[wzslider autoplay=”true”]Special place in Sarajevo occupy two famous bastions on the slopes of the city, which testify about the rich history of this area.
But it is little known that in the vicinity is located another bastion, demolished and neglected – Strosicka bastion.
The remains of the former bastions are located in the northern part of the Old City, at Strosici Street, that arose in the Ottoman period in the second half of the 17th century and which was one of the five town forts back then. You can get to the remains of the bastions when you go down from lookout point down the Bakije Street. You will pass the Vratnicki walls that are part of the fortress in the old part of Sarajevo, which was built between 1729 and 1739 by the orders of Ahmed Pasha, the governor of Bosnia back then.
Strosicka bastion is trapezoidal in shape and it has surface area of 367m². Two parallel sides are 25 meters and 18 meters long. The bastion was built on steep terrain, and the height of the walls was preserved, on the north side it is 3 meters, in the north it is 8 meters.
Part of Vratnicki walls descended into the yard of nearby houses and pose a threat to the citizens due to deterioration, so the stone in areas where the statics of wall was endangered, was repaired in 2012. The existing stone on the wall was restored and strengthened, and the new one was set on places where it was missing.
Street was once part of Gerdeni of Hajji Hussein, but it is better known by this name – Strosici. At the time of the Austro-Hungarian rule, the street changed its name several times. It was named after Bajric’s until 1900 as well as in the period from 1902 to 1910, and from that year until today it is known as Strosici.
During the period of Bosnian independence, there was the old town of Hodidjed that was extended during Ottoman rule. However, the fortress was destroyed to the ground when the Sarajevo was ravaged and burned by Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1697, after which it was completely restored in the period from 1729 to 1739 year. During this period, three gatehouses (on Sirokac, Plates and Visegrad), and five bastions are built in Sarajevo. Bastions are actually forts, walls. Especially important are the White bastion (made from the old town of Hodidjed) and Yellow bastion, completed in 1809.
There is, therefore, a total of 5 bastions: the bastion at Jekovac, called Ahmed Pasha’s bastion, which people call Yellow bastion; Strosicka bastion was named after the father of Ahmed Pasha, Rustempasa’s bastion; the bastion on Ravne Bakije named after Sultan Ahmed, called Arab bastion; the bastion on Zmajevac, named after Ibrahim Pasha Arnaut, which is called Arnaut bastion and White bastion.
(Source: Radiosarajevo.ba)
