Sarajevo (old survey), Municipality Stari grad (Old town), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The provisions relating to protection measures set forth by the Law on the Implementation of the Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, established pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of the Federation of  BiH nos. 2/02, 27/02, 6/04 and 51/07) shall apply to the National Monument.

II

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the Government of the Federation) shall be responsible for providing the legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the protection, conservation and presentation of the National Monument.

The Commission to Preserve National Monuments (hereinafter: the Commission) shall determine the technical requirements and secure the funds for preparing and setting up signboards with basic details of the monument and the Decision to proclaim the property a National Monument.

III

To ensure the on-going protection of the National Monument, the following protection measures are hereby stipulated:

• all works are prohibited other than conservation and restoration works and repair works to materials and structures, together with routine maintenance works designed to prolong the life of the building, with the approval of the Federal Ministry responsible for regional planning and under the expert supervision of the heritage protection authority of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
• conservation and restoration works shall be carried out in line with a project and with the approval of the relevant ministry issued pursuant to the Law on the Implementation of Decisions of the Commission. In stage one of the project, investigative works shall be carried out to include an analysis of the stability of the property, the state of the structural elements of the property, investigative works on the façades to include an analysis of the building materials, and analysis of and the composition of the binders, an analysis of the condition of the base for the render, the quality of the coats of paint, the type and colour of paint used on the façades and the condition of the plant species in the park,
• in the light of the horizontal cracks in the ground floor premises of the north-western part of the Konak and the problem of differential subsidence, a geomechanical study of the soil and other necessary investigations shall be conducted, the cause of the subsidence shall be identified, and a technically acceptable solution to stabilize the soil shall be found, whereupon the necessary repair works shall be carried out on the Konak building in such a way as shall not be detrimental to the National Monument,
• the interior premises shall be restored and their technical and infrastructural fittings shall be modernized. This may be carried out in line with a previously developed programme and project for the revitalization of the technical and infrastructural fittings of the property,
• during the conservation and restoration works on the property, its original appearance shall be preserved or restored as regards the treatment of architectural details, the colour of the walls, the layout of the parterre in front of the entrance front of the building, the treatment of doors and windows, the treatment of the façades, the structure and pitch of the roof and the type of roof cladding,
• during the conservation and restoration works and the reconstruction of missing parts, original materials, original methods of treating the materials and binders and original building methods shall be used wherever possible,
• all damage shall be made good while ensuring that the authentic interior and its fixtures and fittings are preserved wherever possible,
• during the conservation and restoration works and the reconstruction of missing parts of the painted and stained glass decorations in the interior, original methods of treatment of the materials and binders shall be used. Missing parts shall be reconstructed where there is relevant documentation, or new ones made by analogy with surviving elements in the property; the methods and extent of intervention carried out to this end must be identifiable,
• the restoration of the interior premises of the property shall be carried out in a manner that will not be detrimental to its value as a monument,
• the park of the Konak residence shall be restored on the basis of a repair project designed to achieve the greatest possible authenticity of expression, based on documentation on its original condition.  All works that could undermine the integrity of the park or be detrimental to its value are prohibited.

IV

All executive and area development planning acts not in accordance with the provisions of this Decision are hereby revoked.

V

Everyone, and in particular the competent authorities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Canton, and urban and municipal authorities, shall refrain from any action that might damage the National Monument or jeopardize the preservation and rehabilitation thereof.

VI

The removal of the movable heritage items referred to in Clause 1 para. 3 of this Decision (hereinafter: the movable heritage) from Bosnia and Herzegovina is prohibited.

By way of exception to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Clause, the temporary removal from Bosnia and Herzegovina of the movable heritage for the purposes of display or conservation shall be permitted if it is established that conservation works cannot be carried out in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Permission for temporary removal under the conditions stipulated in the preceding paragraph shall be issued by the Commission, if it is determined beyond doubt that it will not jeopardize the movable heritage in any way. 

In granting permission for the temporary removal of the movable heritage, the Commission shall stipulate all the conditions under which the removal from Bosnia and Herzegovina may take place, the date by which the items shall be returned to the country, and the responsibility of individual authorities and institutions for ensuring that these conditions are met, and shall notify the Government of the Federation, the relevant security service, the customs authority of  Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the general public accordingly.

VII

The Government of the Federation, the Federal Ministry responsible for regional planning, the Federation heritage protection authority, and the Municipal Authorities in charge of urban planning and land registry affairs, shall be notified of this Decision in order to carry out the measures stipulated in Articles II to VI of this Decision, and the Authorized Municipal Court shall be notified for the purposes of registration in the Land Register.

VIII

The elucidation and accompanying documentation form an integral part of this Decision, which may be viewed by interested parties on the premises or by accessing the website of the Commission (http://www.aneks8komisija.com.ba) 

IX

Pursuant to Art. V para 4 Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, decisions of the Commission are final.

X

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption and shall be published in the Official Gazette of BiH.

This Decision has been adopted by the following members of the Commission: Zeynep Ahunbay, Amra Hadžimuhamedović, Dubravko Lovrenović, Ljiljana Ševo and Tina Wik.

No.06.1-2-150/07-10                                                                

12 September 2007

Sarajevo                                                                                

Chair of the Commission

Dubravko Lovrenović

E l u c i d a t i o n

I – INTRODUCTION

Pursuant to Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Law on the Implementation of the Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, established pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a “National Monument” is an item of public property proclaimed by the Commission to Preserve National Monuments to be a National Monument pursuant to Articles V and VI of Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina  and property entered on the Provisional List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of  BiH no. 33/02) until the Commission reaches a final decision on its status, as to which there is no time limit and regardless of whether a petition for the property in question has been submitted or not.

The architectural ensemble of the Konak in Sarajevo together with its movable heritage lies within the Urban townscape of Sarajevo, which is on the Provisional List of National Monuments of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, numbered as 546.

Pursuant to the provisions of the law, the Commission proceeded to carry out the procedure for reaching a final decision to designate the Property as a National Monument, pursuant to Article V para. 4 of Annex 8 and Article 35 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments.

II – PROCEDURE PRIOR TO DECISION

In the procedure preceding the adoption of a final decision to proclaim the property a national monument, the following documentation was inspected:

• Data on the current condition and use of the property, including a description and photographs, data of war damage, data on restoration or other works on the property, etc.
• The current condition of the property
• Documentation on the location and current owner and user of the property
• Historical, architectural and other documentary material on the property, as set out in the bibliography forming part of this Decision.

The findings based on the review of the above documentation and the condition of the property are as follows:

1. Details of the property

Location

The architectural ensemble of the Konak in Sarajevo was built in the contact zone of the Sarajevo quarter known as Bistrik with the river Miljacka and the commercial centre of Baščaršija.  It is bordered to the west by the Academy of the Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina building, to the north by the complex of the Careva (Emperor's) mosque and Isa-bey baths, to the east by Konak street, and to the south by Franjevačka street(1).

The main entrance is to the east, from Konac street, with a side entrance from Austria Square via the passageway and courtyard of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from which a gateway leads into the courtyard of the Konak, and a goods entrance and access to the garages to the south of the complex, from Franjevačka street.

The architectural ensemble of the Konak in Sarajevo is located on a site designated as cadastral plot nos. 8 and 9 (part), cadastral municipality Sarajevo XI, title deed no. 1450 (new survey), corresponding to part of c.p. nos. 8, 6, 181, 182 and 183, Mahala CXVIII Sarajevo, and part of c.p. nos. 61, 62, 169, 129 and 197, Mahala CXX Sarajevo (old survey), Municipality Stari grad (Old town), Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.        

Historical information

The Sultan's deputies in Bosnia were headquartered in Sarajevo (1463-1553), then in Banja Luka (1553-1638), again in Sarajevo (1638-1703), in Travnik (1703-1850), and the for a third time in Sarajevo, after 1850. The residences of the governors of Bosnia during the Ottoman period were known as sarai, beyluk-sarai, or konak. The old beyluk saraj (residence of Bosnia's sandžakbeys and valis) was in Sarajevo, where the barracks in Bistrik now stand. It was built between 1453 and 1462(2). 

The fact that the name Saray-ovasi(3) features for the first time in 1455 in the Census of Isa-bey Ishaković(4) suggests that the court had already been built by then. 

A water main was also laid to the sarai, bringing water from Pastrma at the top of Bistrik(5). The beyluk-sarai, the area below Širokača where the Čokadži Hajji-Sulejman mosque with the "seven brothers" turbe stands, was called Begluk, or Zabeglukom. Nothing is known of the appearance of that sarai(6).

Some evidence survives of the konaks in Sarajevo after the seat of the governor was again transferred to Sarajevo in 1638, such as the notes made by the reporter Fr. Pavle of Rovinj(7), or Evliya Çelebi’s travelogue of 1659-1660(8).

Details of the sarais in the 18th century reveal that they were damaged by the fire that broke out as  a result of Eugene of Savoy’s campaign in Sarajevo in 1697.

Sarajevo sidžils (court records) for 1770, 1797, 1800, 1810, 1813 and 1820 refer to repairs to the sarai(9).

Although the beyluk saraj was a state building, quite high fees were paid for compiling accounts and entering them in the sidžil, just as in the case of probate and other private records(10).

"In 1813, major repairs were carried out at a cost of 10,000 groschen. As a bujrulija (order issued by a pasha or vali) reveals, much of the women's quarters in the sarai was in a state of ruin, and was repaired, with four rooms and the kitchen rebuilt. There were also some repairs in the quarters where the pasha resided. The hayloft and barn were also repaired.(11)“

The last vizier to occupy these konaks was Abdurahim pasha (Bosnian vizier from 1826 to 1827). He proposed that a new sarai be built in Sarajevo, and that the headquarters of the vizier be transferred from Travnik to Sarajevo. Although the building of the sarai was approved by an imperial firman of 20 Rabi al-Awwal 1243 AH (11 October 1827), and "the mimbarbasha [chief architect], one Mahmud," came from Istanbul "to determine the site and draw up a bill of costs," no start was made on building the new sarai, and the existing building was abandoned to the ravages of time and demolished in 1853.  A large kršla(12), a military barracks, was built on the site, known as the Medžidija, after the reigning Sultan Abdul Mecit(13).

On 4 June 1832 Kara-Mahmud pasha proposed to the Sublime Porte that the seat of the vizier be transferred from Travnik to Sarajevo and that a new beyluk sarai be built, which the Porte immediately agreed to, and on 14 June 1832 work began on building a new court at Gorica in Sarajevo. This new building was also officially known as the beyluk saraj. The building works took 115 days, from 14 July to 5 November 1832 (15 Safar to 11 Jumada-th-Thaniyyah 1248 AH).

Hamdija Kreševljaković writes about this sarai: "The sarais consisted of two large buildings, one of which was designed as offices for court officials and the other as the apartments and office of the Bosnian vizier. A water main was laid to the sarais, bringing water through wooden pipes (tomruk) from the Kokorovac spring near Nahorevo, about 6 km. from Gorica....

Kara Mahmudpasha immediately moved into the sarais and remained there until he left Bosnia in June 1833. He was the only vizier to live there. His successors, Davud pasha and Mehmed Salihpaša Vedžihija, held court in Sarajevo, but since they did not like the courts in Gorica, regarding them as too far from the centre of the city, they lived in Mustafa-aga Zlatarević’s house, on the site of the present-day National Bank in Tito Street. Vedžihija had to leave Sarajevo on account of an uprising and a cholera epidemic, moving to Travnik in July 1836. His successors also held court in Travnik until 1850.

