A few days ago began archaeological excavations at the site of the Yellow Bastion, which will be a preparation for a detailed elaboration that will be the basis for a feasibility project of revitalization of this significant historic monument.
Funds will be provided the Fund for Protection and Maintenance of Cemeteries of Fallen Soldiers of Sarajevo Canton, which manages the entire complex of the Kovači Memorial, which includes the Yellow Bastion and the White Bastion, Museum “Alija Izetbegović” and the cemetery. All of these activities will be conducted to attract more tourists to this attractive area full of monuments of old, but also recent BiH history.
Testimony to history
The Yellow bastion is located on Jekovac above the cemetery Kovači in Stari Grad, and is known among Sarajevans as the Cannon-Tower (Top-kula). Throughout history this building has changed its names and was called the Bastion of Ahmet Pasha Rustempašić, Jekovačka, and the Bastion Behind the Gate. The history of the city of Sarajevo remembers it particularly from the period of occupation of the Austro-Hungarian army under the command of Josip Filipović 1878, when at this place strong resistance to the occupying forces was given. Nowadays, from this bastion the cannon is fired during Ramadan to indicate the time of iftar.
Reconstruction of the Yellow Bastion has been launched by the Memorial Fund, but the realization of this project is running too slowly, because of the lack of necessary funding. A preliminary design has already been prepared, which was the responsibility of the famous Sarajevo architect Mufid Garibija. The approval of the Institute for Protection of Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage of Sarajevo Canton has been obtained, and now the development of the elaborate and detailed design will follow. Works on the archaeological examination of the walls and the interior of the Yellow Bastion are currently ongoing.
(Source: ekapija/ photo panoramio)
