Status of monument -> National monument
Published in the Official Gazette of BiH, no. 53/11.
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 on 11 March 2011 the Commission adopted a
D E C I S I O N
I
The historic building of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo is hereby designated as a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the National Monument).
The National Monument is located on a site designated as cadastral plot nos. 820 and 821, cadastral municipality Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey), corresponding to c.p. no. 61, c.m. Sarajevo LI (old survey), Land Register entry no. LI/5, Municipality Centar, Sarajevo, 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 area defined in Clause 1 para. 2 of this Decision, the following protection measures are hereby stipulated:
- all works are prohibited other than conservation-restoration works, routine maintenance works, works designed to ensure the sustainable use of the property, and works designed to display the monument, subject to 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);
- during repair, conservation and restoration works, the historical complexity of the property resulting from modernist interventions during the interwar period shall be preserved;
- the rehabilitation of the property shall be carried out in line with contemporary standards for the conservation of monuments, with the possibility of certain adaptations to new use subject to the limitations of space;
- during structural repair, conservation and restoration works, original materials and binders shall be used wherever possible, while modern construction techniques may be employed to ensure the stability of the exterior walls;
- alterations to the property to suit modern requirements (installation of heating and other interior works) are permitted provided that the stylistic features of the building are retained, and subject to the approval of the relevant ministry and under the expert supervision of the heritage protection authority;
- the central staircase inside the building must be preserved.
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 relevant ministry, the 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: 07.3-2.3-77/2011-16
11 March 2011
Sarajevo
Chair of the Commission
Amra Hadžimuhamedović
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 29 October 2010 Borislav Spasojević MSc of Sarajevo submitted a proposal/petition to the Commission to Preserve National Monuments to designate the entire Marin Dvor area and the Zagreb Hotel in Tito Street, Sarajevo, as a national Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Zagreb Hotel in Tito Street, Sarajevo, falls within the Urban Townscape of Sarajevo, which is on the Provisional List of National Monuments under serial no. 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.
Statement of Significance
The historic building of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo is of considerable townscape and documentary value in the streetscape of Tito Street and Marijin Dvor. It was built in the early stages of the Austro-Hungarian period in the historicist (neo-Romanesque) style. It underwent a major transformation in the inter-war period, when champions of modernism in Sarajevo stripped it of its historicist decorative elements to bring it into line with the aesthetic ideas of the day. Though such actions are now seen as unacceptable treatment of the architectural heritage, some of the buildings that were altered in this way are of great historical and documentary value relating to the modernist “de-traditionalization” of historic buildings, and as such attest to historical complexity and constitute an integral part of the urban history of central Sarajevo.
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:
- Documentation on the location of the property and the current owner and occupant.
- Details of legal protection to date.
- 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.
- Historical, architectural and other documentary material on the property, as set out in the bibliography forming part of this Decision.
Pursuant to Article 12 of the Law on the Implementation of Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments Established Pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the following procedures were carried out for the purpose of designating the property as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- A letter ref. 07.3-35.2-8/11-1 of 05.01.2011 requesting documentation and views on the designation of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo was sent to the Archives of BiH, the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning and the Environment, the Construction Authority of Sarajevo Canton, the Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo Canton, the Development Planning Authority of Sarajevo Canton and Centar Municipality.
- A letter ref. 07.3-35.2-8/11-4 of 11.01.2011 requesting documentation and views on the designation of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo was sent to the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport.
- A letter ref. 07.3-35.2-28/11-1 of 13.01.2011 was sent requesting the views of the owner on the designation of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo was sent to Dinka Pinezić (Mobis electronic d.o.o.) of Zagreb.
- In its letter ref. 03-23-2-8/11 of 18.01.2011 the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning replied that the procedure for issuing planning approval to build an office building on the site of the former Zagreb Hotel is under way, on the basis of an expert opinion issued by the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport and a report on the quality of the masonry construction and foundations of the Zagreb Hotel drawn up by the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Sarajevo’s Institute for Materials and Construction, suggesting that the existing walls be demolished and new ones built of reinforced concrete.
- In its letter ref. 07-40-4-134-1/11 of 21.01.2011 the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport expressed the view that the building should be treated as an integral part of the existing townscape and that in its current state it possesses no valuable architectural articulation [sic] despite being part of the outer townscape of Marijin Dvor.
- The response of 28.01.2011 from the owner of the property, Dinka Pinezić, was that she was attempting to reconstruct the destroyed building in line with a design that preserves the original appearance of the building in its entirety and that she is in possession of a permit to dismantle the masonry issued by the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning of BiH. The Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport had also issued a favourable expert opinion on the reconstruction project drawn up by Hadžiabdić d.o.o. of Sarajevo. The owner stated that if the necessary works are not approved she is not in a position to be held responsible for the consequences that might arise from the current condition of the property.
- The Commission to Preserve National Monuments sent letter ref. 07.3-35.8-37/11-6 of 03.02.2011 to the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning with an application to revoke the Approval to demolish the former Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo.
- On 11.02.2011 the owner of the property, Dinka Pinezić, drew attention to the urgent need to issue a final decision on the measures to preserve the property, primarily on account of the negative consequences that could arise from the poor condition of the building.
- In its letter ref, 03-23-2-8/11-2 of 11.02.2011 the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning rejected the application by the Commission to Preserve National Monuments to revoke the Approval to demolish the former Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo.
The findings based on the review of the above documentation and the condition of the site are as follows:
1. Details of the property
Location
The Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo is in the city centre, in the quarter of Marijin Dvor, on the south side of Tito Street at its junction with Valtera Perića Street. The large mansion block known as Marijin Dvor after which the entire quarter is named is close by, on the opposite site of Tito Street(1). Buildings of later date, also of the Austro-Hungarian period, abut onto the building to the east and north-east.