The pasha-sarais in Gorica were abandoned with the departure of Kara Mahmud pasha. The people of Sarajevo, fearing that the vizier would not return, persuaded a madwoman, who set them on fire on 29 March 1841. They were almost at the top of Gorica. Their ruins could be seen until 1853, the year when work began on the Medžidija and every mahala had to bring a certain number of stones to Atmejdan. The residents of Gorica dug out the stone from the foundations of this building and took it to Atmejdan. Thus every last trace of these sarais vanished.(14)”

Omer pasha Latas stayed in Fadil pasha Šerifija's konak, which stood on the site now occupied by St Anthony's Franciscan monastery in Bistrik, from23 July 1850 to 30 April 1852, and it is recorded of this konak that it was "a spacious building with all the comforts of that time.“ After Latas, the Bosnian vizier Velijudin pasha stayed in that konak, after having lived in Mustafa pasha Babić's konak. Fadil pasha's konak was used as the residence of the Bosnian viziers until November 1869, when the present Konak was built. The Fadil pasha konak housed the Vilayet press from 1870 to 1878, and then the Provincial press from 1878 to 1880. In December 1880 the building was demolished, and in 1881the erar(15) land was ceded to the Catholic church, which laid and blessed the foundations of the future church of St Anthony(16) there on 17 August 1881.

In 1867 the Bosnian vizier Topal Šerif Osman pasha(17) began building a new konak; the building works were completed on 6 November 1869.

"Beside it another smaller building was erected, linked with the konak by a passageway or kubur. This was the so-called harèmluk or vizier's apartments, now part of the BiH National Assembly building. The building by Bistrik dates from the same time, and housed the administration of the Sarajevo sandžak (district).

All these buildings, along with a number of smaller ones, were built in the garden of the mešćèma (courthouse). The konak was the second three-storey building to be erected after the Medžidije barracks. For that time it was a truly monumental building, the work of the government surveyor Franjo Linardović, a native of Split, who spent several years here, and of his colleague, also from Split, by the name of Moise.

The konak and haremluk can be seen on the enclosed photograph,  which dates from before December 1880, since the old konak – Fadil pasha's konak – can also be seen on the photograph and, as already noted, was demolished in December that year.(18)“

Until 1878 the Konak was the seat of government: the vizier held audience in the Great Hall on the second floor and once a year the Provincial Assembly held a session there.

In July and August 1878, during the time of the National Government, major events took place in and around the Konak. In the early days of July 1878, after the decision of the Berlin Congress by which Turkey surrendered Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austro-Hungarian administration, there were disturbances in Sarajevo and other parts of Bosnia. At a meeting of leading Muslims, held in Sarajevo on 5 June 1878, the decision had been taken to set up a National Committee of representatives of all confessions, and on 8 June 1878 the National Assembly was formed, followed on 27 July 1878 by the National Government, with military affairs entrusted to Smail-bey Selmanović and Muhamed Hadžikajmaković, the police to Abid-aga Gačanin and Ahmed Naka, and the telegraph authority to Šerif Zildžić(19).

From 19 August 1878 to 3 November 1918, the country's rulers resided in the Konak, and every member of the Habsburg family who visited Sarajevo also stayed there.

After the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie Duchess of Hohenburg, on 28 June 1914, their bodies were brought to the Konak, where autopsies were performed(20) and their catafalques were on display; their bodies were taken by train from Sarajevo to Ploče and then by the ship, Viribus unitis to Trieste, whence they were taken by train to Graz and then to Artstetten Castle on the Danube, where their funeral was held.

From 1918 to 1941, generals, lords of the county and bans (governors) lived in the Konak complex, while during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia the Konak was used as a royal residence.

By Ruling Pov. M. No. 229 of 17 July 1922, sent to the Provincial Authority for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and signed on the orders of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Nikola P. Pašić, the Provincial Authority building (the Konak) was handed over to His Majesty. Prior to that, when visiting Sarajevo His Majesty had stayed at a hotel in Ilidža specially converted for the purpose.

The first Faculty of Medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina was opened on 22 November 1944(21) in the Konak in Sarajevo and the buildings surrounding the residence: the former Supreme Court and the Narodne uzdanice  building(22). The Konak housed the dean's office, central medical library, a ceremonial hall (aula), the Institute for the History of Medicine and the Institute of Social Medicine. Another building (the former Supreme Court(23)) housed the Institute of Anatomy, the Histology Institute, the Physics Institute and the Biology Institute. A third building (the Narodne uzdanice premises), which also belonged to the Faculty, housed the military; the plan was that once the military had vacated it, it would house the Chemistry Institute, the Physiology Institute and the Pharmacology Institute(24). 

            Following World War II the Konak again became a residence, used by the President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, when visiting or staying in Sarajevo.

Since 1992, the Konak Residence has been the representative edifice of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, used by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for holding state receptions and accommodating senior foreign delegations while visiting Bosnia aned Herzegovina. Various receptions, exhibitions, cultural events, promotions and similar events are held in the Konak with the permission of the Protocol Office of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina(25).

2. Description of the property

Following the original 1870s design, the architectural ensemble consisted of the Konak itself and a smaller building to the west of the Konak containing the vali's apartments. This smaller building was linked by a covered passageway to the Konak building(26).

By comparing the size of the smaller building in which the vali lived, as indicated on the 1903 Austro-Hungarian geodetic survey, with the sizes given on the drawings of the Ancillary Building in the Courtyard Complex of the Konak in Sarajevo (dating from September 1924), and those on the drawings of the main Konak building dating from August 1927, together with an analysis of a photograph of the Konak complex taken prior to 1880, which shows the vali's apartments, it can be said with certainty that the Ancillary Building in the Courtyard Complex of the Konak in Sarajevo(27)   is the building where the vali lived. The building had a footprint of 20.60 x 10.15 m, and consisted of two storeys. The ground floor walls were 80, 100 and 120 cm thick. The ground floor rooms had barrel-vaulted ceilings. The eastern part of the ground floor contained a room measuring 8.15 x 10.80 (where the outer walls had reinforcing pilasters), andn a smaller room measuring 2.60 x5.95 m, while the western part had a double-flight staircase in an area measuring 3.60 x 8.55 m, leading to the first floor. Comparing the drawings of the first floor dating from 1927 with the photograph taken prior to 1880, there can be no doubt that the first floor underwent certain alterations and changes to the interior layout(28). The covered passageway from the vali's apartments to the Konak was at first-floor level. Judging from the photograph, it was an ordinary passarelle of wooden construction. On the buildings of the Konak dating from 1927 it is clear that the passageway between the vali's apartments and the Konak was altered between 1880 and 1927: the new one was a solid masonry structure. In layout it was an interpolation 1 ½ wings wide; to the north was a corridor with an inner width of 1.40, while the south wing contained a toilet block, a double-flight side staircase and side rooms with a depth of 4.55 m.

To the north of the Konak was a landscaped park area, while some 45m to the north of the Konak was an additional building, erected between 1895 and 1903.

In both the Turkish(29) and the Austro-Hungarian(30) periods the limits of the Konak grounds were defined to the west by a wall some 7 m to the west of the building line of the Konak. On the site plan of the Governor’s Mansion(31) it is clear that this wall had been demolished and that the plot marked on the 1903 Austro-Hungarian geodetic survey (the plot where the Academy of Sciences and Arts of BiH now stands) had been merged with the Konak plot.

Correspondence conducted in 1922, 1925, 1927, 1927 and 1929 between the superintendent of the Royal Court in Sarajevo, Dragutin Jilek, and the Buildings Directorate for Bosnia and Herzegovina, reveals that the plot marked as no. 7 on the 1903 Austro-Hungarian geodetic survey (hereafter, plot no. 7) and the buildings on it became part of the Governor’s Mansion after 1922, and that this was a property in poor condition that needed frequent repairs and alterations.

A comparison of the size of the property built alongside the extreme western boundary of plot no. 7, drawn on the 1930 Austro-Hungarian geodetic survey, with the dimensions on the drawings of the Ancillary Building from the Street of the Konak Complex in Sarajevo (drawings dating from March 1925) leads to the conclusion that the size of the building remained unchanged. It was a two-storey building with a footprint of approx. 33.80 x 6.90 m(32). On the ground floor, a passage about 3.25 m wide on the south side of the building led into an inner courtyard, while access to the building itself was to the east, from the courtyard of the complex.

The stables, probably built after 1927(33), feature on the site plan of the Governor’s Mansion. This was a building measuring 7.45 x 25.80 m. The central part of the building was single-storey with a gabled roof, 14 m wide with 8 horseboxes, while both side wings of the building, 5.90 m in width, were two-storey with hipped roofs. The stables were connected to the mains water and sewerage system.

After World War II, all the ancillary buildings of the Konak Royal Residence that had stood on plot no. 7 were demolished to allow for the House of Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the building now occupied by the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina to be erected(34).

The Konak guardhouse, built after 1927(35), still exists and is used as an outbuilding. It is about 50 m to the north of the Konak and is a single-storey building measuring 6.60 x 12.30 m with a hipped roof. It has a simple layout: a corridor measuring 2 x 4.80 m, two small rooms measuring respectively 3.40 x 6.10 and 5 x 5.70 m, and a toilet. The entrance to the building is to the south; the portal is accentuated by shallow pilasters as are the corners of the building, interrupted by the treambulation of the architrave above the windows. There are two windows to the south and two to the east of the building. The double-casement windows, of which the masonry openings measure 100 x 210 cm, have lunettes above. The façade is accentuated by horizontal bands about 25 cm wide with simple moulding.

DESCRIPTION OF THE KONAK BUILDING

The mansion was designed as a residential property in the historicist spirit, as reflected in the ground plan and the visual, architectural treatment of the façades.

The Konak is a three-storey building, with the main part measuring approx. 26.70 x 24.52 m in plan(36).

As regards the interior layout, the architect arranged all the rooms and the main drawing rooms around the most representative area of the palace – the halls and triple-flight staircase.

There are two ground-floor suites on each side, to the left and right of the entrance hall, which measures 10.97 x 15.52 m. These four suites were designed for the retinues of senior officials and guests staying in the Konak, and each consists of a short corridor, a bathroom and a room. The spacious rooms are of various sizes: 27.8 m2, 23.2 m2, 27.4 m2 and 32.7 m2. They have oak parquet floors, while the bathrooms have tiled floors, and the walls are painted. The inter-storey structure above the ground floor rests on two colonnades of  70 x 70 cm pillars running north-south, set approx. 341-348 cm apart. From east to west the pillars are set 214 cm from the outer bearing walls of the hall, and about 5 m apart. Between the colonnades of pillars are elliptical arches (with the apex of the ellipse approx. 3.30 m above floor level and the rise of the elliptical arch measuring approx. 105 cm).  The floor area of the hall is on two levels: a single step runs between the pillars in line with the colonnades, so that the side areas leading into the rooms are some 15 cm above the level of the central area of the hall.

On each floor, at the end of the right-hand (western) side passage way, are doors linking the hall with the extension built onto the south-west side of the Konak, which houses the service quarters: a double-flight side staircase, toilet block, servants' quarters (housekeepers and maids, cooks, waiters, security guards etc.), a kitchen, storerooms, offices, utility rooms and so on.

A triple-flight central staircase, 14 x 34/14 cm, leads from the hall to a landing at a height of +2.25m(37),  with the two side flights leading to the first-floor hall. The central flight is approx. 220 cm wide and the side flights approx. 200 cm. Between the flights is a so-called "mirror area“ approx. 40 cm wide. Each flight has a balustrade approx. 110 cm high, with a stone handrail approx. 15 cm. The staircase is of polished marble, and the stairwell has a polished flagstone floor.

The first-floor hall measures 10.97 x 8.64 m, and has a polished marble floor. The surrounding rooms have hardwood floors, consisting of a grid of square panels within which is an intarsia design of variously colour woods forming eight-pointed stars.

The double doors (146 x 255 cm) in the east side wall of the hall lead into the drawing room (6.59 x 5.30 m) and suite. The suite consists of a bedroom (6.59 x 5.27 m) linked by a short corridor (2.97 x 3.33 m) with the hall (the doors are in the south-east corner of the hall, right by the staircase) and with the bathroom (3.33 x 4.30 m) touble doors to the north lead from the bedroom to the drawing room.

