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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>This series started out with an idea for high quality, city, nighttime photography filled with traffic lights, fast moving subjects, life in the streets, and while I was editing the images turned out to be quite the opposite. </b>The images were more a personal, in depth story of this city, the unique charm it has, and the transformation that begins within a city after the sun is long gone.</div><br /><b>This is a multi part series. Other parts include:</b><br /><a href="http://mersad-photography.blogspot.com/2014/02/sarajevo-at-night-part-13-stories-from.html" target="_blank"><b>Part One:</b> Stories from the Dark</a><br /><a href="http://mersad-photography.blogspot.com/2014/02/sarajevo-at-night-part-23-life-in-city.html" target="_blank"><b>Part Two:</b> Life in the City</a><br /><a href="http://mersad-photography.blogspot.com/2014/02/far-from-lights.html" target="_blank"><b>Part Three:</b> Far from the Lights</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>click on the images for a bigger view</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWCEYgfGtQVnmSLacmWcWO75J86RDmUYu-_sp9KkakqgRG71HmBKGR9sIklG7nj7DibeKIfSrADpJoAW47HkD4LTsT6dLw0UPithWltmRx1elLhmnepaRtsfTbj9AvY53RvGHoJcfLKE/s1600/IMG_05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWCEYgfGtQVnmSLacmWcWO75J86RDmUYu-_sp9KkakqgRG71HmBKGR9sIklG7nj7DibeKIfSrADpJoAW47HkD4LTsT6dLw0UPithWltmRx1elLhmnepaRtsfTbj9AvY53RvGHoJcfLKE/s1600/IMG_05.jpg" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Vilsonovo Lane</b> is depicted on the next two black and white images, and it is a walking path along the river Radobolja, which floats through Saraj<span style="font-family: inherit;">evo. The streets are closed off for cars after 5 o'clock in the day, and also on weekends, which makes for a nice walk. <span style="background-color: white;">Also just near, there are </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">National</span><span style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">and </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Historical</span><span style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Museum with their belonging attractions, or </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Church of Holy Transformation</span><span style="background-color: white;"> so this area offers a lots of possibilities for a person desiring nature and culture.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRdBVjVfz7qA7EVXr_OX6uJFQtHXUN4nZBYL0gn5UYuKIlm1qQBOt57pcUaFIALoYKMeDDgrt3bed5q0oVwoA4EOUU20AdgZFCQGoc-xfDqjOZ3H4JdiANYyHdKX6tffLmnP9agUtyvM/s1600/IMG_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRdBVjVfz7qA7EVXr_OX6uJFQtHXUN4nZBYL0gn5UYuKIlm1qQBOt57pcUaFIALoYKMeDDgrt3bed5q0oVwoA4EOUU20AdgZFCQGoc-xfDqjOZ3H4JdiANYyHdKX6tffLmnP9agUtyvM/s1600/IMG_02.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfWDlKxMKQuVA8JvrsCAt8sztcdNva7JdaP7u-5AwShVlQAPfzU-qX7a_X6kePRVorhIAQk1stoXQvNj2f2Qqg2TwKiEqZIFgzsLjH0si8vVB4LJrh7k3rYc1mKNjfvxkeZF80Tr6tfU/s1600/IMG_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfWDlKxMKQuVA8JvrsCAt8sztcdNva7JdaP7u-5AwShVlQAPfzU-qX7a_X6kePRVorhIAQk1stoXQvNj2f2Qqg2TwKiEqZIFgzsLjH0si8vVB4LJrh7k3rYc1mKNjfvxkeZF80Tr6tfU/s1600/IMG_03.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMs8rN8u8JdE2Fnc7mI_EJIMBwDxMN6OGJQt1dlwOxPJZHS0-ovZA74IlTllQmxvN4cFxEmZkpNl4m5KziU_9arTNufFF_uNr0gcLSvXAHeYJo2gm745khnRIgu1klmtt2eS3_b1Gd-m0/s1600/IMG_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMs8rN8u8JdE2Fnc7mI_EJIMBwDxMN6OGJQt1dlwOxPJZHS0-ovZA74IlTllQmxvN4cFxEmZkpNl4m5KziU_9arTNufFF_uNr0gcLSvXAHeYJo2gm745khnRIgu1klmtt2eS3_b1Gd-m0/s1600/IMG_04.