The National Monument is located on a site designated as cadastral plot nos. 820 and 821, cadastral municipality Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey), corresponding to c.p. no. 61, c.m. Sarajevo LI (old survey), Land Register entry no. LI/5, Municipality Centar, Sarajevo Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Historical background
The central quarter of Sarajevo known as Marijin Dvor, where the Zagreb Hotel is located, was inhabited as long ago as Roman times. The remains of Roman buildings and mosaics have been found there, and burials were conducted in a Christian cemetery without break from the 3rd to the 19th century. The remains of the cemetery could be seen up until World War II(2).
During the Ottoman period, the quarter, then known as Gornja Hiseta, was in the Sheikh Magribija mahala, also known as Carina(3).
In the late Ottoman period (mid 19th century), buildings began to go up in Marijin Dvor with technical and stylistic features (the old Military Hospital) revealing the influence of European historicist eclecticism(4).
The introduction of Austro-Hungarian rule in Sarajevo in 1878 marked the start of a new stage in the development of planning and construction which would soon transform the city’s townscape. The new authorities extended the city westwards, downstream along the Miljacka, and introduced planning regulations as the basis for the development of a modern European city(5). Marijin Dvor was among the quarters that underwent the greatest transformation in the early stages of the Austro-Hungarian period, the 1880s and 1890s, when historicist styles were the norm. Among the buildings of that period was the Zagreb Hotel or, as it was then, a five-storey (basement, ground, two upper floors and attic) mixed-use building in the neo-Baroque style, at the junction of Tito Street and Valtera Perića Street(6).
The earliest details from the Austro-Hungarian period relating to the plot where the Zagreb Hotel now stands date from 1886, when it was the property of Osman Vatrić of Sarajevo. In 1983 it passed into the hands of Ana Pavlović, née Sehlemer, of Sarajevo, and in 1894 half the property was conveyed to Ferdinando Chiesa and his heirs(7).
The formation of Mustajbegova Street (now Valtera Perića Street), providing the planning basis for the erection of the Zagreb Hotel, is associated with the regulation in 1886-1897of the right (north) bank of the River Miljacka, where the embankment was named Appel Quay (now known as Obala Kulina bana)(8).
The regulation of the right bank was carried out in several stages, beginning with the stretch from the Latin Bridge and the Ćumurija Bridge to the east in 1886. It then continued westwards to the Ćobanija Bridge in 1888, with a further extension in 1893 to Hiseta, when the old Skenderija wooden bridge was replaced by a steel bridge(9). In 1897 a new street, Mustajbegova Street, was laid, forming the shortest link between the historic city to the east and the newly-laid-out urban area to the west known as Marijin Dvor, designed to the latest European standards. Marijin Dvor was thus linked with the Čaršija by Mustajbegova Street and Appel Quay, at the eastern end of which further regulatory works were carried out that same year by the Šeherćehaja Bridge. The 1898 Austro-Hungarian plan(10) shows the corner building now known as the Zagreb Hotel(11), the first of a row of buildings to go up along Valtera Perića Street. At that time the property was registered to Ana Pavlović and Ferdinando Chiesa(12). The building also features on a 1901 plan(13). The designer of the building is unknown, but could well have been Karel Pařik(14). Neither the original blueprints nor the building permit have survived.
In 1904 a building in the historicist style, designed by Karel Parik, was built at no. 1 Valtera Perića Street. In 1903-4 Parik also designed a building in the historicist style at no. 6 Tito Street (on the corner of Tito Street and Turhanija Street) for Zadik Finci(15).
The building was designed to meet the new building regulations, the 1893 Building Regulations for the Provincial Capital City of Sarajevo, supplementing the first, 1880 Bauordnung(16). The 1893 regulations prescribed down to the finest detail the building materials to be used and the precise dimensions of new buildings. All buildings had to be built of good quality fired brick or stone and roofed with fire-proof materials, and staircases had to be of stone or other fire-proof material – this was mandatory for public buildings and the rule for private ones. The new regulations also stated that residential properties could have no more than two upper floors, except in class I streets(17) (15.00 m in width), where a third floor could be approved by way of exception, provided that it was in line with the adjoining buildings. The regulations also governed the width of the streets and of the pavement outside the buildings(18).
Until the end of the Austro-Hungarian period, the only works carried out on the building were routine maintenance works. There are no surviving records of any events associated with the building during World War I (1914-18), but it seems likely that it suffered no major damage.
Under the terms of contracts of sale in 1920 and 1923, ownership of the property passed to Vladislav Cervenka and Marija Zeifler (née Spaček), and Josip Taborej respectively. In 1926 and 1926 the brothers Abram and Salamon (Jakob) Altarac(19) of Sarajevo acquired the property(20).
On 19 April 1932, pursuant to contract of sale 1692/32, the property at the corner of Tito and Valtera Perića Streets again changed hands(21), becoming the property of the Railways Loans and Aid Cooperative of Sarajevo, which purchased it from the Altarac brothers. The Cooperative immediately began to make plans to add a third storey and to convert the building into a Cooperative Centre(22).
The architect Isidor Rajs(23), a prominent champion of modernism in Sarajevo, was appointed to design the building and oversee the works. In an extreme expression of the modernist spirit, he decided to strip the façades of all their neo-Baroque ornaments, and to adapt the original form of the building to his own “pure” geometric design concept.
The works began in mid August 1933, and were completed by the end of November that year, giving the Railways Loans and Aid Cooperative its own headquarters, the Cooperative Centre. Since the Cooperative operated as a housing and loans shareholders’ society, provision was made in the building for its own offices (accounts, secretariat, meeting room etc.) and for a members’ hostel and restaurant(24).