The double doors (146 x 255 cm) in the west side wall of the hall lead into a dining hall (6.59 x 11.59 m) and dressing-room (2.36 x 4.01 m).  The dining room has double doors to the south leading into a side room and thence into the service quarters of the Konak – the side staircase, corridor and kitchen.

The double doors (146 x 255 cm) in the north side wall of the hall lead into a large drawing room (10.97 x 8.34 m), with double doors leading into the dining hall in the north-west corner and the office in the north-east corner of the Konak.

A single door in the south-west corner of the hall, right by the staircase, leads via a small corridor (1.46 x 2.57 m) to the toilet block and corridor of the service quarters of the Konak.

The second-floor hall measures 10.97 x 6.64 m and has a polished marble floor. The surrounding rooms have hardwood floors, consisting of a grid of panels within which is an intarsia design of variously colour woods forming eight-pointed stars and parallelograms.  In both the rooms and the drawing rooms on the first floor, the walls are wallpapered.

The double doors (146 x 255 cm) in the east side wall of the hall lead into the drawing room (6.59 x 5.36 m) and suite. The suite consists of a bedroom (6.59 x 5.63 m) linked by a short corridor (2.97 x 3.33 m) with the hall (the doors are in the south-east corner of the hall, right by the staircase) and with the bathroom (3.33 x 4.30 m) touble doors to the north lead from the bedroom to the drawing room.

The double doors (146 x 255 cm) in the west side wall of the hall lead into a suite, consisting of a bedroom (6.59 x 5.30 m) linked by a short corridor (2.10 x 3.20 m) with the hall (the doors are in the south-east corner of the hall, right by the staircase) and with the bathroom (3.20 x 4.o0 m) touble doors to the north lead from the bedroom to the music room.

The double doors (146 x 255 cm) in the north side wall of the hall lead into a large drawing room (10.70 x 11.39 m), with double doors leading into the music room (6.60 x 8.30 m) in the north-west corner and the office (6.60 x 5.79 m) in the north-east corner of the Konak. The large drawing room on the second floor is directly above the first-floor drawing room, but is larger, on account of the jetty that projects outwards by 3.25 m to the north in relation to the first floor.

A single door in the south-west corner of the hall, right by the staircase, leads via a small corridor (1.46 x 2.57 m) to the toilet block and corridor of the service quarters of the Konak.

The large halls, offices and drawing rooms of the first and second floors face the park of the Konak residence.

The stairwell is lit by two façade openings in the south wall, measuring approx. 550 x 250 cm overall, consisting of 36 panes, and openings measuring approx. 550 x 400 cm overall, consisting of 41 panes. The panes are glazed with stained glass.

No details were available of the type of inter-storey construction of the Konak. It is clear that the overall height of this construction was approx. 45 cm. Bearing this in mind, along with the fact that the "daylight span" of the hall is approx. 10.70 cm, and that when walking there is no sense of oscillation nor is there any visible deformation in the form of sagging, it is likely that the inter-storey construction was not of the classic wooden joist type.

The ceiling height on the ground and first floor is approx. 390 cm and on the second floor approx. 495 cm.

The visual, architectural treatment of the façades of the Konak have some elements of neo-classical expression and, bearing in mind that it was built in 1867-1869, during the Turkish period, the influence of the "Turkish baroque" can also be seen(38). 

The north, entrance façade of the residential palace is treated in monumental style. A flight of steps 4.40 m wide, with each step measuring 6 x 40/14 cm, is of hreša stone, in line with the central axis of the building, leads to an entrance terrace which is semi-elliptical in plan. The terrace is approx. 7 m deep and 22.70 m long. To the left and right of the flight of steps are sculptures of a lion, one on each side. The lions(39) are on plinths, from which extends a balustrade following the outer line of the terrace to right and left of the flight of steps.

The architecture of the relatively long wall of the north, entrance façade (with an overall length of approx. 26.70 m) is articulated by the deep jetty of the second floor, which projects out from the face of the building by approx. 3.25 m, and is supported by arches and pillars, some rising from the entrance terrace and some from the ground. This treatment of the main entrance to the Konak thus creates a covered portico, which extends up past the ground and first floor. The jetty rests on four 80 x 80 cm pillars set at varying distances apart: 180 cm / 440 cm / 180 cm. The outer finish of the pillars is in the form of rusticated blocks. Level with the cordon string course of the north façade between the ground and first floors the pillars are treated to match the string course, with the same moulding and dentils. The arches above the colonnade of pillars are moulded: the side arches are round and the central arch is elliptical. The two central pillars are set at the same distance apart as the flight of steps, thus accentuating the entrance.

Continuing on from the pillars of the portico are shallow moulded projections adorned with a wealth of relief decorations, cartouches and mascarones. The fenestration of the façade of the second-floor jetty follow the rhythm and form of the arches of the portico at first floor level, with two round-arched windows to the side and a central elliptical-arched window, framed by aedicules with elaborately moulded archivolts. There is a mascarone above the central window.

To the sides of the jetty the entrance façade has three windows on each storey, in a rather denser rhythm, set closer together, almost so as to form trifora. Their parapets are accentuated: the sills are joined by a single moulded cornice, and blind balustrades follow the rhythm of the window openings (the masonry openings of the first and second floor windows measure 130 x 230 cm). The semicircular aedicules contain cartouches.

On the east and west façades, the windows (with masonry openings measuring 130 x 230 cm) are set in six axes. The repetitive rhythm of identical windows set at the same distance apart, approx. 140 cm, means that these façades lack the dynamism of the north façade. Horizontally, they are articulated by two cordon string courses of simple moulding. The rectangular windows are set in round-arched aedicules with elaborately moulded archivolts. The lower ends of the aedicule cornices are in the form of stylized volutes. The panels within the aedicules contain relief decoration with stylized floral motifs.

All the windows are fitted with wooden eslinger roller blinds on the outside.

The smaller windows, rustication of the wall face by the use of bossage, and the rustication of the portico pillars at ground-floor level, combine to give the ground floor façade a more enclosed and rigid expression.

The tops of the side façade walls are emphasized along their entire height by demi-pillars finished in the form of rusticated blocks, and are topped by cartouches and mascarones.

All the façades below the eaves, around the entire building, terminate in an elaborately moulded cornice with a cyme, geison, consoles and dentils.

The building has a complex, multi-paned pitched roof with wooden roof trusses, clad with galvanized iron, and fitted with galvanized iron guttering.

A side entrance at ground floor level to the north of the extension to the Konak leads from the courtyard into service quarters.

MOVABLE HERITAGE

FURNITURE

§         FIRST FLOOR

o        BLUE DRAWING ROOM

1. CHAIRS (9)

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size

Overall height: 100 cm

Size of seat: 58 x 58 cm

Height of armrest: 66.5 cm

Description: The chairs have four wooden legs and are upholstered in beige silk with woven floral motifs.The wooden legs are decorated with carved foliar and floral motifs. The backrests are oval, with wooden frames; the crest consists of a carved bow and flowers. The entire surface of the wooden parts of the chairs is decorated with shallow arcades. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

2. TWO-SEATER SOFA

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size

Overall height: 93 cm

Size of seat: 160 x 62 cm

Height of armrest: 70 cm

Description: The two-seater sofa has four wooden legs and an oval seat, echoing the shape of the backrest. It is upholstered in beige silk with woven floral motifs. The wooden parts are decorated with carved foliar and floral motifs. The wooden frame of the backrest has a carved crest consisting of a bow and flowers. The entire surface of the wooden parts is decorated with shallow arcades. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

3. TWO-SEATER SOFA (2)

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size

Overall height: 88 cm

Size of seat: 122 x 60 cm

Height of armrest: 70 cm

Description: The two-seater sofas have four wooden legs and an oval seat, echoing the shape of the backrest. It is upholstered in beige silk with woven floral motifs. The wooden parts are decorated with carved foliar and floral motifs. The wooden frame of the backrest has a carved crest consisting of a bow and flowers. The entire surface of the wooden parts is decorated with shallow arcades. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

4. TABLE

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size

Height: 72 cm

Size of tabletop: 131 x 75.5 cm

Description: The table has four wooden legs joined by wooden stretchers forming an X shape. At the point where the stretchers cross is a domed wooden feature. The tabletop consists of light-toned marble set in a wooden frame with an apron, of which the outer face is decorated with relief motifs of branches with leaves and flowers.The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

5. TABLE (2)

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size

Height: 72 cm

Size of tabletop: 94x53 cm

Description: The table has four wooden legs joined by wooden stretchers forming an X shape. At the point where the stretchers cross is a domed wooden feature. The tabletop consists of light-toned marble set in a wooden frame with an apron, of which the outer face is decorated with relief motifs of branches with leaves and flowers. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

6. BENCH (2)

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size

Height: 52 cm

Size of seating area: 103x38 cm

Description: The bench has six wooden legs linked by wooden stretchers forming two rhombs, one for each three legs. The fourth side of the rhomb forms the link between the legs, which are decorated with shallow arcades. The central part of the decorative apron of the bench is adorned with shallow arcades and floral elements. The seat is upholstered in beige silk with woven floral motifs. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

7. LIGHT FITTING

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size: 214 cm

Description: The base of the light fitting consists of three gently curving legs joining at the massive circular stem. A cupped circular element decorated with foliar motifs rises from the stem, which continues above the cup; the surface of the stem is decorated with shallow arcades. Another floral element is inserted at mid-point of the stem, which then continues to the light holder. This ends in a decorative element resembling a flower pistil, from which the first circular, shell-shaped holder of the 12-light fitting arises. Above this is another holder, this time resembling a fully-opened flower, with each of its six petals holding another light. A single light rises from the centre of this holder. The lights are elongated in shape and white in colour, resembling candles. The entire wooden surface of the light fitting is finished with matt gold lacquer.

o        STUDY

8. DESK

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Height: 81 cm

Size of desktop: 190 x 79 cm

Description: The desk stands on four short, massive, square feet decorated with stylized lions' heads. The desk is rectangular, and has two cupboards with doors on the side where one sits at the desk. The right-hand cupboard contains three drawers, and the left-hand one a shelf.  The edges of the cupboard doors are decorated with a carved relief band with plant motifs.  The base of the cupboards and the entire surface of the desk on the side where one sits are decorated with arcades. There is a single drawer between the cupboards, below the desktop.  The drawer and the two cupboard doors have locks which no longer work. 

The sides of the desk are decorated simply with plant motifs around the edges. The front of the desk is elaborately decorated, with at the corners the figure of a muscular male nude with a loin cloth, arms at head-height holding up the desktop. These two figures stand out from the surface of the desk. The centre of the desk is decorated with the figure of a musician, seated facing left, wearing a toga-like garment and holding a lyre. To the right of the musician is a hovering winged angel holding a palm frond and to the right [sic] are two lively angels. The background consists of a relief of trees, architecture and foliage. The wood is brown, with a high gloss finish.

9. CHAIR

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Overall height: 131 cm

Size of seat:156 x 159 cm

Height of armrest: 170 cm [sic]

Description: The chair has four wooden legs, with the two back legs merging into the backrest.  The front legs are joined to the armrests, with a relief lion's at the point where they meet. The feet are in the shape of lions' paws. The backrest of the chair has a semicircular crest in the shape of a lion's head. The chair is upholstered in beige silk with woven floral motifs. The wood is brown, with a high gloss finish.

10. TABLE

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Height: 80 cm

Size of tabletop: 86 x 55 cm

Description: The table has four slightly bowed legs with lion's paw feet. The legs are joined at mid height by an apron, over which is the tabletop. The apron is decorated with the stylized figure of a lion's head. The edges of the rectangular tabletop are decorated with a carved floral design. The wood is brown, with a high gloss finish.

11. CABINET

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size: 120 x 230 x 58 cm

Description: The cabinet stands on four short, massive square feet, decorated with the stylized figure of a lion's head. The cabinet is rectangular, with a richly decorated front. Visually, it consists of five sections and two friezes. The lower frieze consists of a motif of arcades and foliage, and the top frieze of motifs of foliage and five stylized lions' heads. The outer panels or pillars of the cabinet project outwards and are each decorated with the same motif – the figure of a muscular male nude with a loin cloth and standing on a spiral column. His arms are at head height as if supporting the entire weight of the cabinet above him. The spiral column on which he is standing is decorated with acanthus leaves.

