Status of monument -> National monument
Published in the Official Gazette of BiH no. 13/10.
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 1 to 4 December 2009 the Commission adopted a
D E C I S I O N
I
The historic building of the Officers’ Club in Travnik is hereby designated as a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the National Monument).
The National Monument consists of the original part of the old Officers’ Club. The later extensions to the building are not subject to protection.
The National Monument is located on a site designated as cadastral plot no. 1680 (new survey), corresponding to c.p. nos. 2/197, 2/199, 2/211 (old survey), Land Register entry no. 20, cadastral municipality Travnik, Municipality Travnik, 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 on the site defined in Clause 1 para. 3 of this Decision, the following protection measures are hereby stipulated:
- all works on the original part of the Officers’ Club are prohibited other than conservation and restoration works, routine maintenance works, works designed to ensure the sustainable use of the building, works designed to ensure the sustainable use of the building, and works designed to present the monument, with the approval of the Federal ministry responsible for regional planning (hereinafter: the relevant ministry) and under the expert supervision of the heritage protection authority of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the heritage protection authority);
- prior to the start of conservation and restoration works a detailed survey of the property shall be carried out, together with research works to include an analysis of the building materials and those used for the finish;
- the conservation and restoration project shall include a methodological approach designed to preserve the historic values of the property;
- the property may be used for educational and cultural purposes;
- the premises may be adapted to suit modern needs (installation of central heating and other interior works), provided that the stylistic features of the property are retained, and subject to the approval of the relevant ministry and under the expert supervision of the heritage protection authority.
The following protection measures are hereby prescribed for the site where the Konak building formerly stood:
- given the outstanding importance of the site, previous elements may be restored;
- new infills reminiscent in form of the original Konak building may be permitted, the use of which shall be such as to facilitate the presentation of Travnik as the Viziers’ capital as well as of the complexity of the historic site as one of the key sites for the identity and structure of Travnik;
- modern infills may not exceed the height of the neighbouring historic building to the north-west of the previous Konak building, for which there is extant technical documentation, and may not be detrimental in height or footprint to the adjoining historic building to the northwest of the Officers’ Club, now housing the Municipal Court;
- as regards the materials and form of infills, the use of modern materials is permitted provided that they do not impair the townscape of the Gornja Čaršija in Travnik and that they conform to the planning analysis of the area;
- prior to any interventions, and in particular to any new infills, archaeological investigation works must be conducted, particularly on the west of the site where the Greater Konak was located, and on the east where the Lesser Konak stood, with the approval of the relevant ministry and under the expert supervision of the heritage protection authority of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
IV
All executive and area development planning acts are hereby revoked to the extent that they are not in accordance with the provisions of this Decision.
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 thereof.
VI
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 V of this Decision, and the Authorized Municipal Court shall be notified for the purposes of registration in the Land Register.
VII
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.kons.gov.ba)
VIII
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.
IX.
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of BiH.
This Decision has been adopted by the following members of the Commission: Zeynep Ahunbay, Martin Cherry, Amra Hadžimuhamedović, Dubravko Lovrenović and Ljiljana Ševo.
No: 07.3-2.2-40/2009-72
5 December 2009
Sarajevo
Chair of the Commission
Ljiljana Ševo
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.
On 21 November 2007 the Travnik Regional Museum submitted a proposal to the Commission to Preserve National Monuments to designate the Officers' Club building in Travnik as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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.
Statement of Significance
The Officers’ Club, built in 1906, is a historic building that played an important part in the social life of Travnik throughout the 20th century. It was a meeting place for military personnel and the social elite associated with the Austro-Hungarian authorities. In the latter half of the 20th century, following the construction of the theatre hall, the historic building became the focal point of the town’s cultural life, and until the 1960s it was the only place where films were shown on a large screen.
The site of the Officers’ Club is also a potential archaeological site: during the Ottoman period, the Greater Konak (residence) of the Bosnian governors was to its west and the Lesser Konak, housing the shari’ah judges, was to its east.
II – PRELIMINARY PROCEDURE
In the procedure preceding the adoption of a final decision to proclaim the property a national monument, the following documentation was inspected and views heard:
- 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;
- An inspection of the current condition of the property;
- A copy of the cadastral plan;
- Historical, architectural and other documentary material on the property, as set out in the bibliography forming part of this Decision;
- Letter ref. 02-35-204/07-10 of 21 November 2008, in which the owner of the property, Bajra d.o.o Travnik, and Travnik Municipality, were requested to provide their views in writing concerning the designation of the property as a national monument;
- The views of Azra Kadrić, representing Travnik Municipality in her capacity as professional spatial planning adviser, and Fatima Maslić, head of the Regional Museum in Travnik, heard at the Commission’s session held from 8 to 14 September 2009.