It retained this same use until early 1941. The first legal allocation of the building to house reserves for the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was recorded on 11 January that year, just after the outbreak of World War II in the Balkans(25). The building was damaged by bombing(26) during the war, but its pre-war form survived.
In 1945-46, with the end of World War II, works were carried out on the building consisting of the addition of a further storey, since when it has had a basement, ground floor and four upper floors(27). Between then and 1950 the Railways Transportation School operated in the building, which was then converted into a hotel, the Zagreb Hotel(28).
The Zagreb Hotel was nationalized in 1972, becoming social property and ceasing to be the property of the Railway Workers’ Loans and Aid Cooperative of Yugoslavia(29).
In 1983 the right of occupancy of the socially-owned Zagreb Hotel was registered to the Balkan Sarajevo – OOUR Zagreb catering workers’ organization(30).
Soon after the outbreak of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, the Zagreb Hotel was hit by incendiary shells fired from the surrounding hills, and almost completely burned down, since when it has been left vacant. All that survived of the structure were the exterior brick walls and some of the carbonized wooden ceiling joists.
The right of occupancy of the building was transferred to the Bosnia Hotels and Restaurants Mixed Ownership Corporation for Hotels, Catering and Tourism d.d. in Sarajevo, by ruling of the High Court in Sarajevo of 8 May 1994.
It proved impossible to restore the damaged building to use after the 1992-1995 war, but an outdoor café terrace was opened on the space in front of the hotel at the intersection of Tito and Valtera Perića Streets.
In 1998 an outline design for the reconstruction of the Zagreb Hotel(31) was drawn up by Bosnia Hotels, but was never executed(32).
By Ruling of the Cantonal Privatization Agency of 4 December 2001, ownership of the Zagreb Hotel was transferred to Meko Group Consulting & Marketing(33), and the outdoor café was closed down.
In mid July 2007 preparatory building works were carried out inside the building, consisting of clearing the accumulated rubbish and the rubble of the inside walls, securing the building and removing the building material(34).
On 28 February 2008 the building again changed hands, since when it has been the property of Dinka Perazić, née Šego.
In 2009 a project for the reconstruction of the Zagreb Hotel was drawn up by architect Nedim Hadžiabdić, providing for a new reinforced concrete structure on the same footprint, restoring a single layer of the original bricks, with the same geometry and rendered façade. An additional basement storey was also planned. A change of use was intended from hotel and catering to office use, to be used by Mobis electronic d.o.o(35).
2. Description of the property
The historic building of the Zagreb Hotel was originally designed as a mixed-use building(36). In stylistic terms, the property was designed in the historicist manner, but all the façade ornamentation was later stripped away.
The property is a corner building of irregular, roughly trapezoid plan, with an area of 324.00 sq.m. The sides of the building along Tito Street to the north and Valtera Perića Street to the south are 19.40 and 22.70 m long respectively, and the west end at the intersection of the streets is 7.55 m wide.
The building has six storeys – basement, ground and four upper floors – and is 20.30 m high at its highest point at the west end. The multi-valved main entrance, used by visitors, is on the south-east side, opening onto Valtera Perića Street, is through an opening with overlight measuring 2.66 x 3.10 m overall(37). There is an arched entrance on the north-east side, measuring 1.70 x 4.10 m, from Tito Street, and a rectangular entrance of 3.90 x 4.10 m at the west end, opening onto the area where the outdoor café was located.
On the ground floor, the south-east entrance opens onto a vestibule of 3.95 x 3.50 m and a single-flight staircase 1.12 m wide leading down to the basement and lower ground floor. To the west it leads into the reception and cloakroom area, measuring 6.30 x 4.15 m overall, and to a lobby of 5.20 x 4.15 m(38). At the westernmost end is an area of 4.75 x 6.70 m housing the café and opening onto the outdoor café terrace, while to the north is the former restaurant, measuring 10.65 x 4.80 m, with a vestibule to the north-east opening onto Tito Street. A double-valved door leads from the former kitchen and pantry to the north, measuring 3.85 x 6.95 m overall(39).
To the east is a mezzanine floor between the ground and first floors, above the kitchen and pantry(40), reached from the ground floor by a single-flight stone staircase 112 cm wide, to the south-east. The central area of the mezzanine floor contains the main cantilevered spiral stone staircase, with steps 120 cm wide, leading from the ground to the upper floors.
On each of the four upper storeys the main staircase opens onto a trapezoid foyer of 5.20 x 1.95 m with corridors 1.20 m wide leading off it to the north and south(41).
To the north were four rooms of 3.50 x 2.60 m and one of 4.90 x 3.40 m. To the south were two rooms of 3.10 x 3.10 m and two with bathroom of 3.10 x 4.40 m and 3.10 x 3.80 m respectively. The east end was occupied by a shared toilet block of 5.20 x 3.20 m, and the west end by two rooms of 4.05 x 4.80 m and 5.30 x 5.40 m respectively(42). The partition walls have been destroyed, creating a single open space where there were once separate rooms.
The fourth floor differs from the others in having a narrow open terrace, 3.45 m wide, on the south-east side, over the toilet block.
A back staircase leads down from the ground floor to the basement, where the service quarters of the hotel are located. The layout of the ground floor is the same as that of the basement, except that there is no central staircase in the basement, and the north-eastern part where the ground floor opens onto Tito Street is also absent.
The whole original historicist appearance of the building has been lost, leaving only strictly geometric forms. The ground floor, which is 4.60 m in height, has rectangular and arched openings, and is separated by a linear string course from the floors above, where all the windows are of two lights in rectangular openings. The ground and upper floors are finished in a different colour, the ground floor in dark pink and the upper floors in brown shading to grey.