The central section consists of glazed doors with four shelves behind them. To the right and left of the glazed doors are two identically-decorated panels – relief figures of a seated woman, facing the glazed doors, holding a painter's palette and paper in one hand and a cross in other other. A nude boy with a loin cloth is seated at each woman's feet, holding a book.  Below this motif, as if below open curtains, is an elaborate relief of foliage and flowers. The wood is brown, with a high gloss finish.

12. TWO-SEATER SOFA

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Overall height: 129 cm

Size of seat: 145 x 62 cm

Height of armrest: 70 cm

Description: The two-seater sofa has four slightly bowed legs decorated with shallow arcades intersected in places by square elements. The legs are joined at the base by wooden stretchers meeting in the middle to form a rectangle. The backrest of the sofa is high and slightly curved in the middle. The armrests are wooden, and curve in towards the seat, joining the front legs. The sofa is upholstered with light green silk with a woven floral design. The wood is brown, with a high gloss finish.

13. CHAIR (2)

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Overall height: 128 cm

Size of seat: 63 x 62 cm

Height of armrest: 70 cm

Description:The chairs have four slightly bowed legs decorated with shallow arcades intersected in places by square elements. The legs are joined at the base by wooden stretchers meeting in the middle to form a rectangle. The backrest of the chairs is high and slightly curved in the middle. The armrests are wooden, and curve in towards the seat, joining the front legs. The chairs are upholstered with light green silk with a woven floral design. The wood is brown, with a high gloss finish.

14. TABLE

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Height: 73 cm

Size of tabletop:103 x 103 cm

Description: The table has four slightly bowed legs with lion's paw feet. The top of the legs widens into the bust of a woman with thick wavy hair and breasts. The tabletop is rectangular, with projecting semicircular corners resting on the head of a woman as if forming her cap. The edges of the tabletop are decorated with a floral motif.

15. CHAIR

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Overall height: 121 cm

Size of seat: 59 x 60 cm

Height of armrest: 75.5 cm

Description: The chair has four wooden legs, with the two back legs merging into the backrest.  The front legs have lion's paw feet. The seat is set into a wooden frame decorated with vertical arcades. The armrests are attached to the backrest and are decorated with floral motifs. The chair is upholstered in light green silk with woven floral motifs.  The wood is brown, with a high gloss finish.

o        SMALL DRAWING ROOM

16. CABINET

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size: 188 x 124 x 44 cm

Description: The cabinet stands on four legs, decorated with foliar motifs, and joined at the base by stretchers meeting in the middle, where there is an attached element in the form of a lamp. The carcass of the cabinet is oval in shape. The lower decorative apron of the cabinet is decorated with arches, fleur-de-lis, undulating swags and bows. Above this is a glazed section with doors. The edges are oval in shape and separated by the flat central section by decorative strips, the doors of the cabinet. The area behind the glazing is fitted with three shelves. The top of the cabinet is round-arched. The cabinet is finished with matt gold lacquer.

17. DRESSING TABLE

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size: 270 x 100 x 36 cm

Description: The dressing table has four legs, decorated with foliar motifs, and joined at the base by stretchers meeting in the middle, where there is an attached element in the form of a lamp. The carcass of the dressing table is oval in shape, like a halfmoon console table. The lower decorative apron of the dressing table is decorated with arches, fleur-de-lis and undulating swags. Above this is a rectangular mirror in a wooden frame of the same design as the decorative apron. The top of the frame is slightly curved and has a lamp-like element attached to the centre and an acorn-like element at the edges. Decorative wooden curtain-like features fall from the top of the frame over the mirror.

18. CHAISE LONGUE

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size: 79 x 192 x 89 cm

Description: The chaise longue is rectangular, with four short legs decorated with foliar motifs. The seat or reclining area has a headrest and back extending along half of one side. The wooden parts are finished with matt gold lacquer, and the chaise longue is upholstered in striped silk in light green, pink and beige.

19. THREE-SEATER SOFA

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Overall height: 120 cm

Size of seat: 206 x 67 cm

Height of armrest: 65 cm

Description: The three-seater sofa has four short wooden legs decorated with foliar motifs. The seat is oval, following the shape the back of the sofa. It is upholstered in striped silk in light green, pink and beige. The wooden parts are decorated with carved floral motifs (leaves andn flowers).The frame of the backrest has a carved decoration like the frame of a mirror, with a lamp-like element attached to the middle of the backrest, from which tendrils emerge, ending in acorn-like elements. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

20. ARMCHAIR (3)

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Overall height: 107 cm

Size of seat: 57 x 60 cm

Height of armrest: 63 cm

Description: The armchairs have four short wooden legs decorated with foliar motifs. The seat is surrounded on three sides by the backrest, which merges into the lower armrests. A lamp-like element is attached to the middle of the backrest, from which tendrils emerge, ending in acorn-like elements. The armchairs are upholstered in striped silk in light green, pink and beige.  The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

21. TABLE

Date of origin: first half of 20th century

Size

Height: 72 cm

Size of tabletop:150 x 74.5 cm

Description: The table has four short legs decorated with foliar motifs, joined by wooden stretchers forming an X shape. A lamp-like element is attached to the point where the stretchers intersect. The tabletop consists of light-toned marble set in a wooden frame with an apron, of which the outer face is decorated with relief motifs of arches, fleur-de-lis, undulating swags and bows. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

o        PRESIDENTIAL SUITE

22. CHEST OF DRAWERS

Date of origin: 1960s

Size: 104 x 120 x 57 cm

Description: The chest of drawers is rectangular, with four slightly bowed legs. The chest has four drawers with serpentine fronts. Each of the drawers has gilded handles. The chest of drawers is brown, with a high gloss varnished finish.

23. TALLBOY

Date of origin: 1960s

Size: 179 x 112 x 50 cm

Description: The tallboy is rectangular, with four short, slightly bowed feet. The lower part of the tallboy has four drawers with serpentine fronts. Each of the drawers has gilded handles.  Above the drawers is a glazed section with two doors. The tallboy has an undulating top. The tallboy is brown, with a high gloss varnished finish.

24. DRESSING TABLE

Date of origin: 1960s

Size: 175 x 134 x 44 cm

Description: The dressing table stands on four short, slightly bowed legs, and a tabletop with a mirror set into a simple wooden frame, with two small cupboards on either side. The dressing table is brown, with a high gloss varnished finish.

25. STOOL

Date of origin: 1960s

Size: 48 x 55x40 cm

Description: The stool has four slightly bowed legs. The seat is upholstered in a floral fabric.

26. THREE-DOOR CUPBOARD

Date of origin: 1960s

Size: 205 x 195 x 58 cm

Description: The cupboard is rectangular, with four short, slightly bowed legs. It has three doors, single and double, with slightly serpentine fronts. The top of the cupboard is undulating in shape. The cupboard is brown, with a high gloss varnished finish.

27. BED

Date of origin: 1960s

Size:

Height of the bedhead: 10.5 cm

Height of the foot of the bed: 88 cm

Size of the bed: 46 x 207 x 175 cm

Description: The mattress is set in a wooden frame. The high bedhead and foot of the bed are undulating in shape and stand proud of the mattress.

28. BEDSIDE CUPBOARDS (2)

Date of origin: 1960s

Size: 66 x 44 x 58 cm

Description: The bedside cupboards are rectangular in shape, with four slightly bowed legs. They each contain two drawers with serpentine fronts, each fitted with gold handles. The bedside cupboards are brown, with a high gloss varnished finish.

29. CHAIR (2)

Date of origin: 1960s

Size:

Overall height: 102 cm

Size of seat: 49 x 47 cm

Description: The chairs have four slightly bowed legs. The seats are upholstered in a floral fabric. The chairbacks are wooden, slightly curved at the top.

30. SIDE TABLE

Date of origin: 1960s

Size:

Height: 76 cm

Size of tabletop: 92 x 71 cm

Description: The table has four slightly bowed legs joined by an apron, and a serpentine-edged tabletop.

o        STUDY

31. FOUR-DOOR CABINET

Date of origin: c. 1960

Size: 110 x 252 x 64 cm

Description: The cabinet stands on four slightly bowed legs. The carcass of the cabinet has four doors: two double doors in the middle, and two single doors to the sides. The doors are decorated with narrow applied plant motifs. Above the flat surface of the cabinet is a raised element with a decorative slat at the back of the cabinet, occupying almost half the overall flat surface of the cabinet.

32. TWO-DOOR SIDEBOARD

Date of origin: c. 1960

Size: 100 x 165 x 56 cm

Description: The sideboard has four slightly bowed legs. The carcass of the sideboard has two doors decorated with narrow applied plant motifs. Above the flat surface of the sideboard is a raised element with a decorative slat at the back of the cabinet, occupying almost half the overall flat surface of the sideboard.

33. CABINET

Date of origin: c. 1960

Size: 195 x 142 x 46 cm

Description: The cabinet stands on four slightly bowed legs. The carcass of the cabinet has two doors decorated with narrow applied plant motifs. Above this is a cupboard with a wooden back and glazed sides and front.

34. CONFERENCE TABLE

Date of origin: c. 1960

Size:

Height: 80 cm

Size of tabletop: 685 x 128cm

Description: The table has sixteen slightly bowed legs. The tabletop is oval.

35. CHAIR (30)

Date of origin:

Size:

Overall height: 104 cm

Size of seat: 47 x 47 cm

Description: The chairs have four slightly bowed legs. The seats are upholstered in a floral fabric. The chairbacks are wooden, slightly curved at the top.

36. SIDE TABLE (2)

Date of origin: c. 1960

Size:

Height: 66 cm

Diameter of tabletop: 70 cm

Description: The table has four slightly bowed legs, and a circular top.

§         SECOND FLOOR

o        STUDY

37. DESK

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size:

Height: 84 cm

Size of tabletop: 190  x 81 cm

Description: The desk has four short, massive, zoomorphic feet. The desk is rectangular, and has two cupboards with doors on the side where one sits. The right-hand cupboard contains three drawers, and the left-hand one a shelf. The edges of the cupboard doors are decorated with a carved relief band with plant motifs. The top band features a stylized female head with a richly decorated head-covering. Medallions with reliefs are fixed to the cupboard doors – one has the bust of a partisan holding a gun. The base of the cupboards and the entire surface of the desk on the side where one sits are decorated with arcades. There is a single drawer between the cupboards, below the desktop. The drawer and the two cupboard doors have locks which no longer work. 

The sides of the desk are plain and undecorated.

The front of the desk is elaborately decorated. The edges are decorated with a carved band with plant motifs, and a stylized female head at the top with a richly decorated head-covering. The centre of the desk is decorated with a carved relief World War II scene of a group of partisans conducting an assault. To the right and left of this scene are two metallions with the same motif as on the doors of the desk. The wood is brown, with a high gloss finish.

38. CHAIR

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size:

Overall height: 132 cm

Size of seat: 57 x 52 cm

Height of armrest: 66.5 cm

Description: The chair has four elaborately turned wooden legs. The front and back legs are joined by stretchers, half way along which is another stretcher set at right angles for extra stability (H-stretcher). The back two legs continue to form the backrest of the chair. The front legs end in the figure of a winged angel, kneeling on one knee, the other knee bent, one arm at head height as if to support the arm rest, and the other on his bent knee. The armrest is fixed to the backrest of the chair. The chair is upholstered in light green silk with woven floral motifs. The wood is brown, with a high gloss finish.

