This black and white photo of the snow-covered Čengic Vila, a neighborhood in Sarajevo, was taken in 1964.
The village was named after the Ottoman commander Derviš Paša Dedaga Čengić (1823-1874), the son of Smail-aga Čengić, who built a mansion (a villa) in this area, thus the name-Čengić Vila. Previously, the area was popularly called Dedaga’s residences.
After the arrival of the Austro-Hungarian authorities, an Egzercir-military training ground-was built in this area, which was used by the FC Željezničar as a stadium after World War II.
The site captured in this photo use to be the cinema Kumrovec. It was demolished in 2006 for a skyscraper, Velana Skyscrapers,“ to be built in its place.