The north and south façades are similar in composition. At the east end of the upper floors are four ranks of five or six two-light windows of 1.23 x 1.90 m and 1.23 x 2.10 m respectively. The slightly cantilevered jetty at the west end has one two-light window of 1.74 x 1.90 or 1.74 x 2.10 m on each floor.
On the ground floor the north façade has five arched windows with parapets of 1.80 x 3.00 m, and a double-valved entrance of 1.70 x 2.30 m with arched overlight at the east end. The south façade has four arched windows with parapets ranging in width from 1.03 to 1.84 m, and various entrances of 2.66 x 3.10 m and 1.00 x 2.10 m.
Formally speaking, the west façade is a continuation of the western ends of the north and south façades, with two two-light windows of the same size as those of the south and north façades on the second, third and fourth floors. The first floor has a balcony of 1.00 x 4.20 m, and the ground floor an opening of 3.90 x 4.10 m.
As regards construction and materials, the building conformed to the 1893 Building Regulations, setting high standards for the use of building materials. The bearing and exterior walls range in thickness from 45 to 75 cm, and the partition walls are 20 and 15 cm thick.
The basement ceiling consists of a brick vault resting on steel cross-beams. The other ceilings have wooden joists. The central stone staircase rising from the first to the fourth floor is cantilevered. The stone foundations were laid 50 cm below basement level, and are of the same width as the basement walls. The damp course in the basement consists of stone dry walling(43). The exterior joinery is of wood.
The basement ceiling is 2.20 m at its highest, the ground floor ceiling 4.30 m high, the first floor 3.30 m, and the second, third and fourth floor ceilings are each 3.10 m high. The interstorey construction is 40 cm thick.
3. Legal status to date
The Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo is on the Provisional List of National Monuments of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments as part of the Urban Townscape of Sarajevo, under serial no. 546.
In 2005 the Cantonal Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo drew up a “Study for the protection of the cultural and natural heritage for the amendments to the Marijin Dvor City Centre Master Plan, Phase II.” This document prescribed strict protection measures for the property with a view to preserving its authentic character and original appearance (repair, conservation, reconstruction, restoration)(44).
The 2007 Amendments to the Marijin Dvor City Centre Master Plan, Phase II (Official Gazette of Sarajevo Canton no. 28/07) drawn up by the Development Planning Authority of Sarajevo Canton in line with the Protection Study provides for the building to be preserved, with the possibility of its repair, conservation, reconstruction and restoration(45).
According to the information provided by the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport(46), the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo is not on the register of cultural monuments.
4. Research and conservation-restoration works
In 1933 the historic building was converted for use as the Railways Cooperative Centre, to a design by Isidor Rajs which included the addition of a storey and the removal of all the historicist ornaments on the façades.
In 1945-46 a design for the addition of a fourth storey and attic storey was drawn up.
In 1950 the building was converted for use as a hotel.
In 1998 an outline project for the reconstruction of the Zagreb Hotel was drawn up by architect Dragan Bijedić for Bosnia Hotels, but not executed.
In 2008 a Report on the state of the structure of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo was drawn up by the Institute for Materials and Construction, Sarajevo, recommending that the masonry walls be demolished and a new reinforced concrete structure be built, to be faced with brick as before and with the façade ornaments restored(47).
In 2009 a project was drawn up for the reconstruction of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo. The solution proposed by architect Nedim Hadžiabdić was to demolish the building and erect a new reinforced concrete structure faced with the original brick. The building would be of the same footprint but would have an additional basement storey(48). A change of use from hotel and catering to office premises was also proposed.
5. Current condition of the property
All that survives of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo are the exterior and interior bearing walls and some of the exterior woodwork. The wooden roof trusses and sheet metal roof cladding have largely survived. Inside the building, the staircases have survived in very good condition, as have some of the partition walls on the ground and first floors. Some of the wooden ceiling joists and a number of reinforced concrete beams have survived. The interior is derelict and poses a real threat of infection.
Atmospheric moisture is entering the building, and the state of the exterior brick walls and the façade rendering leaves much to be desired, with moisture breaking down the binder. Parts of the rendering have fallen away leaving damaged brickwork exposed(49), particularly around the downpipes. There is also shell damage to the façades. The doors and windows are boarded up, but unauthorized entry to the building is still a problem. The building has been vacant since 1992.