39. CABINET

Date of origin: mid 20th century

Size: 120 x 230 x 58 cm

Description: The cabinet stands on four short, massive zoomorphic feet. The front of the cabinet consists of three sections and two friezes at right-angles to these. The top frieze has an egg-and-dart [?] motif, and the bottom frieze is decorated with relief floral motifs. The three sections are in fact the cabinet doors. The central double doors are glazed, and close a cupboard with three shelves. This glazed area is framed by two single doors with central medallions of carved busts of a partisan shouldering his rifles and a female partisan. The edges of the doors are decorated with an elaborate floral relief. At the top of the outer edge is a female head with a richly decorated head-covering.

o        DRAWING ROOM

40. CABINET

Date of origin: early 20th century

Size: 197 x 120 x 40 cm

Description: The cabinet stands on four legs decorated with shallow arcades. The carcass of the cabinet is oval in shape, and consists of oval side sections and a flat central section. The sides are in fact the doors of the cabinet. The flat back of the cabinet is covered by a mirror. The lower surface of the cupboard doors is of wood. The side doors bear an applied twining plant motif, which is more elaborately worked on the central door, with a garland flanked by swags of flowers. The solid part of the doors is topped by a glazed section with a decorative top section adorned with arcades and twining floral garlands above which is the crest of the cabinet, in the form of a bow. The cabinet is finished with matt gold lacquer.

41. TWO-SEATER SOFA

Date of origin: early 20th century

Size

Overall height: 90 cm

Size of seat: 120 x 47 cm

Height of armrest: 68 cm

Description: The two-seater sofa has four wooden legs decorated with shallow arcades. The seat is oval, its shape following that of the backrest. It is upholstered in silk with a floral design in beige and light green. The wooden parts are decorated with shallow arcades. The centre of the backrest frame has a raised decoration in the form of a bow. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

42. SEMI-ARMCHAIR (2)

Date of origin: early 20th century

Size

Overall height: 95 cm

Size of seat: 50 x 56 cm

Height of armrest: 65 cm

Description: The armchair has four short wooden legs decorated with shallow arcades. The back legs of the semi-armchair support the oval backrest. The upholstered area is set into a wooden frame to the top of which a decorative element in the shape of a bow is applied. The armrests of the semi-armchair join the wooden frame of the backrest to the front legs. The entire surface of the wooden parts of the semi-armchair is decorated with shallow arcades.  The chair is upholstered in silk with a woven floral design in beige and light green. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

43. CHAIR (2)

Date of origin: early 20th century

Size

Overall height: 92 cm

Size of seat: 43 x 47 cm

Description: The chairs have four short wooden legs decorated with shallow arcades. The back legs of the semi-armchair support the oval backrest. The upholstered area is set into a wooden frame to the top of which a decorative element in the shape of a bow is applied. The chairs are upholstered in silk with a woven floral design in beige and light green. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

44. WING CHAIR

Date of origin: early 20th century

Size

Overall height: 71 cm

Size of seat: 60 x 41 cm

Description: The chair has four short wooden legs decorated with shallow arcades. The sides of the chair support the armrests, which curve outwards slightly. The wooden parts of the chair are decorated with shallow arcades and plant ornaments. The chair is upholstered in silk with a woven floral design in beige and light green. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

45. TABLE

Date of origin: early 20th century

Size

Height: 77 cm

Size of tabletop: 105 x 74 cm

Description: The table has four short legs joined by wooden stretchers forming an X shape.  The tabletop consists of light-toned marble set in a wooden frame with an apron, of which the outer face is decorated with geometric motifs. The wood is finished with matt gold lacquer.

o        DRAWING ROOM WITH PIANO

46. TWO-SEATER SOFA

Date of origin: late 19th or early 20th century

Size

Overall height: 95 cm

Size of seat: 1158 x 65 cm

Height of armrest: 56 cm

Description: The two-seater sofa has four turned wooden legs decorated with inlaid metal plates. The back legs continue to form the backrest. The upholstered area of the backrest is set in a wooden frame, the top rail of which is decorated with a carved semicircular element.  The armrests of the sofa join the backrest to the front legs. The sofa is upholstered in claret red material with woven floral designs.

47. SEMI-ARMCHAIR (2)

Date of origin: late 19th or early 20th century

Size

Overall height: 91 cm

Size of seat: 63 x 65 cm

Height of armrest: 55 cm

Description: The semi-armchair has four turned wooden legs decorated with inlaid metal plates. The legs are fitted with casters. The back legs continue to form the backrest. The upholstered area of the backrest is set in a wooden frame, the top rail of which is decorated with a carved semicircular element. The armrests of the sofa join the backrest to the front legs.  The sofa is upholstered in claret red material with woven floral designs.

48. SEMI-ARMCHAIR (4)

Date of origin: late 19th or early 20th century

Size

Overall height: 85 cm

Size of seat: 53 x 58 cm

Height of armrest: 45 cm

Description: The semi-armchair has four turned wooden legs decorated with inlaid metal plates. The legs are fitted with casters. The back legs continue to form the backrest. The upholstered area of the backrest is set in a wooden frame, the top rail of which is decorated with a carved semicircular element. The armrests of the sofa join the backrest to the front legs.  The sofa is upholstered in claret red material with woven floral designs.

49. TABLE

Date of origin: late 19th or early 20th century

Size

Height: 74 cm

Size of tabletop: 122 x 71 cm

Description: The table has four wooden legs joined by wooden stretchers, a slightly curved stretcher joining the side legs with a cross-bar between them, forming an H-stretcher. A conical element is applied to the cross-bar. The legs of the table are decorated by turning and shallow arcades into which decorative metal plaques are inset. The apron below the tabletop is decorated with metal insets and with a central mother-of-pearl inset. The tabletop is oval in shape and has a decoration in a marquetry central panel consisting of lighter-coloured wood and mother-of-pearl, in the middle of which are two male figures wearing alpine costume, carrying a beam with a garland of flowers. The table is varnished in dark brown.

50. PIANO

Size: 99 x 176 x 148 cm

COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS

1. COPPERSMITH

Inventory no.: 353

Artist: Danilus Kabiljo(40) (1894 to 1944)

Date: between 1817 and 1944

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 65.3 x 86.5 cm

Signatura: bottom right corner K. Danilus

Description: The painting features a scene of metalworkers from the past. The central figure is a late middle-aged man, seated making a metal vessel, wearing the traditional men's town costume of the early 20th century.

2. BOSNIANS

Inventory no.: 354

Artist: Danilus Kabiljo (1894 to 1944)

Date: Between 1817 and 1944

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 74 x 54 cm

Signatura: bottom right corner K. Danilus

Description: A group of four men at the market, sitting in a circle talking, wearing traditional rural costume of the early 20th century.

3. STILL LIFE

Inventory no.: none

Artist: Salim Obralić (1945)

Date: 1978

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 75 x 55.4 cm

Signatura: later signed top right corner Obralić Salim 1978.

Description: A jug and ewer against a grey background.

4. WINTER

Inventory no.: 364

Artist: Petar Šain

Date: unknown

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 42 x 58 cm

Signatura: bottom right corner. P. Šain

Description: Winter landscape – a steep street and some houses, with people sledging down a footpath.

5. WINTER

Inventory no.: 364

Artist: Petar Šain

Date: unknown

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 40 x 56 cm

Signatura: bottom right corner. P. Šain

Description: Winter landscape – view of a hill with houses.

6. TWO SPINNERS

Inventory no.: 359

Artist: Špiro Bocarić(41) (1876 to 1941)

Date: between 1897 and 1914

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 50 x 98 cm

Signatura: bottom left corner Š. Bocarić

Description: The painting features two middle-aged women, one facing the observer, the other with her back turned, wearing rural folk costume of long white pants with a shirt and short zubun (short-sleeved or sleeveless jacket), and an apron over the shirt. They are wearing white headscarves. The spinner facing the observer is holding a distaff and spindle. In the background is a house with a white façade and a window.

7. SCENE FROM THE ČARŠIJA

Inventory no.: 359

Artist: Špiro Bocarić (1876 to 1941)

Date: between 1897 and 1914

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 66 x 110 cm

Signatura: bottom left corner Š. Bocarić

Description: The painting features two girls, standing, wearing red dimije [traditional baggy pants], with scarves over their heads and shoulders, tied at the neck. They are wearing nanule [open wooden clogs]. In the background is a wooden building with wide-open doors and two horses outside it. Men wearing traditional late 19th century costume are working around the horses.

8. WATER CARRIERS

Inventory no.: 362

Artist: Todor Švrakić (1882 to 1931)

Date: between 1900 and 1931

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 100 x 78 cm

Signatura: bottom left corner T. Svrakić

Description: The painting features a village family – a married couple and their child, with the man standing on a horse-drawn cart pouring water into barrels and his wife standing beside him. The boy is standing by the horse, holding it by the reins. The background is a mountain landscape.

9. VRANJAČE

Inventory no.: 362

Artist: Vladimir Becić(42) (1886 to 1954)

Date: between 1919 and 1954

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 112 x 88 cm cm

Signatura: bottom left corner B. Vladimir

Description: The painting features a mountain village with some houses.

10. BOSNIAN LANDSCAPE

Inventory no.: 360

Artist: Đoko Mazalić(43) (1888 to 1975)

Date: between 1818 and 1975

Technique: oil on lessonite

Size: 63 x 42 cm

Signatura: bottom right corner. Mazalić

Description: Landscape – a forest on hilly land dominated by reddish-brown tones.

11. REFUGEES

Inventory no.: 355

Artist: Rizah Štetić(44) (1908 to 1977)

Date: 1944

Technique: oil on lessonite

Size: 69 x 54 cm

Signatura: bottom left corner R. Štetić 44

Description: The painting depicts a group of women and children. One of them is breast-feeding her child; another has a veil over her face. Beside them are children, and behind them, men. The background is of a village, a river with a bridge over it, and mountains.

12. SPINNER – HERCEGOVINA WOMAN

Inventory no.: 366

Artist: S. Mulić

Date: unknown

Technique: intarsia in wood

Size: 34 x 79 cm

Signatura: bottom left corner S. Mulić, bottom right corner. Spinner

Description: The picture portrays a standing woman facing left, wearing folk costume with a long apron, and a headscarf, and holding a spindle and distaff. The background is a rural landscape with wooden houses, a wooden fence and a field.

13. SPINNER – BOSNIAN WOMAN

Inventory no.: 367

Artist: S. Mulić unknown

Date: unknown

Technique: intarsia in wood

Size: 34 x 79 cm

Signatura: bottom left corner S. Mulić, bottom right corner. Spinner

Description: The picture portrays a standing woman facing right, wearing a dimije and headscarf, and holding a spindle and distaff. The background is a rural landscape with wooden houses, a wooden fence and a field.

14. UNTITLED

Inventory no.: none

Artist: Martinović (?)

Date: 1974

Technique: oil on lessonite

Size: 76.5 x 65 cm

Signatura: bottom left corner Martinović 74

Description: the painting is dominated by shades of blue and brown.

15. OLD SARAJEVO

Inventory no.: 356

Artist: Vojo Dimitrijević (1910 to 1981)

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 92.5 x 62 cm

Signatura: bottom right corner. D. Vojo

Description: Landscape with the river Miljacka in the middle of the painting, and an avenue and rows of houses along its banks. Hills in the distance.

16. PARK IN POŽAREVAC

Inventory no.: 357

Artist: Božo Nikolić

Date: 16 June 1945.

Technique: tempera on paper

Size: 43 x 30 cm

Signatura: bottom right corner. Božidar Nikolić Park u Požarevcu 16. VI 1945.

Description: The painting features a park, with the centre of the picture dominated by a tall tree with a large crown. Under the tree is a bench with a couple sitting on it. A street with shops can be made out in the background between the trees.

17. OLD HOUSES

Inventory no.: 361

Artist: Roman Petrović(45)   

Date: 1896 to 1947

Technique: oil on canvas

Size: 76 x 66 cm

Signatura: bottom right corner. RP

Description: The painting features a street with old two-storey houses, and the silhouette of a woman beside one of the houses. Predominantly ochre in tone.