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Next we have the Ali Pasha Mo<span style="font-family: inherit;">sque. The </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Ali Pasha's Mosque</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> was constructed in </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sarajevo</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> during 1560-61 as a </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">vakuf</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> (legacy or perpetual endowment) of Hadim Ali-pasha, the former </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ottoman</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">governor</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> of the Budapest administrative district</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> and the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bosnia Pashaluk</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">. The night gave actually more sight into the structure and various </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">knocks</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> and </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">crannies, hidden in the shadows.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: left;">The </span>mosque<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: left;"> was built according to the classical </span>Istanbul<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: left;"> architectural style.</span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSK1j-Z3uS9eUyq7lmcY__edP_KWxX6gbjS1R_Oq2fvgcFRgS5lXIDltJmtIC2VshrnEUY8XavSGO5xKvabhMB1HinvBswEwMDa-EWYRRMe6PzwRBli2lXQu6-GULRBcvjNxX00UhZGeQ/s1600/IMG_06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSK1j-Z3uS9eUyq7lmcY__edP_KWxX6gbjS1R_Oq2fvgcFRgS5lXIDltJmtIC2VshrnEUY8XavSGO5xKvabhMB1HinvBswEwMDa-EWYRRMe6PzwRBli2lXQu6-GULRBcvjNxX00UhZGeQ/s1600/IMG_06.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Th<span style="font-family: inherit;">e night gave a rather beautiful glow to the Eternal Flame of Sarajevo. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Eternal flame</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">is a memorial to the military and civilian victims of the </span>Second World War<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> in </span>Sarajevo<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">, </span>Bosnia and Herzegovina<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">. The memorial was dedicated on 6 April 1946, the first anniversary of the liberation of Sarajevo from the four-year-long occupation.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk83CexvxMgkDfPM1v5QiRwBcWK8BudjsU6i0hbQxHivaOhr2cQsu-E3FtGm-bW1uMhrS8YbhAKWSvGGgVYV-UbAG4P4PzbkfynnxsTmS-inSOv3DSmKavMcx2eJUsMmVHU8hFCgIp1vM/s1600/IMG_12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk83CexvxMgkDfPM1v5QiRwBcWK8BudjsU6i0hbQxHivaOhr2cQsu-E3FtGm-bW1uMhrS8YbhAKWSvGGgVYV-UbAG4P4PzbkfynnxsTmS-inSOv3DSmKavMcx2eJUsMmVHU8hFCgIp1vM/s1600/IMG_12.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Written behind the flame:</b></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With Courage and the Jointly Spilled</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Blood of the Fighters of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian,</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian Brigades</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of the Glorious Yugoslav National Army; with</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the Joint Efforts and Sacrifices of Sarajevan Patriots</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Serbs, Muslims and Croats on the 6th of April 1945</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sarajevo, the Capital City of the People's Republic</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of Bosnia and Herzegovina was liberated.</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Eternal Glory and Gratitude to the Fallen Heroes</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of the liberation of Sarajevo and our Homeland,</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the First Anniversary of its Liberation--</span></dd><dd style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a Grateful Sarajevo</span></dd><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRNYlS4j1ZZIy0csO7JN9y06RiZE1lJRV2AdbZzgNSI9eif-miMlM3bMnIk-pRUxfvWG-k8y705p58y35cSU6da7T6ETe9KRgfB0ua-AxvUTF9z31wCJIGaZMpr7kuByXbljj5byN4kU/s1600/IMG_07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRNYlS4j1ZZIy0csO7JN9y06RiZE1lJRV2AdbZzgNSI9eif-miMlM3bMnIk-pRUxfvWG-k8y705p58y35cSU6da7T6ETe9KRgfB0ua-AxvUTF9z31wCJIGaZMpr7kuByXbljj5byN4kU/s1600/IMG_07.