Obala Kulina Bana is the street that stretches on the right bank of the Miljacka River, from the Skenderija Bridge to the City Hall, and it is best known after the Sarajevo assassination that took place in this street 100 years ago.
The street was built in late 19th century during the regulation of the right bank of Miljacka, and then it was named Appel’s Quay, after the Austro-Hungarian Chief of the National Government in BiH, the Baron Johan Appel.
After the end of the First World War and the annexation of BiH to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, in 1919 the street was named Obala vojvode Stepe Stjepanovića, after the duke of the Serb army and the hero of the Great War. From 1941 until 1945 the street was called Obala Adolfa Hitlera, and then Obala Vojvode Stjepe again. In the war year 1993, the street was named Obala Kulina bana, after the first important Bosnian ruler, who allowed the Dubrovnikans free trade in Bosnia with his Charter from 1189.
Today, this is the main road for car traffic, as well as for tram and bus traffic in this part of the city. The riverbank on which the street is located is connected to the other bank of Miljacka with several bridges that all have their historical background – the Eiffel Bridge, Festina lente, Čobanija Bridge, Drvenija, Ćumurija Bridge, Latin Bridge, Emperor’s Bridge, City Hall Bridge and Šeher-ćehajina Bridge.
The street is adorned with Austro-Hungarian architecture of residential buildings, the building of the Faculy of Law, the Post Office, and several other important facilities. Historically significant and famous buildings that are located in this street are the City Hall and the Museum of the Sarajevo Assassination.
(Source: ekapija.ba/photo: flickr.com)