6. Specific risks
- Possibility of partial collapse of surviving construction
- Render falling away from the façades
- Penetration of atmospheric moisture
- Risk of infection
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
C. Artistic and aesthetic value
C.iii. proportions
D. Clarity (documentary, scientific or educational value)
D.i. material evidence of a lesser known historical era
F. Townscape value
F.ii. meaning in the townscape
F.iii. the building or group of buildings is part of a group or site
G. Authenticity
G.v. location and setting
H. Rarity and representativity
H.i. unique or rare example of a certain type or style
I. Completeness
I.ii. homogeneity
The following documents form an integral part of this Decision:
- Ownership documentation
- Copy of cadastral plan for c.p. no. 820 and 821, c.m. Centar Sarajevo VII (new survey), title deed no. 882, plan no. Sarajevo - 166; scale 1:1000 (old survey c.p. no. 61, c.m.. Sarajevo LI), issued on 11.01.2011 by the Department of Proprietary Rights, Geodetics and Cadastral Affairs, Centar Municipality, Sarajevo Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- Land Register entry and historical record for plot no. 61, c.m. Sarajevo LI, Land Register entry no.LI/5 (old survey), no. 065-0-RZ-11-159 (67-72) of 21.01.2011, issued by the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- Documentation on previous protection of the property
- Excerpt from the Amendments to the Master Plan for the Marijin Dvor Urban Centre, Phase II, scale 1:1000, based on the Report on the Preservation of the Cultural and Natural Heritage for Amendments to the Master Plan for the Marijin Dvor Urban Centre Phase II, Sarajevo: Cantonal Institute for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo, 2005;
- Letter from the Development Planning Authority of Sarajevo Canton ref. 02-23-83/11 of 11.01.2011;
- Letter from the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport ref. 07-40-4-134-1/11 of 2101.2011;
- Photodocumentation
- Historical photograph of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo taken between 1918 and 1932 – showing the building as originally built in the Austro-Hungarian period;
- Historical photograph of the Zagreb Hotel taken in 1932-33;
- Photographs of the Zagreb Hotel taken by architect Adi Ćorović in June 2009 and January 2011, using Sony DSC – H10 digital camera;
- Technical documentation
- Plans of central Sarajevo dating from 1882, 1886 and 1898 – historical documentation of the cadastral department of Centar Sarajevo Municipality, 24 January 2011;
- Plans of central Sarajevo dating from 1882 and 1883 – documentation of the Historical Archives of Sarajevo, 26 January 2011;
- Ladislaus Walichnowski. Feldskizze 5, Stadt Sarajevo, Masstab 1:500. Sarajevo: 1901, plan;
- Excerpt from the Amendments to the Master Plan for the Marijin Dvor Urban Centre, Phase II, 2007 (Official Gazette of Sarajevo Canton no. 28/07) – letter from the Development Planning Authority of Sarajevo Canton ref. 02-23-83/11 of 11.01.2011;
- Muhamed Madžarević, Report on the quality of the masonry construction and foundations of the Zagreb Hotel, Sarajevo: Institute for Materials and Construction, August 2008;
- Project: existing condition of the former Zagreb Hotel by architect Nedim Hadžiabdić, Sarajevo, October 2008, R design – Hadžović Izet, permanent court expert, Sarajevo 2005;
- Project for the reconstruction of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo – Mobis electronic office building, outline design, R design – architect Nedim Hadžiabdić, Sarajevo, April 2009;
- Google Earth map of central Sarajevo, 25 January 2011;
- Other documentation
- Land Register entry no. LI/5 Nar. no. 4839-40/95, Municipal Court in Sarajevo, 16.121995, Sarajevo – documentation of the Railway Workers Savings and Loans Cooperative, 2011;
- Land Register B, ownership record, entry nos. 15 and 16. Fadil Đana, director of the Railway Workers Savings and Loan Cooperative. Information – Zagreb Hotel, legal changes and works carried out. Sarajevo: Railway Workers Savings and Loans Cooperative, 2008;
- Slobodan Forkapić, chair of municipal committee, Ruling of the Municipal Planning and Construction Committee no 07/A-TA-476-3/82, 29.04.1893; Sarajevo: Centar Municipality, 1983;
- Ruling on the nationalization of the Zagreb Hotel, no. 03/I-33577/1-67-5 of 07.04.1972, Sarajevo: Centar Municipality, 1972;
- Fadil Đana, director of the Railway Workers Savings and Loans Cooperative. Information – Zagreb Hotel, legal changes and works carried out. Sarajevo: Railway Workers Savings and Loans Cooperative, 2008;
- Nusret Mašnić, deputy general manager of the Bosnia Hotel, interview: “Zagreb na čekanju,” Sarajevo: Dnevni avaz, 31 October/1 November 1998;
- Knjiga Domovnica – list of Sephardi families in Sarajevo, vol. 1-524. Sarajevo: Danilo Nikolić, Jewish Community in Sarajevo, 14 January 2011;
- Fadil Đana, director of the Railway Workers Savings and Loans Cooperative. Application for Inspection, no. 03-568/07 of 24.07.2007. Sarajevo: Railway Workers Savings and Loans Cooperative, 2007;
- “Umjesto devastiranog hotela „Zagreb“ – Novi stambeno-poslovni objekat,” Sarajevo: Dnevni avaz, 03.08.2007;
- Expert opinion on the main project for the demolition of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo, no. 07-40-4-3643-1/10 of 24.09.2010 – Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport;
- Ruling on the demolition of the former Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo – Federal Ministry of Regional Planning, Ruling no. PI/03-23-2-285/10, Sarajevo 28.10.2010;
- Letter from the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning ref. 03-23-2-8/11 of 18.01.2011.
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During the procedure to designate the property as a national monument the following works were consulted:
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1973 Bejtić, Alija. Ulice i trgovi Sarajeva (Streets and squares of Sarajevo). Sarajevo: Sarajevo Museum, 1973
1987 Krzović, Ibrahim. Arhitektura Bosne i Hercegovine, 1878.-1918 (Architecture of BiH 1878-1918). Sarajevo: Art Gallery of BiH, 1989
1988 Spasojević, Borislav. Arhitektura stambenih palata austrougarskog perioda u Sarajevu (Architecture of Austro-Hungarian period mansion blocks in Sarajevo). Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1988
1989 Dimitrijević, Branka. Arhitekt Karl Paržik (Architect Karl Pařik), doctoral dissertation. Sarajevo: Faculty of Architecture of the University of Zagreb, 1989
1989 Božić, Jela. Arhitekt Josip pl. Vancaš, značaj i doprinos arhitekturi Sarajeva u periodu austrougarske uprave (Architect the hon. Josip Vancaš, significance and contribution to the architecture of Sarajevo in the Austro-Hungarian period), doctoral dissertation. Sarajevo: Faculty of Architecture, 1989
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2007 Decision designating the historic building of the Marijin Dvor mansion block in Sarajevo as a national monument, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held from 20 to 27 November 2007 in Sarajevo
2007 Decision designating the historic building of the National Theatre in Sarajevo as a national monument, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held from 11 to 18 September 2007
2007 Janković, Živorad. Muhamed Kadić – život i djelo (Muhamed Kadić – his life and work). Sarajevo: Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosniac Institute Adil Zulfikarpašić Foundation, 2007
2007 Kudela, Jiri, Branka Dimitrijević, Ivo Vacik. Arhitekt Karel Parik (1857 – 1942) – Čeh koji je gradio evropsko Sarajevo (Architect Karel Parik [1857-1942] – the Czech who built European Sarajevo). Sarajevo: Czech Embassy, 2007
2008 Decision designating the architectural ensemble of the residential complex at Džidžikovac in Sarajevo as a national monument, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held from 29 January to 5 February 2008.
