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Word: bascarsija (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Turks, whose legacy is still strong today, built Sarajevo into a flourishing provincial capital. Its very name derives from saraj, the Turkish word for palace. The Turks built the cobblestoned medieval marketplace and the surrounding old town now known as the bascarsija, and the handsome mosque of Gazi Husref Beg, the finest in the Balkans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Sarajevo Triggered a War | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

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