3 Legal status to date

The park of the Konak residence is listed as a Monument of Garden Architecture and Landscaping in the records of the Cantonal Institute for the Protection of the Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage, Sarajevo (List of Listed, Previously Protected and Protected Immovable Monuments of Culture and the Natural Heritage of Sarajevo Canton).

The 1980 Regional Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina lists the property as a Category I cultural and historical property.

Pursuant to the Instructions for a uniform and mandatory methodology in the preparation and development of urban projects and regulations (Official Gazette of SR BiH, No. 37/38, p.1140), which is binding as an executive plan, the protection of the cultural-historical heritage and its integration into development prospects form an integral part of executive planning documents. The study for the protection of the cultural-historical, urban-architectural, and environmental values of the “Lijeva Obala Miljacke [Left Bank of the Miljacka River]” complex, which was prepared for the development of the regulatory plan “Lijeva obala Miljacke” drawn up in 1999 by Sarajevo Cantonal Institute for the Protection of the Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage, places the complex of the Konak in the zone of strictest protection.

This zone includes areas and ensembles of multiple value, giving them the quality of monuments. These zones include the ensembles of the street known as Obala Isa-bega Ishakovića (Isa-beg Ishaković embankment), the northern part of Bistrik street, the western part of Franjevačka (Franciscan) street, the Konak (Residence), the western part of Isevića side-street and the other street-scapes marked on the graphic enclosure of the zoning plan(46). In these zones, no new building is permitted, and all demolitions or alterations that could alter the relationships of the volumes or even of the colours are prohibited. Protection in this zone is to be enforced in such a way as to extend the lifetime of the most valuable buildings with their appearance unaltered. No permits shall be issued for extensions to any of the buildings. Other than routine maintenance works and repairs to materials and structures, major interventions may be carried out on the basis of detailed programmes drawn up by the heritage protection authority, based on prior surveys and rersearch and a scientific valorization.

The adoption of the urban plan for the City of Sarajevo brought into force the preliminary protection act of the urban-architectural complex of Bistrik (north slope of Trebević), as registered on p.218 of the Official Gazette of Sarajevo No. 4/1990. The said preliminary protection act stipulates that “Bistrik’s prominent position in the city’s landscape makes it an irreplaceable part of the city’s identity.” Prominent in this section is the ensemble extending from the brewery, via St. Anthony’s church and the Franciscan monastery, the Vizier’s Konak (Residence for important visitors), and the Emperor’s Mosque with the Ulema-majlis palace (the present-day Rijaset), to the Barracks (Kasarna) in Bistrik and the Atmejdan Park.

4. Research, and conservation, restoration and repair works

"Certain alterations and improvements were carried out on the Konak in 1906, at a cost of about 100,000 crowns. It was then that the partition between the courtyard of the Konak and the haremluk disappeared, the present-day park was laid out, and the passageway through the courtyard from Bistrik to Konak street was closed and the street behind the Konak was opened. Central heating was installed in part of the Konak and, as far as I know, this was the first building in Sarajevo to be fitted with this achievement of modern technology. The four stone lions on either side of the main entrance were also carved at this time.(47)“

According to the Collaudation Protocol (48) on the survey and approval of repairs carried out on the building of the grand lord of the county and the building of the army general's apartment within the Royal Court (konak) in Sarajevo, signed on 28 August 1926 by the members of the Collaudation Commission, insp. Julije Han and eng. Vlad. Dević, they issued their expert opinion that the superintendent of the Royal Court in Sarajevo, Dragatin Jiljek, should be accorded the sum of 81,247.18 dinars on the basis of the overall expenditure on the repairs. The masonry work was carried out by Josip Legar's company, the sheet metal work by Izrael D. Levi's company, the carpentry by the Bosna company and the plastering and decorating by Josip Baltazar's company.

According to the Collaudation Protocol on the survey and approval of repairs carried out on the building of army general Smiljanić's apartments within the Royal Court (konak) in Sarajevo, signed on 22 November 1927 by the members of the Collaudation Commission, insp. Julije Han and Ivan Dvoržak, the total sum of 5,441.13 dinars was paid to the following companies: the Bosna carpentry cooperative of Sarajevo; Budaconi and Venturini; Dragutin Kajbić, furnace-maker of Sarajevo; R. Poznić, painter-decorator of Sarajevo and Josip Logor, building contractor.

According to the Collaudation Protocol on the survey and approval of repairs carried out on the Konak building in Sarajevo, signed on 21 June 1929 by the members of the Collaudation Commission, eng. Radivojević, eng. Emil Korec, the total sum of 21,596.90 dinars was paid to Isak Parda, sheet-metal worker of Sarajevo, and Mićo Škarica, a contractor from Sarajevo. An area of 243 m2 of plaster was stripped off and replaced, and an area of 322.66 m2 was painted by the main entrance; guttering and downpipes were repaired and replaced; repairs were carried out to the joins of the roof valleys and ridges and the joints tinned; the caps of the ventilation pipes were replaced and the connections with the old galvanized iron flashings were tinned; and the damaged roof cladding of eternit tiles was replaced.

The account submitted by Josip Baltazar, painter-decorater of Sarajevo, issued on 21 August 1926 in the sum of 11,181.85 dinars for painting and decorating in the Kionak bulding and the apartments of General Smiljanić, was approved. The following works were carried out in the Konak itself: soaking and stripping wallpaper, plastering holes and wallpapereing four rooms on the first floor in the Grand Lord of the County in the Konak building, painting 149.35 m2 dark red in the drawing room to imitate a kilim with a two-piece pattern and a ten-colour border, painting 136.10 m2 of the brown room with gold decorations and a fancy border; painting 136.10 m2 brown in the bedroom with gold decorations and a fancy border; painting 106.06 m2 in the office. . . painting doors and windows, toilets and bathrooms, and sundry repairs.

It is clear from an account dated 30 May 1926 issued by Josip Logor's building firm for building works on the Konak that repairs were carried out on dilapidated and fallen plaster in the rooms, corridors and toilets on the first floor (for which purpose "fine white plaster five cases and 15 kg of Portland cement “ were used). Repairs were carried out "to the entrance steps on the platform outside the main entrance to the building, removing and replacing the steps,“ for which purpose "2 cases of sharp gravel, 1 case of sharp sand, and 50 kg of Portland cement“ were used. In addition, repairs were carried out to the "balustrade in front of the platform [where it had] subsided and the plinth to the west (side entrrance to the building)." The overall cost of the works was 1,130 dinars.

On 22 June 1927 Dragutin Jilek, Court Superintendent of His Majesty the King, applied to the Buildings Directorate for Bosnia and Herzegovina for permission to carry out urgent essential repairs to the Konak building: "Urgent repairs are needed to the Konak – Royal Court – in Sarajevo, as follows: rebuilding or replacing dilapidated stoves; laying parquet flooring in several rooms where the flooring is worn; painting 2-3 rooms and one kitchen; concreting the garage (which is not concreted and has no floor); painting three arched lamp-posts, flag poles on the roof, and iron railings; repairs to the façade and painting the entire main façade of the building and the windows. It would be very necessary for an expert to check the sewers and water pipes, since it would seem that either a drain is blocked or a water pipe has burst."

In May 1999 Izograd Co. of Sarajevo replaced dilapidated downpipes (28.50 m), guttering (37.80 m), 30 m of lightning conductors through the interior of the building, and sheet-metal dripping edges; the cost of the works was approx. 3,000 KM.

In September 1999 Hidroinvest Co. of Sarajevo repaired the fire prevention and hydrant installations in the Konak; the cost of the works was approx. 10,000 KM.

In December 1999, Agis Co. of Sarajevo cleared the guttering on the Konak building and repaired and soldered the roof valleys and guttering.

In preparation for the visit by a senior delegation from Qatar (His Highness Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the state of Qatar) to Bosnia and Herzegovina, who stayed in the Konak from 1 to 2 June 1998, repairs were carried out to the interior and exterior hydrant equipment, and some works were carried out in the bahtrooms (installing rapid water-heaters and heaters and shower curtains), and procuring beds and club chairs and bedside lights, along with some minor repairs.

Between April and June 2000, Poin Co. of Sarajevo carried out repair works on the entrance plateau and steps.  The stone steps measuring 40/14 cm, paving stones measuring 30/5 cm, the stone edging slabs around the entrance plateau and between the pillars measuring 30/12 cm, and the stone slabs under the jardinières to the left and right of the entrance flight of steps were dismantled, the base was dug out and stabilized, a new base layer was laid and rammed (with a frog rammer), a sub-base was laid and rammed, and the base was concrete with concrete.

After surveying and selecting the usable stone from the dismantled materials, the steps, edgings and slabs were relaid on the prepared base. A total of 30.80 m of new steps, 10.92 m of 30/5 paving stones, 19.80 m of stone edging slabs around the entrance plateau and between the pillars measuring 20/15 cm, and 4.40 m of stone slabs with channels to provide a run-off for rainwater were laid.  Two stone slabs, 120 x 60 x 20 cm, were laid under the jardinières. All the joints were sealed with 1:3 cement mortar. The old paint was stripped off the lions and their plinths, the damage was repaired and they were repainted. Locksmiths' work was also carried out: the reconstruction of the eastern entrance gate, with the installation of 120 x 120 posts set into concrete feet measureing 60 x 60 x 100 cm.  The total cost of these works was approx. 30,000 KM.

It is the intention of the Presidency of BiH to ensure the representation of the state and suitable accommodation for foreign guests and senior officials by carrying out all the necessary works to adapt and refurbish the Konak to meet all the requirements such a building should fulfil.

In May 2006 Bernhard Wiener(49) drew up a study setting out the aims of the repair programme for the Konak residential villa. The main project is to be drawn up on the basis of available records and an inspection and survey of the condition of the building as a mandatory requirement for the selected design studio.

According to this study, the main project for the repair of the Konak residential property should include(50):  

§         Architectural, civil engineering and construction section:

o        survey, taking samples as required (plaster/mortar) and presentation of current state of affairs,

o        proposals for repairs to the walls ceilings and floors following installation works,

o        roof and roof frame, survey of condition and proposals for repairs, with proposal for thermal insulation,

o        approaches, exterior refurbishment.

§         Project for exterior refurbishment and repair of ancillary building:

o        detailed elaboration through outline project also defined by the Investor of coordinated solution, taking account of needs and future use of the area (park) outside the Konak building,

o        provision for lighting, video monitoring and other in line with possible additional requirements by the Investor

o        detailed analysis and definition of future use of ancillary building as regards its use during major public gatherings of officials outside the residential property.

§         Project for mechanical installations (air conditioning, ventilation, heating and automatic controls thereof):

o        since the building has none of the above, the designer should propose the best and most cost-effective system to meet these requirements.  The initial need is to determine the media to be used for heating (gas, light oil) and the site for housing the heating plant, and for possible fuel storage (if light oil central heating is selected),

o        preliminary accurate computation of the energy requirements of the property for heating, cooling and ventilation,

o        based on the results of the computation, calculate the capacity of the boiler and fuel tank, if required,

o        the designer shall select air conditioning equipment and its location in line with the computation and architectural and interior requirements, ensuring that they are not detrimental to the appearance of the property,

o        the designer may consider and suggest all options and alternative solutions appropriate to this type of property,

o        the same applies to the designer's choice of ventilation system, ensuring that the interior be preserved to the fullest possible extent.  In this regard the designer shall define a system of ventilation with the emphasis on toilet blocks, kitchen equipment, rooms to be used for large gatherings, special purpose rooms and rooms lacking natural ventilation,

o        the number of air changes to be defined fully in accordance with current regulations. Provide for warm air to be fed in in winter and air from outside in summer,

o        all machinery to be automated and monitored locally and from a central monitoring and management site,

o        select good quality equipment from a tried and tested manufacturer

§         Project for the installation of water pipes and sewers, which should provide for:

o        survey of the existing state of affairs and proposal for repairs,

o        repairs to roof – rainwater outlets and connections,

o        interior water piping and sewers,

o        check connections to city watermain and sewerage network,

o        fire prevention system – hydrant network,

o        dismantling and removal of waste,

o        all other works.

o        The designer should provide for the following as regards interior water pipes and sewers:

o        dismantling and removing all existing branches and downpipes of the water piping and sewer piping network,

o        dismantling and removing existing sanitary equipment and fittings,

o        a new water piping and sewer pipe network in line with architectural requirements and connection to water mains,

o        new fire prevention water hydrant network,

o        new sanitary equipment and fittings,

o        provide for hot and cold water supply for all sanitary equipment and fittings,

o        prepare hot sanitary water.

