Travnik, 90 kms north of Sarajevo, is the birthplace of Nobel Prize for Literature winner Ivo Andrić and the setting of his novel Bosnian Chronicle.
We spent the afternoon and early evening walking around town enjoying the pleasant spring weather while admiring the architectures of the various religious and cultural groups that have left their mark here: Ottoman Muslims, Croat Catholics, Orthodox Serbs, Communists, and the Austro-Hungarians.
View of the Ottoman-built castle from our hotel room.
View from the castle to the town - spring blossoms.
I lost count of the number of mosques in Travnik - three in this photo.
We liked the traditional roofs as seen on the house in the center of this photo.
The mosque (left) has Western not Eastern elements. Neat.
Full view of a window from that mosque.
The Ottomans built two clock towers in Travnik. Here's one.
The so-called Painted Mosque sports designs of flowers and cypress trees. The ground floor, originally a bazaar, still has shops today.
Roof lines and old houses.
Cool mosque with a wooden minaret.
Mosque door with Miami Beach colors.
And another cool mosque.
The Austro-Hungarians brought the railroad to Travnik in 1893.
The Serbian Orthodox Church still has some pock marks from the war.
The recently painted Catholic Church with a statue of Ivo Andrić in front.
Islamic Madrasah (School) in Neo-Turkish style
The Madrasah at night.
The Old Town.
The oven used for cooking burek under a lid (sač).
On the high road at dusk.
Of course Travnik has its own headwaters spring - Plava Voda (Blue Pools).
We spent the afternoon and early evening walking around town enjoying the pleasant spring weather while admiring the architectures of the various religious and cultural groups that have left their mark here: Ottoman Muslims, Croat Catholics, Orthodox Serbs, Communists, and the Austro-Hungarians.
View of the Ottoman-built castle from our hotel room.
View from the castle to the town - spring blossoms.
I lost count of the number of mosques in Travnik - three in this photo.
We liked the traditional roofs as seen on the house in the center of this photo.
The mosque (left) has Western not Eastern elements. Neat.
Full view of a window from that mosque.
The Ottomans built two clock towers in Travnik. Here's one.
The so-called Painted Mosque sports designs of flowers and cypress trees. The ground floor, originally a bazaar, still has shops today.
Roof lines and old houses.
Cool mosque with a wooden minaret.
Mosque door with Miami Beach colors.
And another cool mosque.
The Austro-Hungarians brought the railroad to Travnik in 1893.
The Serbian Orthodox Church still has some pock marks from the war.
The recently painted Catholic Church with a statue of Ivo Andrić in front.
Islamic Madrasah (School) in Neo-Turkish style
The Madrasah at night.
The Old Town.
The oven used for cooking burek under a lid (sač).
On the high road at dusk.
Of course Travnik has its own headwaters spring - Plava Voda (Blue Pools).
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