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 Officers’ Club building is located in central Travnik, in Gornja (Upper) Čaršija, to the north of the river Lašva. To the north, the building faces onto Vezirska (Vizier's) street and the park in which the Gornja čaršija mosque (Mehmed Pasha Kukavica mosque, Ali bey mosque) and the Clock Tower stand(1). To the north-west of the Officers' Club is the Municipal Courthouse, and to the south-east, on the far side of the river, is the complex of the Jesuits' Grammar School.
The National Monument is located on a site designated as cadastral plot no. 1680 (new survey), corresponding to c.p. nos. 2/197, 2/199, 2/211 (old survey), Land Register entry no. 20, cadastral municipality Travnik, Municipality Travnik, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Historical information
The town of Travnik began to acquire its present-day urban physiognomy during the Ottoman period. Mosques, hans (caravanserais), hammams, houses, roads, bridges, schools and public fountains were built, and mahalas or residential neighbourhoods were founded(2).
After the invasion by Eugene of Savoy in 1697, when Sarajevo was laid waste, the Bosnian vizier, Defterdar Halil-pasha Ćoso, transferred the vizier’s seat to Travnik(3). With just two short breaks, Travnik was to remain the capital of the governors of Bosnia until 1850, when Sarajevo again became the capital(4).
This period had a positive impact on the development of Travnik, which grew in extent, its thriving economy turning it into a major crafts and trading centre. During the Viziers’ period, new mahalas took shape, the population grew, and the new Gornja (Upper) Čaršija took shape. Sixteen mosques were built, as were two clock towers, one in the new Gornja Čaršija, and other edifices(5). The Gornja Čaršija became a major feature of the urban structure of Travnik, and remains so to this day.
The earliest reference to the area of Gornja Čaršija is by the name Luke, a mahala which came into being following the construction of a stone bridge over the river Lašva in 1591(6). By the 18th century, two caravanserais and one musafirhana (guest house), a bezistan (suq), numerous shops, and two hammams supplied with piped water from the Bunarbaša spring(7) had been built in Gornja Čaršija. In the mid 19th century, Gornja Čaršija was the recognized economic and administrative quarter of Travnik, and in 1859 the first telegraph office in the region was housed in the clock tower(8).
Two men played an especially important part in the development of Gornja Čaršija in the Ottoman period: Mehmed Pasha Kukavica, who erected several buildings there, including a mosque, and Hajji Ali bey Hasanpašić, how restored Mehmed Pasha Kukavica’s buildings after the great fire of 1903(9).
The significance of Gornja Čaršija during the Ottoman period is also revealed by the fact that the two most important buildings of that time were erected there, the Greater Konak or Vizier’s Residence, and the Lesser Konak, on the site where the Officers’ Club now stands. The Greater Konak(10) was built in the first half of the 18th century, before 1749(11). The last imperial governor who served his entire term as vizier in the Greater Konak was Tahir Pasha, who died in 1850(12).
After the governors of Bosnia moved to Sarajevo in 1850, the Greater Konak was used to house the officials variously known as mutesarif (district governor) of the Travnik sanjak (1850-1878), or district prefect (until 1921), Grand župan (roughly, Lords of the County) (until 1929), and finally district prefect, until 1943. The Ajan Council (council of leading townsmen) met in the building between 1735 and 1826(13).
During the Austro-Hungarian period(14), the Gornja Čaršija (the area known as Luke) lost none of its importance. The new authorities continued to build major edifices there(15), and were careful to ensure that buildings dating from the Ottoman period were properly maintained. The Greater Konak was given a new roof and other maintenance works were carried out(16).
Between the two world wars the Greater Konak continued to serve as an administrative centre, but in 1943 it was used to house refugees. After World War II the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural and Historical Monuments did not formally protect the building(17), and in May 1950 the decision was taken, and executed, to demolish it so as to add an annex to the west of the Officers' Club.
The Officers’ Club in Travnik, together with the new barracks, the railway station and the county council offices form a group of buildings erected with state funds from the Dual Monarchy(18).