§         Project  for electric wiring, power and weak current.

ELECTRIC POWER BLOCK

o        survey current state of affairs, check current capacity, proposal for repairs and reconstruction,

o        check capacity and functionality of transformers,

o        check condition and quality of equipment of high voltage plant,

o        check condition and quality of equipment of low voltage plant,

o        constant supply (ups),

o        general, essential and anti-panic lighting,

o        check electric meters,

o        backup source of supply,

o        all other works

ELECTRIC POWER – POWER CURRENT        

o        survey current state of affairs,

o        electricity supply, mains and generator,

o        electric motor and cable connector,

o        connector boxes,

o        uninterruptible power supply (ups),

o        general, essential and anti-panic lighting,

o        exterior lighting,

o        junction boxes and connection points,

o        equalizing potential,

o        electric protection installation,

o        lightning conductor and earthing installation,

o        all other works

WEAK CURRENT

o        telephone installations and equipment,

o        installation of central monitoring and management system (cnus),

o        fire alarm protection,

o        video monitoring and burglar alarm system,

o        entry checks,

o        computer network,

o        timer installation,

o        rtv installation,

o        all other works.

The junction boxes on each storey to be designed as multicompartmented, with separate compartments for each system – network, generator, UPS as required.

Supply cables to be designed as five-strand, laid pw/nw, on perforated cable holders in dropped ceilings and/or PVC tubes or parapet ducts. Design system with all prescribed protective measures.

Selection of light fittings for essential and anti-panic lighting in line with architectural requirements and working conditions.

Installation of outdoor lighting to be designed as path lighting and decorative lighting. Respect the architectural treatment of the layout of the approach roads, paths and plateau, current regulations, and the designer's experience in dealing with similar properties. Supply and management of outdoor lighting installation to be provided with 0.4 kW plant and with central monitoring and management.  Provide for selection of manual or automatic management by means of photo relay or time-clock.

5. Current condition of the property

The building is in good structural condition.

During the 1992-1995 war the stained glass of the windows in the south façade of the Konak, lighting the main staircase, was damaged. A quotation by Vitraj Co. Of Sarajevo (owned by Levi Ognjen and Pregelj Dijana) of August 2000 noted that the stained glass that required repair was fitted into two façade openings of the main staircase:

• window measuring approx. 550 x 250 cm consisting of 36 panes
• window measuring approx. 550 x 400 cm consisting of 41 panes.

The quotation specified the type of repair works and how they were to be carried out, as follows:

"Dismantle individual panes with damaged glass, replacing damaged glass with suitable new glass, replace lead mouldings as necessary, and refit. When dismantling individual panes, the entire window furniture will require cleaning, repair in places, and painting.

The upper opening, with panes measuring approx. 70 c 130 cm, will need stabilizing by the addition of 4 reinforcements of armature steel per pane, matching the existing reinforcements."

The quotation for the repair works to the stained glass was about 15,000 KM.

Shrapnel damaged the east and south façades of the building during the war. This was minor surface damage only.

Of real concern is what could be described as an on-going problem (the first reference to repairs to the entrance terrace and steps dates from 1926) is subsidence in the north-western part of the property.

In the light of the horizontal cracks (ranging in width from 1 to 1.5 cm) on the ground floor rooms in the north-western part of the Konak building, and the problem of renewed subsidence of the entrance terrace to the north-west of the Konak, it would seem that uneven subsidence is occurring over a wide area.

It would be essential to hire experts in geomechanics and foundations to determine the true cause of the subsidence and find a technically acceptable solution to stabilize the soil, followed by the necessary repairs to the Konak building itself.

As regards the utilitarian nature of the property, its major shortcomings derive from its poor technical infrastructure, which is inadequate for modern requirements, particularly as a representative residence of importance to the state(51).

The collection of paintings is in good condition.

III – CONCLUSION

Applying the Criteria for the adoption of a decision on proclaiming an item of property a national monument (Official Gazette of BiH nos. 33/02 and 15/03), the Commission has enacted the Decision cited above.

The Decision was based on the following criteria:

A. Time frame

B. Historical value

C. Artistic and aesthetic value

C. i. quality of workmanship

C.ii. quality of materials

C.iii. proportions

C.iv. composition

C. v. value of details

C.vi. value of construction

D. Clarity (documentary, scientific and educational value)

D.iii. work of a major artist or builder

D. iv. evidence of a particular type, style or regional manner

E. Symbolic value

E.i. ontological value

E.iii. traditional value

E.iv. relation to rituals or ceremonies

E.v. significance for the identity of a group of people

F. Townscape/ Landscape value

F.i.  relation to other elements of the site

F.ii. meaning in the townscape

F.iii.  the building or group of buildings is part of a group or site

G. Authenticity

G.i. form and design

G.ii. material and content

G.iii. use and function

G.iv. traditions and techniques

G.v. location and setting

G.vi. spirit and feeling

G.vii. other internal and external factors

H. Rarity and representativity

H.i. unique or rare example of a certain type or style

H.ii. outstanding work of art or architecture

I. Completeness

I.i. physical coherence

I.iii. completeness

The following documents form an integral part of this Decision:

• Copy of cadastral plan, scale 1:1000, c.p. nos nos. 8 and 9 (part), cadastral municipality Sarajevo XI, title deed no. 1450, plan nos. 1 and 6 (according to the old survey, part of c.p. nos. 8, 6, 181, 182 and 183, Mahala CXVIII Sarajevo, and part of c.p. nos. 61, 62, 169, 129 and 197, Mahala CXX Sarajevo), Municipality Stari grad (Old town}, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, issued on 20 August 2007 by the Property, Geodetics and Cadastral Office of Stari grad Municipality, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Photodocumentation:
  • Photographs of current condition of the Konak taken by ethnologist Slobodanka Nikolić and architect Emir Softić using Canon PowerShot G3 and Canon PowerShot A450

• Drawings:
  • Austro-Hungarian geodetic survey of 1903
  • Site plan of the "Governor’s Mansion", dating from after 1922
  • Drawings of the guardhouse of the Konak in Sarajevo dating from September 1927, by buildings superintendent Dolić; Technical Archives of the Buildings Directorate in Sarajevo, sign. 6031, Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Drawing of the Konak stables in Sarajevo, Technical Archives of the Buildings Directorate in Sarajevo, sign. IV/4: 6031, Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dating from September 1927
  • Drawings of the main Konak building, August 1927
  • Drawing of the secondary building in the courtyard of the Konak building in Sarajevo, dating from September 1924
  • Ground plan published in 1956 in Hamdija Kreševljaković, Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika, Naše starine III, Sarajevo 1956, 18-19
  • Secondary building in the courtyard of the Konak complex in Sarajevo (where the vali lived), drawn by E Schlesinger, September 1927, Sarajevo, Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Technical Archives of the Buildings Directorate in Sarajevo, 1927, drawing no. 6004
  • Blueprints of the condition of the Konak (plan of ground, first and second floors, two cross-sections), scale 1:100, drawn by Poin co. of Sarajevo in June 1993, authorized designers Čengić Amela and Živojević Sabina

Bibliography

During the procedure to designate the architectural ensemble of the Konak in Sarajevo with its movable heritage as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina the following works were consulted: 

1917.    Dr Franjo M. Blažević, Crkva sv Ante Padovanskog u Sarajevu (Church of St Anthony of Padua in Sarajevo), Sarajevo 1917

1920-29 Documents on the Konak from the Technical Archives of the Buildings Directorate in Sarajevo for 1920-1929, Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo

1937.    Skarić, Vladislav, Sarajevo i njegova okolina od najstarijih vremena do austrougarske okupacije. (Sarajevo and environs from ancient times to the Austro-Hungarian occupation) Selected Works, bk. I. Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo, 1985.

1939     Kreševljaković Нamdija, Vodovodi i gradnje na vodi u starom Sarajevu (Water Mains and Structures on Water in old Sarajevo), Sarajevo, 1939

1956.    Kreševljaković, Hamdija, Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika 1463-1878.(Serais or courts of the Bosnian governors 1463-1878), Naše starine III, Sarajevo, 1956.

1964.    Šabanović Hazim, Krajište Isa-bega Ishakovića (Lands of Isa-beg Ishaković), Collective cadastral survey from 1455, Sarajevo 1964.

1973.    Bejtić, Alija, Ulice i trgovi starog Sarajeva, Topografija geneza i  toponimija (Streets and squares of old Sarajevo, topography, origins and toponymy), Sarajevo 1973.

1980.    Institute for architecture, town planning and regional planning of the Faculty of Architecture in Sarajevo, Regionial Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina; Stage «B» - valorization of natural, cultural and historical monuments, Sarajevo, 1980.

1987.    Krzović, Ibrahim, Arhitektura Bosne i Hercegovine 1878-1918  (Architecture of BiH 1878-1918) (catalogue), exhibition design and selection of exhibits, Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1987.

1985     Hazim Šabanović, Vakufnama Isa-bega, sina pokojnog Ishak-bega, Vakufname iz Bosne i Hercegovine, XV i XVI vijek  (Deed of Pious Endowment of Isa-bey, son of the late Ishak-bey, Deeds of Pious Endowment of BiH, 15th andn 16th centuries), Oriental Institute in Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 1985, p. 9-27

1996     Çelebi, Evliya, Putopis – odlomci o jugoslovenskim zemljama (Travelogue – Excerpts on Yugoslav countries), translation, introduction and notes by Hazim Šabanović, 3rd. Ed, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Publishing, Sarajevo, 1996, 704, [48]p, with tables: illus; 24 cm (Cultural Heritage Series), translation of the Seyahatnamesi or Travelogue of Evliya ibn Derviş Çelebi Mehmed Zilli.

1997.    Zlatar, Behija, Zlatni period Sarajeva (Sarajevo’s Golden Age). Contributions to the History of Sarajevo, Historical Institute, Sarajevo, 1997.

2005.    Mašić, Izet: Korijeni medicine i zdravstva u Bosni i Hercegovini (Roots of Medicine and Health Care in Bosnia and Herzegovina), Sarajevo : Avicena, 2005 (Sarajevo: OKO). - 227 p. : ilus. ; 24 cm- (Biomedical Publications Series ; vol. 19)

2006.    Bernhard Wiener: Study for the repair project for the Konak residential villa in Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 2006

2007.    Meliha Husedžinović, Umjetnička kolekcija institucija Bosne i Hercegovine i njeno prisustvo u javnom prostoru  (Art Collection of the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its Presence in the Public Domain),Vizura, Sarajevo, 99-103, 2007.

(1) The street was laid out in the early centuries of Turkish rule in Sarajevo. It leads from the river Miljacka southwards, running through the first oriental settlement of modern Sarajevo: the Hatibova (Hatib’s) mahala (later known as the Džami-atik mahala, then the Hungarian mahala, and later again the Careva mahala), with the name Konak (after the residence of the valis or governors of Bosnia, built in 1869). The street name has changed  several times: on 10 Janary 1919 it was named Nikola Pašić street, from 1941-1945 it was known as Vojvoda Slavko Kvaternik street, and after 1948 it was called Nurija Pozderac street. The former side street known as Ploča (leading towards the Carpet Factory in Bistrik west of the monastery building) became part of Konak streeet after 1878, later becoming a separate street by the name of Franjevačka (Bejtić, Alija: Ulice i trgovi Sarajeva; Topografija, geneza i toponomija, Sarajevo, 1973, 280-281). 

