Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A block farther along Ferhadija, on the left, is a parklike square once called Liberation
Square—since renamed
Liberation and Izetbegovi
ć
Square
to honor the wartime Bosnian
president. The square is ringed with busts of important Bosnian writers, and the
Multicul-
tural Man Builds the World
statueinthemiddle—ofanakedmandoingjumpingjacks,with
a highly polished member—was donated by an Italian artist to beautify the war-torn city.