The Officers’ Club was built in 1906, and was originally the officers’ club and mess. At that time, it was located between the Greater Konak to the west and the Lesser Konak(19) to the east. To the south, between the building and the river Lašva, were its gardens, laid out as pleasure grounds for the Austro-Hungarian officers, and to the north was the town park.
Between the two world wars the property was also used for public purposes, and after World War II it was handed over to be managed by the Yugoslav National Army (JNA). The municipal authorities decided to enlarge the Officers’ Club, now the JNA Centre, and to this end they demolished the Greater Konak to the west in 1950 and in 1952 built the west annex of the Centre on the site, used as a theatre hall. The extension was built in every regard as an imitation of the historic form and style of the original building.
The façades were restored at the same time, and new relief features were added to the old façade, the escutcheons of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia, as it was then. Outbuildings and a summer theatre were built in the courtyard area. The east wing, which was originally used as the officers’ mess, was converted into a public restaurant. A projection room was built on the first floor of the west wing, and the theatre hall was used for screening films.
In 1964 the building was taken over by Travnik Municipality, but the use of the building remained essentially the same.
In 1972, Borac Co. took over the building from Travnik Municipality, and used it as a private restaurant.
During the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina the building was not kept regularly maintained, and began to deteriorate. In 2004 Bajra Co. of Travnik took over the Greater Konak, but is not ensuring that it is kept properly maintained.
In 2006, Travnik Municipality invited entries for an outline design for the Greater Konak which had been on the site(20), and work is in hand on amendments to the regulatory plan for the Konak-Luke area(21), in which Travnik Municipality to ensure the reconstruction of the Greater Konak, which would entail demolishing the west wing of the Officers’ Club.
2. Description of the property
The Officers’ Club building in Travnik is rectangular in plan, measuring 51.69 x 12.17 m, and consists of a ground floor and attic storey. It is 10.23 m in height to the roof ridge, and 5.50 m to the eaves. The property and its grounds are located on a plot with an overall area of 3603 sq.m.
The building consists of an east and a west wing, built at different times.
The older part of the building, consisting of what is now the east wing, measures 26.33 x 11.89 m, and is 9.71 m in height to the roof ridge(22). It has two entrances, one at the east and one at the west end of the south façade. The east entrance consists of a double-valved wooden door measuring 150 x 300 cm, giving onto a storm porch measuring 180 x 180 cm. To the north is a room measuring 9.45 x 4.10 m, and to the west is the great hall(23), measuring 5.63 x 11.00 m overall. At the westernmost end of the wing are two rooms measuring 4.17 x 8.56 m and 4.82 x 8.56 m, where the south entrance to the building is also located, through a double-valved door measuring 130 x 300 cm.
The west wing extension has an overall footprint of 25.36 x 10.96 m(24). The central premises of the west wing is a theatre hall, with interior dimensions of 17.83 x 10.14 m and a ceiling height of 4.20 m. To the west, the hall leads into an anteroom measuring 2.60 x 6.50 m with a side room, hallway and the storm porch of the north-west entrance(25). Above these side rooms is a gallery measuring 6.85 x 10.16 m on the inside, with an 80 cm wide staircase leading down to the anteroom of the theatre hall.
The main façades were in the historicist manner, but the side façades (the west façade and the western part of the south façade) are of much simpler design.
The east façade belongs to the original part of the building, and contains an entrance portal measuring 150 x 300 cm, approached via steps of 1.87 m in width(26).
The north façade of the building consists of the original east wing and the later extension of the west wing. The original façade constitutes a symmetrical composition with three two-light arched windows of 120 x 200 cm on either side, flanking a central rectangular projection(27) 6.75 m long, with a smaller semicircular, domed extension(28).
The western part of the façade of the later extension to the building is a faithful copy of the original composition of the façade. It has seven arched windows of the same shape and size as the original windows. The roofs of the original building and the extension give the impression of being a single roof, except that the ridge of the west wing is 52 cm higher than that of the original east wing.
The south façade of the original part of the building, like the north façade, is a symmetrical composition. The projecting central section, 6.75 m in length, has a three-light window measuring 3.08 x 2.93 m(29). To the west are two arched windows of 120 x 200 cm, with a central entrance doorway measuring 130 x 300 cm. To the east is a matching arched window and another three identical but blind windows.
The extension of the original south façade projects outwards from the original by 150 cm, and contains three arched windows measuring 120 x 200 cm and the service entrance to the theatre hall, measuring 130 x 220 cm.
At attic level, the side façade has four arched windows measuring 80 x 110 cm, with another three the same at ground-floor level.