2010 Decision designating the historic Jozef Zadik Danon building in Sarajevo as a national monument, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held on 26 October 2010
(1) Decision designating the historic building of the Marijin Dvor mansion block in Sarajevo as a national monument, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held from 20 to 27 November 2007 in Sarajevo
(2) Borislav Spasojević, Arhitektura stambenih palata austrougarskog perioda u Sarajevu, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1988, 75
(3) Borislav Spasojević, op.cit.. Sarajevo, 1988, 75
(4) Borislav Spasojević, op.cit.. Sarajevo, 1988, 19
(5) The Bauordnung was enacted in 1880, replacing the Ottoman Law on Building and Roads of 1873. In 1893 new building regulations were issued, covering not just the city centre, as did the 1880 regulations, but the entire urban area. - Borislav Spasojević, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1988, 15 and 16.
(6) During the Austro-Hungarian period, Tito Street was known as Gornja Hiseta. It has been an urban area since the Ottoman period and right back to Roman times. In 1921 Gornja Hiseta was renamed after King Alexander I, and in 1946 it was given its current name, Marshal Tito Street, after Josip Broz Tito. Valtera Perića Street, on the other hand, dates from the early Ottoman period, when it formed a single street with the streets now known as Donja Hiseta and Avde Hume Streets, and was known as Donja Hiseta. This Ottoman name was changed in 1895 to Mustaj-begova Street, after Sarajevo's first Lord Mayor in the Austro-Hungarian period, Mustaj-beg Fadilpašić (1830-1892). In 1925 the street was renamed after Queen Maria, wife of King Alexander. It acquired its present-day name in honour of the national hero Vladimir Perić Valter (Prijepolje 1919 – Sarajevo 1945), a symbol of Sarajevo's resistance during World War II. Alija Bejtić, Ulice i trgovi Sarajeva, Sarajevo: Muzej grada Sarajeva, 1973, 244-246 and 372-373.
The 1882, 1883 and 1887 plans of the city suggest that Valtera Perića Street did not exist at that time, though the urban history of Sarajevo records that the street took shape in the early Ottoman period. True, there was a street only between Valtera Perića Street to the north and the Miljacka to the south – Donja Hiseta Street. Valtera Perića Street (Mustajbegova Street, as it was known in Austro-Hungarian times) features only in the plans associated with the regulation of the right bank of the Miljacka, in 1897 – plans of Sarajevo, 1880s and 1890s – historical documentation of the Cadastral Department, Centar Municipality, Sarajevo, 24 January 2011 and historical documentation of the Historical Archives of Sarajevo, 26 January 2011
(7) B) Title deed, Land Register entry and historical record for plot no. 61, c.m. Sarajevo LI, Land Register entry no.LI/5 (old survey), no. 065-0-RZ-11-159 (67-72) of 21.01.2011, issued by the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(8) Until then there had been no proper road along the right bank of the Miljacka. The electric tram in Sarajevo began operating on completion of the works on the Appel Quay. A. Bejtić, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1973, 284 and 285.
Hamdija Kreševljaković, Sarajevo za vrijeme austrougarske uprave (1878-1918), Sarajevo: Archives of the City of Sarajevo, 1969, 31.
(9) Hamdija Kreševljaković, op.cit., Sarajevo, 1969, 31
(10) The Austro-Hungarian map is undated, but a detailed study reveals that it dates from 1898 (the oldest building featured on the map is the north wing of the neo-Renaissance building on the corner of Tito Street and Vrazova Street, belonging to Daniel M. Salom, designed by Josip Vancaš. The west wing was built in 1896, and the north wing, facing onto Tito Street, was designed in 1897. (Jela Božić, Arhitekt Josip pl. Vancaš, značaj i doprinos arhitekturi Sarajeva u periodu austrougarske uprave – doctoral dissertation, Sarajevo: Faculty of Architecture in Sarajevo, 1989, 146 and 147). The 1883 and 1886 maps do not show the Zagreb Hotel or the regulation of the Miljacka and Mustajbegova Street. Map of central Sarajevo, 1898 – historical documentation of the Cadastral Department, Centar Municipality, Sarajevo, 24 January 2011.
(11) Map of central Sarajevo, 1898 – historical documentation of the Cadastral Department, Centar Municipality, Sarajevo, 24 January 2011
(12) Ana Pavlović was the sole owner of the property until 1894, when half of it was purchased by Ferdinando Chiesa. In early 1900 ownership of the entire property was transferred to Ferdinando Chiesa’s then co-owner, his son Petar of Sarajevo. Title deed, Land Register entry and historical record for plot no. 61, c.m. Sarajevo LI, Land Register entry no.LI/5 (old survey), no. 065-0-RZ-11-159 (67-72) of 21.01.2011, issued by the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
(13) Ladislaus Walichnowski. Feldskizze 5, Stadt Sarajevo, Masstab 1:500. Sarajevo: 1901.
