Sebilj

Sebilj
Sebilj in 2016 after main square reconstruction in 2015.
General information
Town or city	Sarajevo
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates	43°51′35″N 18°25′52″E / 43.859705°N 18.431199°E / 43.859705; 18.431199
Completed	1753
Design and construction
Architect	Mehmed Pasha Kukavica

The Sebilj is a pseudo-Ottoman-style wooden fountain (sebil) in the centre of Baščaršija square in Sarajevo built by Mehmed Pasha Kukavica in 1753. It was relocated by Austrian architect Alexander Wittek in 1891.

A multi-national collaborative public arts project created a life-size contemporary interpretation of the famous public fountain and landmark in Birmingham, using traditional Bosnian design and craft techniques and combined with modern digital technology.

There is a replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in Belgrade, Serbia, donated by the city of Sarajevo in 1989.

There is a replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States donated by the Bosnian community to the city of St. Louis for its 250th birthday.

There is replica of Sarajevo's Sebilj in Novi Pazar. It was also gifted by the city of Sarajevo.