The vertical construction of the building consists of exterior and interior bearing walls 45 cm thick(30). This is true of both the older east wing and the later west wing, though the older wing was built entirely of brick while the structural system of the extension is reinforced concrete.
The ceiling height of the ground floor in the east wing is 4.87 m (the large central hall) and 3.48 m (the rooms at the easternmost end). The ceiling height of the west wing is 4.20 m (in the theatre hall) and 2.55 and 3.17 m (side rooms to the west). The maximum ceiling height in the attic storey above the west wing is 3.00 m.
The ceiling between the attic and the ground floor is wooden, and the roof frame is also timber. The damaged ceiling of the original wing is 60 cm in height, and includes a cavity for insulation purposes. Wood was also used to make the staircase leading to the attic at the far western end. The roof cladding is asbestos board, while the semi dome of the north extension is clad with custom-made eternit. The façades are rendered, and the south and east steps on the outside are of stone. The exterior woodwork of the original wing is of good quality timber treated with wood preservative paint.
3. Legal status to date
According to the information provided by the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport(31), the Officers' Club building in Travnik was listed but not entered on the register of cultural monuments of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Institute for the Protection of the Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage.
4. Research and conservation and restoration works
The only works carried out on the building between its construction and the end of World War II were routine maintenance works.
An extension to the Officers' Club was built in 1952, consisting of the west wing, on the site of the demolished Greater Konak.
In 1970 a working design for the interior refurbishment of the building was drawn up by architect Šemsudin Haverić, which was implemented with certain corrections during the course of execution.
After the 1992-1995 in BiH ended, modest sums were invested in the routine maintenance of the building.
Since 2004, when the building changed hands, the restaurant has been closed, and the new owner is not concerned with maintaining the building.
In 2006 architectural competition entries were invited; the winning entry(32) entailed the erection of a new building on the original site of the Greater Konak(33).
5. Current condition of the property
The Officers’ Club building in Travnik is currently vacant and semi-derelict, and no routine maintenance works are being carried out, resulting in its gradual deterioration. In the absence of a proper regulatory plan, the current owner of the property, Bajra d.o.o. company of Travnik, has no interest in spending money on routine maintenance of the building and the site as a whole, fearing that when a regulatory plan is finally adopted it might prove uneconomical for the company. Until a final solution is reached, in the shape of urban plans, Travnik Municipality is in no position to do anything that might incline the owner to carry out routine maintenance. The building is in a state of neglect.
6. Specific risks
- lack of maintenance.
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.iv. composition
D. Clarity (documentary, scientific and educational value)
D.v. evidence of a typical way of life at a specific period
F. Townscape/ Landscape value
F.ii. meaning in the townscape
G. Authenticity
G.v. location and setting
I. Completeness
I.i. physical coherence
The following documents form an integral part of this Decision:
- Ownership documentation:
- Copy of cadastral plan, c.p. 1680, c.m. Travnik (new survey), title deed 4410, plan no. 14, scale 1:1000 (old survey c.p. 2/197, 2/199, 2/211, c.m. Travnik), issued by the Department of Planning, Construction, Cadastral and Proprietary Rights Affairs, Cadastre section, Municipality Travnik, on 6 November 2009;
- Land Register entry for plots 2/197, 2/199, 2/211, c.m. Travnik, Land Register entry no. 20 (old survey), order no. 051-0-Rz-07-00 4931, issued on 27 December 2007 by the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court in Travnik, Municipality Travnik, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- Documentation on previous protection of the property:
- Letter from the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport ref. 07-40-4-4920-1/07 of 28 November 2007;
- Photodocumentation:
- Photograph of the Officers’ Club in Travnik between the two world wars taken by unidentified photographer, Cantonal Archive, Central Bosnia Canton, letter ref. 01-48.11-/08 of 4 February 2008, Travnik;
- Photographs of the Officers' Club in Travnik taken on 27 November 2008 by architect Adi Ćorović, using Sony DSC – H10 digital camera;
- Technical documentation:
- Planning drawing of the demolition of the Greater Konak, Travnik, 1950, by unidentified draughtsman, Cantonal Archive, Central Bosnia Canton, letter ref. 01-05.1-114/07 of 4 January 2008, Travnik;
- Blueprints of the design for the interior of the Greater Konak in Travnik by architect Šemsudin Haverić, Travnik, 1970;
- Technical drawings and description of the outline design for the Greater Konak in Travnik, Trim group, Travnik, 2006, architects Smailbegović, N. and Smailbegović S.;
- Smailbegović, N., Smailbegović S., Technical description of the outline design for the Greater Konak in Travnik, Trim group, Travnik;
- Technical drawings of the elevation and south façade of the Officers' Club in Travnik, surveyed on 27 November 2008 by Nermina Katkić, final-year architecture student, and architect Adi Ćorović. Drawings by Nermina Katkić.
