Vraca Memorial Park, Memorial complex in Novo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Vraca Memorial Park is a historic memorial complex on the slopes of Trebević Mountain in Novo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The grounds feature stone walls covered in engraved names, a pyramid-shaped fountain with an eternal flame, and bronze sculptures spread across the open terrain.
The site was originally built as an Austro-Hungarian fortress around 1898. During World War II it became a place of execution, where thousands of people from the Sarajevo area were killed.
The names carved into the stone walls represent people from across the Sarajevo region, adults and children alike. The way the site is tended shows that it remains a living place of memory for local families.
The park is best visited on foot, as marked paths guide visitors through the grounds and help with orientation. The terrain can be uneven and the mountain setting means weather may shift, so sturdy footwear is a good idea.
The old fortress walls carry more than eleven thousand names, among them men, women, and children. This turns the walls into a record that visitors can walk along and read, name by name.
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