The Zagreb Hotel is clearly marked on the early 20th century technical drawing as a detached property. It was only later, after 1901, that the adjoining building to the east went up along Tito Street and Valtera Perića Street – the six-storey (B+G+3+attic) neo-Renaissance rental building of Zadik S. Finci in 1904, at no. 1 Valtera Perića, designed by Karel Parik. Ibrahim Krzović, Arhitektura Bosne i Hercegovine, 1878.-1918, Sarajevo: Art Gallery of BiH, 1987, 131; Branka Dimitrijević, Arhitekt Karl Paržik – doctoral dissertation, Zagreb: Faculty of Architecture of the University of Zagreb, 1989, 155
(14) For more on Karel Parik, see the decision designating the historic building of the National Theatre in Sarajevo as a national monument, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held from 11 to 18 September 2007. Jiri Kudela, Branka Dimitrijević, Ivo Vacik, Arhitek Karel Parik (1857 – 1942) – Čeh koji je gradio evropsko Sarajevo, Sarajevo: Czech Embassy in BiH, 2007, 174. It is not impossible that the building was designed by Josip Vancaš, who had designed a mixed-use rental building on the corner of Tito Street and Kaptol in Sarajevo in 1896 in the neo-Renaissance style, albeit with elements suggesting the neo-Baroque.
(15) Decision designating the historic Jozef Zadik Danon building in Sarajevo as a national monument, adopted at a session of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments held on 26 October 2010; Jela Božić, Arhitekt Josip pl. Vancaš, značaj i doprinos arhitekturi Sarajeva u periodu austrougarske uprave – doktorska disertacija, Sarajevo: Faculty of Architecture, 1989, 148.
(16) The Austro-Hungarian authorities’ first building regulations had an immediate impact on the development of the city. They prescribed the way in which streets were to be widened and regulated, and new urban quarters developed. Building standards were also prescribed, covering the foundations, walls, slabs, chimneys and so on. Building works could henceforth be carried out only with a permit from the relevant authorities, on submission of designs drawn to the appropriate scale. This also meant that the trained architects designing the buildings so familiar in central Sarajevo today played a more important role. Borislav Spasojević, Arhitektura stambenih palata austrougarskog perioda u Sarajevu, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1988, 13.
(17) Tito Street (Gornja Hiseta) was a Class I street in the Austro-Hungarian period
(18) Borislav Spasojević, op.cit., 1988, 13. - 17.
(19) Abram Altarac was born in Sarajevo on 3 April 1888, and his brother Salamon Altarac was born on 25 February 1889, also in Sarajevo. Their father Jakob (Moise) Altarac, born in Sarajevo in 1864, had seven daughters and five sons. The date of death of the brothers Abram and Salamon Altarac is unknown, as are the details of their business activities in Sarajevo. Knjiga Domovnica – popis Sefardskih porodica u Sarajevu, knjiga 1-524, Sarajevo: Danilo Nikolić, Jewish Community in Sarajevo, 14 January 2011
(20) B) Title deed, Land Register entry and historical record for plot no. 61, c.m. Sarajevo LI, Land Register entry no.LI/5 (old survey), no. 065-0-RZ-11-159 (67-72) of 21.01.2011, issued by the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
(21) Land Register entry no. LI/5, Nar. No. 4839-40/95. Sarajevo: Municipal Court, Sarajevo, 16.12.1995
(22) Land Register entry no. LI/5, Nar. No. 4839-40/95. Sarajevo: Municipal Court, Sarajevo, 16.12.1995; Nikola Kalem, Spomenica desetogodišnjeg rada Željezničke kreditne i potporne zadruge Z.S.O.J.U. u Sarajevu, 1923-1933, Sarajevo: Izdanje Željezničke kreditne i potporne zadruge Z.S.O.J.U. u Sarajevu, 1934, 39
(23) Isidor Rajs (Sarajevo 1901 – Jasenovac 1945) was a prominent champion of modernism in Sarajevo, active in the interwar period. He graduated from the Technical College in Zagreb in 1923 and worked in Kamil Roškot’s studio in Prague from 1927 to 1929, after which he opened his own architect’s studio in Sarajevo, working there until his arrest in 1941. Rajs was one of the most prolific modernist designers in Sarajevo; his first design to be executed in his native city was the M.F. building by the Latin Bridge, in 1929-30. He also built the three-storey S. and A. Danon building in Koševo Street, the Singer and Herman residential property (now the Interior Ministry), the Railways and Aid Cooperative Centre skyscraper in 1839 on the corner of Dolina and Avgusta Brauna Streets, and produced many other designs. He also worked in the regional context, and produced winning international competition designs, including an outline design for the Christopher Columbus lighthouse in San Domingo in the Caribbean in 1930. Isidor Rajs’s professional formation was in Prague, based on Czech functionalism and constructivism. Predrag Milošević, Arhitektura u kraljevini Jugoslaviji (Sarajevo 1918.-41), Foča: Prosvjeta, 1997, 294 and 295.
(24) The Railways Cooperative drew its members from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the purpose of the hostel was to reduce their travel and other costs. From 1933 on the Cooperative held its annual general meeting in the building, having previously held it in the Jewish Centre, the Apollo Cinema and the National Theatre. Nikola Kalem, op.cit.. Sarajevo, 1934, 39
(25) Land Register B title deed, entry nos. 15 and 16. Fadil Đana, director of the Railway Workers’ Savings and Loans Cooperative. Informacija – hotel „Zagreb“ o pravnim promjenama i preduzetim radnjama. Sarajevo: Željezničarska štedno-kreditna zadruga, 2008.