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The<b> Bascarsija </b>is the old town of Saraj<span style="font-family: inherit;">evo. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Baščaršija was built in the 15th century when </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isa-Beg_Isakovi%C4%87" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" title="Isa-Beg Isaković">Isa-Beg Isaković</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;"> founded the town.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.333333015441895px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">The word Bascarsija derives from the </span>Turkish language<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">. The word "bas" which is "baş" in Turkish literally means "head" and "carsija" which is "çarşı" in Turkish means "bazaar" or "market".</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 13.333333015441895px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Due to the large fire in the 19th century, today Bascaršija is half the size that it once was.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBRefzkZP2Y-GPtCvouRI7u-tabaCBjIzDL2cWUF2CbUSKEL06NcCfxQsG03A0sxIu0DAxro0vhL_CXuUf1Up9xpILMK3GhubjQcloNORPDlZBmvrwhIwCz9dcNbahaWY3JtaNwJ3EhA/s1600/IMG_08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBRefzkZP2Y-GPtCvouRI7u-tabaCBjIzDL2cWUF2CbUSKEL06NcCfxQsG03A0sxIu0DAxro0vhL_CXuUf1Up9xpILMK3GhubjQcloNORPDlZBmvrwhIwCz9dcNbahaWY3JtaNwJ3EhA/s1600/IMG_08.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Many restaurants and shops are located in this part of the city. In the night the warm colors of the shops filled the dark streets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9vseigYe5WeqxGAlguoTFZsNO6yV-yM3al7iy2E9sPOaw8_oCQV7u_jWHM0y-8Y30s1UUU0u9VOXtzssfowYe9nmSTZ8j_KU2QCi4RZkkq45Q0JQJhLPL_ol1lPGl7QI7pW9a8kLQec/s1600/IMG_09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9vseigYe5WeqxGAlguoTFZsNO6yV-yM3al7iy2E9sPOaw8_oCQV7u_jWHM0y-8Y30s1UUU0u9VOXtzssfowYe9nmSTZ8j_KU2QCi4RZkkq45Q0JQJhLPL_ol1lPGl7QI7pW9a8kLQec/s1600/IMG_09.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kL811PXtEiUFGOnLqMnr6jNb6L_cKPGisx6TLyhcagnc_si9g7690jXjUQDdaKO-ub8KDJBo484aJhEmbI-wvXTXmd2yMc3PqpneC9UiSxGcjmY99tuDbican4XImxjWWXb-62xtWlI/s1600/IMG_10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kL811PXtEiUFGOnLqMnr6jNb6L_cKPGisx6TLyhcagnc_si9g7690jXjUQDdaKO-ub8KDJBo484aJhEmbI-wvXTXmd2yMc3PqpneC9UiSxGcjmY99tuDbican4XImxjWWXb-62xtWlI/s1600/IMG_10.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCERMLZKvDf-QZcGqEUsIC_CyqBZxC3sih7uLxYGnAH2qFbEQ2mERzCRqBYZbJ4gWOPQ83cJzu-x-OFm0opzYY84u9YmCh2caT94fJpoXhi655b751whzzYKI72uflk8ePgpDekJsGx2w/s1600/IMG_11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCERMLZKvDf-QZcGqEUsIC_CyqBZxC3sih7uLxYGnAH2qFbEQ2mERzCRqBYZbJ4gWOPQ83cJzu-x-OFm0opzYY84u9YmCh2caT94fJpoXhi655b751whzzYKI72uflk8ePgpDekJsGx2w/s1600/IMG_11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">More images from nightly Sarajevo, await in part two. I hope you have enjoyed the stories thus far.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiow63pEV1M58DZyRh60dPO2Q8UX7Sp3zrUZgRAXuY2lW91jBbzaFkVuQqzqn9hq802zh_LBpipwq5MIKs686BkXsmvk6OeNN_aqsHfHmYBFcZi_3AUWV8FXRJvmTF2GJvwqvWSdkkRhWY/s1600/IMG_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiow63pEV1M58DZyRh60dPO2Q8UX7Sp3zrUZgRAXuY2lW91jBbzaFkVuQqzqn9hq802zh_LBpipwq5MIKs686BkXsmvk6OeNN_aqsHfHmYBFcZi_3AUWV8FXRJvmTF2GJvwqvWSdkkRhWY/s1600/IMG_01.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>What does your city look like in the dark? Is it moody and secluded or fast and full of life? Or something in between...</b></div></div>

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