Draft:Bistrik

Church of St. Anthony (Sv. Ante) in Bistrik

Bistrik is one of the oldest settlements in the city of Sarajevo, located on the left bank of the river Miljacka, which administratively and historically belongs to the municipality of Stari Grad Sarajevo.

History

In Turkish times, today's street was composed of three separate streets. The initial section, up to today's Bakarevića street, was called Šehove dugonje, the section from Bakarevića street to the railway bridge was called Bistrik, and the part above the bridge was called Pastrma.

Already at the end of the Ottoman period, the entire route from Miljacka to the bridge was called Bistrik and it was called Bistrik until 1931, when it was named November 6, after the date when the first units of the Serbian Royal Army entered Sarajevo in 1918. They arrived from Višegrad by railway, and went down through Bistrik to the city.

From 1941 to 1945, the street was named after the historian Muhammad ef. Kadić, and after the liberation, its name was returned on November 6, and the route of Pastrma street was added to it. The old name "Bistrik" was given back in 1993.

Tourism

Within the settlement of Bistrik there are two national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina:

• Franciscan Church of St. Anthony of Padua
• Accomodation in Bistrik

as well as two monuments on the provisional list:

• The building of the Bistrik railway station
• Sarajevo Brewery (Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian: Sarajevska Pivara)

A known mosque is the famous Kadi Hasan-effendija mosque, i.e. the Brdo mosque, which is located in the neighborhood of the same name.