The Bare Cemetery is a cemetery complex in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina opened in 1965, with the first funeral and interment occurring on 3 January 1966.[1]
The central part of the cemetery is a spacious plateau with a staircase and a porch that connects the Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish and atheist chapels, designed by Smiljan Klaić, and the frescoes in the porch were painted by Rizah Štetić.[2]
Burials
- Alija Behmen (1940–2018), politician and former Mayor of Sarajevo
- Hasan Brkić (1913–1965), politician and partisan
- Josip Bulat (1905–1970), footballer and football manager[3]
- Goran Čengić (1946–1992), handball player
- Mirza Delibašić (1954–2001), basketball player
- Jovan Divjak (1937–2021), Bosnian army general[4]
- Srđan Dizdarević (1952–2016), journalist, diplomat, and activist
- Ines Fančović (1925–2011), actress
- Muhamed Filipović (1929–2020), writer, essayist, theorist and philosopher
- Anur Hadžiomerspahić (1971–2017), artist and graphic designer
- Jurislav Korenić (1915–1974), theater and television director, classical musician, theorist, art critic and playwright.
- Slobodan Kovačević (1946–2004), rock guitarist
- Žan Marolt (1964–2009), actor
- Božidar Matić (1937–2016), politician and former Chairman of the Council of Ministers[5]
- Kemal Monteno (1948–2015), singer-songwriter[6]
- Nerćes Novo (1928–1983), footballer[7]
- Ivica Osim (1941–2022), footballer and football manager[8]
- Davorin Popović (1946–2001), singer-songwriter
- Vaso Radić (1923–2011), politician and former Mayor of Sarajevo
- Milan Vukša (1903-1980), a prominent figure in the Yugoslav Partisans resistance and a highly decorated officer of the Yugoslav People's Army
- Milan Ribar (1930–1996), footballer and football manager
- Dražen Ričl (1962–1986), rock musician
- Beba Selimović (1936–2020), folk and sevdalinka singer
- Mirsad Tuka (1965–2023), actor
- Emina Zečaj (1929–2020), sevdalinka singer[9]
References
- ^ Jergović, Miljenko. "Miljenko Jergović / Na Barama, na rodnom groblju". Radio Sarajevo.
- ^ "Pokop d.o.o | Groblje Bare". www.pokop.ba.
- ^ "Josip Bulat" (in Bosnian).
- ^ B.T. (13 April 2021). "Legendarni general Jovan Divjak ispraćen na vječni počinak" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Božidar Matić će ostati upamćen po nesebičnoj posvećenosti razvoju bh. društva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ Ermina Skorupan-Husejnović (28 January 2015). "Kemal Monteno sahranjen uz pjesmu "Sarajevo, ljubavi moja"" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Nerćeš Novo" (in Bosnian). bordovremeplov.ba. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ E.B. (14 May 2022). "Ivica Osim sahranjen u Sarajevu, hiljade ljudi se oprostilo od legende bh. nogometa" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Obavljena dženaza Emini Zečaj" (in Bosnian). avaz.ba. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
External links
Media related to Bare Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
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