Miljacka

The Miljacka is a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina that passes through Sarajevo. It is famous for being "Sarajevo's River", and it has come to be identified immediately with the city itself.

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The Miljacka is a tributary of the Bosna river. Its spring is in the town of Pale several kilometers to the east of Sarajevo. The Miljacka thus flows from the east to the west.

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The Miljacka is known for its peculiar smell and brown waters, but is nonetheless loved by the residents of Sarajevo. Several famous bridges span it, including a bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel, builder of the Eiffel Tower, and the scene of the infamous assassination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria by Gavrilo Princip.

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