Bibliography
During the procedure to designate the property as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina the following works were consulted:
1932. Zabeo, K., Travnička spomenica – prigodom pedeset-godišnjice nadbiskupskog sjemeništa i nadbiskupske velike gimnazije u Travniku 1882.-1932 (Travnik Commemoration on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Archbishop's seminary and great grammar school in Travnik, 1882-1992), Sarajevo: Regina Apostolorum Academy Press
1956. Kreševljaković, H., “Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika (1463-1878)”, Naše starine, vol. III, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments and Natural Rarities of BiH, Sarajevo
1981. Udovičić, M., Travnik u vrijeme austrougarske (1878-1918) (Travnik in the Austro-Hungarian Period [1878-1918]), Archives of Central Bosnia in Travnik
1990. Maslić, F., Starine i muzeji Travnika (Antiquities and Museums of Travnik), Travnik Tourist Association, Zagreb
1998. Mujezinović, M., Islamska epigrafika Bosne i Hercegovina, vol. II, Sarajevo: Sarajevo Publishing
2005. Decision of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments designating the architectural ensemble of the Fort in Travnik as a national monument, 25 January 2005
2005. Decision of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments designating the architectural ensemble of the mosque in Gornja Čaršija (the Mehmed Pasha Kukavica mosque, the Ali bey mosque) and clock tower in Travnik as a national monument, at a session held from 15 to 21 March 2005
2006. Maslić, F., Baner, D., Vodič kroz prošlost, starine i prirodno naslijeđe travničkog kraja (Guide to the history, antiquities and natural heritage of the Travnik region), Travnik: Regional Museum of Travnik
(1) The architectural ensemble of the mosque in Gornja čaršija (Mehmed Pasha Kukavica mosque, Ali bey mosque) and Clock Tower in Travnik was designated as a national monument by decision of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments at its session held from 15 to 21 March 2005.
(2) For more on the history and development of Travnik see Decision of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments designating the architectural ensemble of the Travnik fort as a national monument on 25 January 2005.
(3) To be exact, in 1699, following the Treaty of Karlowitz – Kreševljaković, H. “Saraji ili dvori bosanskih namjesnika (1463-1878)”, Naše starine, vol. III, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments and Natural Rarities of BiH, Sarajevo, 1956, 15
(4) Maslić, F., Starine i muzeji Travnika, 6, Tourist Association of Travnik, Zagreb 1990. Zabeo, K., Travnička spomenica – prigodom pedeset-godišnjice nadbiskupskog sjemeništa i nadbiskupske velike gimnazije u Travniku 1882.-1932, Sarajevo: Regina Apostolorum Academy Press, 1932, 65
(5) Mujezinović, M., Islamska epigrafika Bosne i Hercegovine, vol. II, Sarajevo: Sarajevo Publishing, 1998, 325
(6) The čaršija is first referred to in connection with the construction of the stone bridge as Baš-čaršija, the main market, consisting of the square around the Gazi aga mosque and part of Varoš street, surrounded by residential properties, including Luka mahala, which had a population of 3,500 by the 17th century. Maslić, F., Baner, D., Vodič kroz prošlost, starine i prirodno naslijeđe travničkog kraja, Travnik: Regional Museum of Travnik, 2006, 31
(7) Maslić, F., Baner, D., 2006, 33
(8) Zabeo, K., 1932, 54
(9) Decision designating the architectural ensemble of the mosque in Gornja Čaršija (the Mehmed Pasha Kukavica mosque, the Ali bey mosque) and clock tower in Travnik, rendered at the session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held in Sarajevo from 15 to 21 March 2005
(10) The residences of Bosnian governors during the Turkish period were called saray, beylik saray or konak. The Greater Konak in Travnik was on the left bank of the river Lašva, in the place known as Luke, by the present-day courthouse. The building had a footprint of 35.00 x 20.50 m, with a high shingle-clad roof. To the south was a garden, and to the west a courtyard with several tumbledown buildings. The western part of the building served as the Vizier’s residence, with an entrance from the courtyard; the eastern part house the Vizier’s council chamber, his divan. - Kreševljaković, H., Sarajevo, 1956, 13, 15.
