Interfaith Architecture (tradition, America, churches, Mary, trinity)

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Interfaith Architecture

"It is hard to describe the visual impression that Sarajevo’s seamless weave of human construction - Synagogues, Mosques, and Churches, traditional Bosnian houses, intricate Ottoman Turkish houses and buildings, and stately nineteenth century Austro-Hungarian buildings - make on one.

Whether wandering the streets and coming across the courtyard and fountain of a Mosque or viewing the city from the hills above and seeing the minarets and spires intermingling, one is struck by the lively and beautiful intersection of cultures and religions.

In America we cobble together neighborhoods with smells and sights and sounds of various cultures in a kind of rough beauty, but we have not yet discovered how to blend them into a whole."

- Dr. Mary Potter Engel (American, Jewish)

In this thread I'm going to share some photographs of various religious and religiously important sites in Sarajevo, to try to demonstrate what Mrs. Engel was talking about.

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Those are some beautiful pictures. I especially like the night shots. Thanks for sharing.

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The Church of the Holy Trinity (Roman Catholic)


St. Cirilo (Roman Catholic)


St. Anne (Roman Catholic)


Church of the Archangels (Orthodox Christian)

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Old Temple (Jewish)


New Temple (Jewish - it's now all white)


Alija House (Muslim)


Srvzo's House (Muslim)

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Clock Tower (Muslim, used to tell prayer times)


Emperor's Mosque


Gazi Husrev Bey's Mosque


Cekrekija Mosque

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Ali Pasha Mosque


Segribija Mosque


Pilgrim's Mosque


Sinan's Monastery (Muslim)