(2) “Local tradition has it that the sarai was built by the frontier commander Isa-bey Ishaković, the founder of Sarajevo. If this is to be believed, then the building must have dated from between 1440 and 1462, when Isa-bey was frontier commander. The early 17th century Turkish geographer Hajji Kalfa  (Ćatib Çelebi) records that the court or sarai was built by Sultan Fatih Mehmed II, meaning that it dated from Fatih’s reign (St. Novaković, Hadži Kalfa ili Čatib Čelebija, turski geograf XVIII stoljeća о Balkanskom poluostrvu, Spomenik SKA XVIII, Beograd, 1892, р, 79). This would mean that the court was built between 1453 and 1462.” (Hamdija Kreševljaković , Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika, Naše starine III, Sarajevo 1956, 13)

(3) In the vakufnama (deed of pious endowment) of Isa-beg Ishaković the original has Saray ovasi; from the Turkish saray – court, and ova – field, giving the name Sarajevo. This is the earliest reference to the name Sarajevo. Earlier, and in the 16th century, local and western sources call it Vrhbosna, Vrhbosanje and the like, and only later do they refer to it as Sarajo, Saraglio, Saray-Bosna and so on. (Hazim Šabanović, Vakufnama Isa-bega, sina pokojnog Ishak-bega, Vakufname iz Bosne i Hercegovine, XV i XVI vijek, Orijentalni institut u Sarajevu, Sarajevo, 1985, p. 9-27).

(4) H. Šabanović, Krajište Isa-bega Ishakovića, Zbirni katastarski popis iz 1455, Sarajevo 1964.

(5) Н. Kreševljaković, Vodovodi i gradnje na vodi u starom Sarajevu, Sarajevo, 1939, p. 49.

(6) Hamdija Kreševljaković, Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika, Naše starine III, Sarajevo 1956, 13

(7) the report by Fr. Pavle of Rovinj provides the following description: "I was taken to see the tefterdar’s, that is to say the treasurer’s palace. It was a large rectangular hall with the floor entirely covered by a large kilim, with many brocade-covered cushions around it, serving to some extent as seats.  Two Turks were sitting on the floor, reclining against the cushions. .. They showed me the bey’s palace. There were large mirrors in it. I saw his office, with a handsome writing desk, and a small ebony table. We walked through the judge’s palace, but because of the crowd we did not go upstairs.  We gave it a passing glance, and I saw that it was a fine palace." S. Zlatović, Izvještaj о Bosni godine 1640. о. Pav1a iz Rovinja (Report on Bosnia for 1640, F. Pavla of Rovinj), Starine XXIII, Zagreb, 1890, р. 37; V. Skarić, Sarajevo i njegova okolina od najstarijih vremena do austrougarske okupacije, Sarajevo, 1937, p. 91.

(8) Evliya Çelebi’s travelogue for 1659-1660 records the following: "There are seventeen thousand two-storey houses in Sarajevo built of solid material. They are in good condition and are clad with hollow tiles and shingles.  The most imposing of these are the pasha’s courts. The other sarais of the eyalet are not particularly imposing or suitable for pashas, since they are cramped manors (handān). Of interest are the sarais of defterdar Musli efendi and Eb pasha.“

(9)  "...it is clear that the sarais consisted of two large two-storey buildings linked by a covered corridor, known as the mābèjna or kubúra. One of these buildings contained the vizier's office, and the other his apartments.  There were also other, smaller buildings for the servants, bandsmen or mehteras, a barn, stables and so on. All the buildings had shingle-clad roofs. Two staircases, a main and a secondary one, led to the first floor. One of these buildings had a domed bathroom. All these buildings were in a large courtyard surrounded by a wall. This courtyard was entered through two gateways, one from Bistrik and the other from Atmejdan.

The money spent on repairs, as taken from the annual accounts, was:

1770...................    2260 groschen

1797...................     1250 groschen

1800...................     1015 + 2765

1810...................     691.20

1813...................     10000 groschen

1820...................     1093,11 p.

(10) Hamdija Kreševljaković, Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika, Naše starine III, Sarajevo 1956, 17 (details from a Sarajevo sidžil, Gazi Husrev-beg library, no. 50, p.29

(11) ibid, 18 (details from a Sarajevo sidžil, Gazi Husrev bey Library, no. 53, p.38)

(12) Kršla (Tur.) military barracks (ŠKALJIĆ, Abdulah, Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku , 1989, p.420)

(13) Hamdija Kreševljaković, Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika, Naše starine III, Sarajevo 1956, 18 (details from a Sarajevo sidžil, Gazi Husrev bey Library, no. 66, p.111)

(14) Hamdija Kreševljaković, Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika, Naše starine III, Sarajevo 1956, 18-20 (details from a Sarajevo sidžil, Gazi Husrev bey Library, broj 71, p.75)

(15) state lands, lands belonging to the state (Anić, Vladimir: Rječnik hrvatskog jezika (Croatian Dictionary), Zagreb, 2000, 216)

(16) This was in fact the old church of St Anthony, in which the last service was held on 15 March 1912;it was demolished on 16-19 March 1912 to make way for the new, present-day church of St Anthony to be built (Dr Franjo M. Blažević, Crkva sv Ante Padovanskog u Sarajevu, Sarajevo 1917, p. 65)

(17) Bosnian vizier from 1861-1868.

(18) Hamdija Kreševljaković, Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika, Naše starine III, Sarajevo 1956, 21

(19) Seminar Otpor austrougarskoj okupaciji 1878. u Bosni i Hercegovini (Resistance to the 1878 Austro-Hungarian Occupation in Bosnia and Herzegovina), Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, special edition, vol. XLIII, Social Sciences dept., vol. 8, Sarajevo 1979.

(20) Following consultations between the military commanders of the Austro-Hungarian army, Colonel Arnstein and his associates, who were acting as escort to the heir to the throne, and the responsible persons at the court in Vienna, the former dissector of the Provincial Hospital in Sarajevo, and later the founder of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Dr. Pavao Kaunitz, were ordered to carry out the autopsies and embalm Ferdinand and Sophie’s bodies, to enable them to be transported to Vienna for burial. According to the orders from Vienna, the embalment had to be carried out in a single night, from 28 to 29 June 1914. It should have been done by an eminent professor from Vienna, but since it would have taken him time to get to Sarajevo, the court chancellor in Vienna granted Colonel Arnstein permission for the embalment of Ferdinand and Sophie to be carried out by the young Dr. Kaunitz with his assistant dissectors, Dr. Pollak and Edward Hecht. (Original statement by Dr Pavao Kaunitz, professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sarajevo, concerning these fateful events and a detailed description of the autopsy, given in 1858 to journalist Radivoj Papić and published in the book Čovjek čovjeku (Man to Man), 1975; the detailed description of the autopsy is included in the book. MAŠIĆ, Izet: Korijeni medicine i zdravstva u Bosni i Hercegovini, /Biblioteka Biomedicinske publikacije ; vol. 19/, Sarajevo, 2005, p. 135-138 )

(21) On 16/11/1946, the Faculty of Medicine in Sarajevo began operating from its present premisesi.

(22) The "Narodna uzdanica" Muslim cultural society was founded on 20.10.1924. and was active throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, with its headquarters in Sarajevo. It was banned in 1949.

(23) The building now housing the Edhem Mulabdić primary school, no. 1 Konak st in Bistrik, Sarajevo.

(24) MAŠIĆ, Izet: Korijeni medicine i zdravstva u Bosni i Hercegovini, (Biblioteka Biomedicinske publikacije ; knj. 19), Sarajevo, 2005, p. 178 and 223

(25) Other residences owned by the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Stojčevac, Tjentište, the Koprivnica villa near Bugojno and others – were damaged during the 1992-1996 war

(26) Drawn by E. Schlesinger, September 1927, Sarajevo; Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Buildings Directorate Sarajevo, 1927, drawing no. 6004

(27) On the photograph the north façade of the building has five windows on the first floor and one window lighting the stairwell, while on the 1927 drawings the north façade has 6 + 1 windows. The building had a hipped roof.

(28) Visible on the photograph of the Konak taken before 1880 (Op. E. Softić: the photograph shows the Fadil pasha Šerifija konak to the south-east of the Konak, so that the photograph was certainly taken before St Anthony's church in Bistrik was built).

(29) From the 1903 Austro-Hungarian geodetic survey.

(30) Drawing dating from after 1922.

(31) The building was narrower on the ground floor of the central part, at approx. 5.20 m.

(32) Drawing of the stables of the Konak in Sarajevo, Technical Archives of the Buildings Directorate in Sarajevo, Sign. IV/4: 6031; Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, dating from September 1927

(33) The new building of the Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Marijin Dvor was designed by Prof. Juraj Neidhardt in 1975-1977, and was completed in 1980. After the Assembly of SR BiH moved into the new premises, all its former premises were allotted to the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina

(34) Drawings of the guardroom of the Konak in Sarajevo dating from September 1927, drawn by buildings superintendent Dolić; Technical Archives of the Buildings Directorate in Sarajevo, Sign. 6031; Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina

(35) A study of the existing ground plans of the Konak dating from 1924 and 1927, the plan published in 1956 in Hamdija Kreševljaković’s Saraji ili dvori bosanski namjesnika, Naše starine III, Sarajevo, 1956, 18-19, and technical drawings of the property dating from 1993, reveals that the original 1867-1869 design of the Konak was for a building that was wholly symmetrical in plan. Later additions – the covered passageway between the Konak and the vali’s apartments to the south-west of the Konak, and the toilet block to the south-east – destroyed the symmetry of the south face of the building.

(36) The reference level of +/- 0,00 is the floor of the hall on the ground floor.

(37) The “Turkish baroque“ featured in the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1808 (the Dolmabahçe Palace, 1843-1856; the Beylerbeyi Palace, 1861-1865; the Ortaköy mosque, 1854-1856, the Debreli Ismail Pasa yali, 1778, etc.)

(38) Judging from the sound emitted when one knocks on the lion sculptures, they are hollow, probably cast metal (op. E. Softić).

(39) Born in Sarajevo, where he graduated from high school in 1916, after which he attended art school in Vienna. He was killed in Jasenovac camp.

(40) Born in Budva to a merchant family. Initially learned to paint from his older brother Anastasi, and then in Italy. Lived in Sarajevo from 1897 to 1914, and then moved to Banja Luka, where he was killed by the Ustasha in 1941.

(41) Born in Zagreb, where he studied law. Later studied art in Munich and Paris. Worked in Osijek, Belgrade and Betolje. From 1919 to 1923, lived in Blažuj near Sarajevo. Died in Zagreb

(42) Born in Kostajnica. Attended primary school in Prijedor and grammar school in Sarajevo. Studied for his career as an art teacher in Budapest at the Academy of Applied Arts. Lived for a while in Belgrade, and worked as an art teacher in Travnik and in the Institute for the Protection of Monuments in Sarajevo, where he died.

(43) Born in Brčko. Graduated from the Academy of Art and Applied Arts in Zagreb in 1932. Died in Sarajevo.

(44) Born in Donji Vakuf. Studied art in Cracow and Budapest, and lastly in Paris. Worked as an art teacher and then as a scenographer in the National Theatre in Sarajevo. Died in Sarajevo.

(45) Annex Study for the protection of the cultural-historical, urban-architectural, and environmental values of the “Lijeva Obala Miljacke” [Left Bank of the Miljacka River]

(46) Hamdija Kreševljaković, Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika, Naše starine III, Sarajevo 1956, 21

(47) Collaudation (l.collaudatio): certificate of merit; official survey of building works to verify that they were carried out according to contract.

(48) All the details for the years 1920-1929 that follow were found in the Technical Archives of the Buildings Directorate in Sarajevo for 1920-1929; Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.

(49) Architect, Head of the department of architecture and construction affairs of the General Services of the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

(50) From the Study

(51) Further details of the improvements needed to the Konak residence are given in Bernhard Wiener: Study for the repair project for the Konak residential villa in Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 2006