Land Register entry and historical record for plot no. 61, c.m. Sarajevo LI, Land Register entry no.LI/5 (old survey), no. 065-0-RZ-11-159 (67-72) of 21.01.2011, issued by the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(26) Statement by Borislav Spasojević, who was born and grew up in Marijin Dvor in Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 13 January 2011
(27) The works were carried out by a labour force of German prisoners. Statement by. Borislav Spasojević, who was born and grew up in Marijin Dvor in Sarajevo on 17 July 1930, Sarajevo, 13 January 2011.
(28) Slobodan Forkapić, chair of the committee. Rješenje Opštinske komisije za urbanizam i građenje broj 07/A-TA-476-3/82 of 29.04.1983. Sarajevo: Centar Municipality, 1983
(29) Ruling on nationalization of the Zagreb Hotel, no. 03/I-33577/1-67-5 of 07.04.1972. Sarajevo: Centar Municipality, 1972
(30) Slobodan Forkapić, chair of the committee. Rješenje Opštinske komisije za urbanizam i građenje broj 07/A-TA-476-3/82 of 29.04.1983. Sarajevo: Centar Municipality, 1983
(31) The 1998 outline design was produced by architect Dragan Bijedić of Sarajevo – statement by Midhat Kulo, director of Bosnia Hotels, Sarajevo: 20 January 2011
(32) Nusret Mašnić, deputy general manager of Bosnia Hotels, interview “Zagreb na čekanju.” Sarajevo: Dnevni avaz, 31 October /1 November 1998
(33) Land Register B title deed, entry nos. 23 and 24. Fadil Đana, director of the Railway Workers’ Savings and Loans Cooperative. Informacija – hotel „Zagreb“ o pravnim promjenama i preduzetim radnjama. Sarajevo: Željezničarska štedno-kreditna zadruga, 2008
Land Register entry and historical record for plot no. 61, c.m. Sarajevo LI, Land Register entry no.LI/5 (old survey), no. 065-0-RZ-11-159 (67-72) of 21.01.2011, issued by the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(34) Fadil Đana, director of the Railway Workers Savings and Loans Cooperative. Application for Inspection, no. 03-568/07 of 24.07.2007. Sarajevo: Railway Workers Savings and Loans Cooperative, 2007;
“Umjesto devastiranog hotela „Zagreb“ – Novi stambeno-poslovni objekat.” Sarajevo: Dnevni avaz, 03.08 2007.
(35) Project for the reconstruction of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo – Mobis electronic office building, outline design, R design – architect Nedim Hadžiabdić, Sarajevo, April 2009
(36) A new typology of residential properties emerged during the Austro-Hungarian period: villas, mansion blocks, hotels, social housing and rental properties, which were the most numerous. Rental buildings were built in a row, as a block or as detached properties. As a corner building, the Zagreb Hotel was the first to be built in a row at the western end of Tito and Valtera Perića Streets. Rental buildings usually had two flats entered from a landing. One room, designed for a sub-tenant, usually had its own entrance from the landing, and was equipped with all mod cons (electricity, mains water and drainage). B. Spasojević, op.cit.. Sarajevo, 1988, 24-26.
(37) There is another visitors’ entrance on the south side, measuring 1.00 x 2.10 m, as well as a service entrance of the same size.
(38) This room contains an L-shaped staircase 1.10 m wide leading from the ground floor to the basement
(39) A narrow corridor leads from the pantry to the service entrance to the south-east, opening onto Valtera Perića Street. The kitchen and pantry also have a door opening onto the narrow inner courtyard to the east.
(40) The room formerly housing the air conditioning unit is on the north side of the mezzanine floor, above the restaurant
(41) All the ceilings and interior walls have been destroyed, leaving the interior layout of the hotel almost unrecognizable
(42) At first-floor level, the two rooms to the west have balconies of 1.00 x 2.10 m with a shared masonry parapet
(43) Project for the reconstruction of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo – Mobis electronic office building, outline design, R design - architect Nedim Hadžiabdić, Sarajevo, April 2009
Muhamed Madžarević, Elaborat o kvalitetu zidanih zidova podruma i temelja objekta bivšeg hotela Zagreb u Sarajevu, Sarajevo: Institut za materijale I konstrukcije u Sarajevu, avgust 2008
(44) Letter from the Development Planning Institute of Sarajevo Canton ref. 02-23-83/11 of 11.01.2011
(45) Letter from the Development Planning Institute of Sarajevo Canton ref. 02-23-83/11 of 11.01.2011
(46) Letter from the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport ref.07-40-4-134-1/11 of 21.01.2011.
(47) Demolition is recommended even though section 3 of the Study – Results of the survey of the construction, notes that “no serious damage was observed to the bearing construction, apart from damage to the façade and basement walls, the result of exposure to the elements and damage to the façade. Muhamed Madžarević, Elaborat o kvalitetu zidanih zidova podruma i temelja objekta bivšeg hotela Zagreb u Sarajevu, Sarajevo: Institut za materijale I konstrukcije u Sarajevu, avgust 2008
(48) The Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport issued a favourable opinion on the 2009 reconstruction project. Letter from the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport ref. 07-40-4-134-1/11 of 21.01.2011. The Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport issued a favourable expert opinion on the main project for the demolition of the Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo. Stručno mišljenje o Glavnom projektu rušenja hotela “Zagreb” u Sarajevu, ref. 07-40-4-3643-1/10 of 24.09.2010. Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport. On the basis of the above, the Federal Ministry of Regional Planning issued a ruling for the demolition of the former Zagreb Hotel in Sarajevo: Rješenje za uklanjanje građevine – objekta bivšeg hotela “Zagreb” u Sarajevu, Federal Ministry of Regional Planning, ruling no. UPI/03-23-2-285/10, Sarajevo 28.10.2010
(49) Parts of the façade are falling away with such frequency that wooden panels have been erected at first-floor level to protect passers-by.
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