(11) The west wing of the Officers' Club now occupies this site.
(12) Kreševljaković, H., 1956, 16
(13) Kreševljaković, H., 1956, 16
(14) In 1878, Austro-Hungarian troops entered Travnik, and a period of major changes for the town began. Travnik was linked by rail to other parts of the Monarchy. A hydro power plant was built that would to some extent address the town’s need for electricity. Industrial plants were set up, such as the tobacco factory (1893), and the Ugar timber factory in Turbe (1912). New residential properties in the European style were built along the main street, and parks and promenades were laid out. Public edifices such as the Post, the county offices, the Bank, a hospital, the railway station, a medresa, the convent and so on were also built.
(15) Primarily the Officers’ Club, but the Austro-Hungarian authorities also laid out the park in Gornja Čaršija, and erected various other buildings that were to be of economic and social importance.
(16) The building was surveyed, and in 1897 Dr Rudolf Meringer, a university professor from Graz, drew the plans of the ground and first floors and a cross-section of the Greater Konak, publishing them in 1901 in the periodical of the Vienna Sitzungsberichte academy, as part of his study entitled “Die Stellung des Bosnischen Hauses und Etimologien zum Hausrat.” In 1942, during World War II, the model-maker Husein Karišić again drew the elevation and plan of the Greater Konak. Kreševljaković, H., 1956, 16.
(17) During this period monuments that were formally protected were also demolished. There is now no point in saying that the old Konak in Travnik could very well have been restored and that Travnik had no building better suited to house the local museum. Kreševljaković, H., 1956, 16
(18) Another group of buildings such as the Vlašić Hotel, the hospital and the slaughter-house, were built using municipal funds. Zabeo, K., 1932, 54
(19) During the Ottoman period the Lesser Konak housed the kajmekan (vizier's representative, district prefect) and two shari'ah judges (kadis), and in the early years of the Austro-Hungarian administration the district authority occupied the first floor and the tax authority the ground floor. In 1882 the building temporarily housed the girls' school of the Sisters of Mercy, and later the officers' mess; from 1906 it was used as officers' living quarters. - Zabeo, K., 1932, 53. The building was demolished in the first half of the 20th century and the site is now a green area east of the present-day Officers' Club.
(20) Building this modern edifice would have meant demolishing the west wing of the Officers’ Club, dating from 1952.
(21) Letter from Travnik Municipality no. 01-2073/08 of 28 November 2008
(22) 4.66 m to the eaves
(23) This room has the original three-light window to the south, measuring 3.25 x 3.00 m, and a semicircular bay to the north with a width of 3.05 m and four two-light windows.
(24) The west wing is 80 cm lower in level than the east wing, with which it is connected by a ramp 1.00 m wide and 5.00 m long
(25) This entrance, giving onto Vezirska street, was used as the public entrance to the theatre and other performances after it was built in 1952.
(26) At attic level are two windows measuring 70 x 120 cm with below them a neon sign dating from the latter half of the 20th century, reading “Konak”.
(27) Flanking the projection are panels of 40 x 60 cm containing the armorials of FNRY.
(28) The semicircular extension has four windows of 1.00 x 3.00 m
(29) At attic level is a window of 130 x 60 cm in the axis of the three-light window.
(30) The building also contains secondary walls, with thicknesses of 20 and 12 cm.
(31) Expert opinion, Officers’ Club in Travnik. Letter ref. 07-40-4-4920-1/07, Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport, Sarajevo, 28 November 2007.
(32) The winning entry was submitted by Trim group d.o.o. of Travnik, and was designed by Nadan and Selma Smailbegović.
(33) The footprint and design of the building were based on the extant drawings of the original building. The winning entry is an interpretative reconstruction in situ, where “the footprint of the proposed building has been taken from the project assignment, 33.75 x 19.75 m, and the building line is 5.00 m to the north of the site and access road. The basic concept of the spatial design is based on drawing the visitor into a transparent passageway through the entire building along the north-south axis. The passage leads into the Turkish Cultural Centre and multimedia-cum-catering area. . . . The building is based on a reinforced concrete counter slab with a primary skeletal bearing system (posts and beams). The roof structure is timber, hipped, resting on the cross walls. Technical description of the outline design for the Greater Konak in Travnik, Trim group, Travnik, 2006.
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