Neighborhood in Sarajevo Canton, FBiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Džidžikovac
Џиџиковац
Neighborhood
Standard facade on one of the buildings in Džidžikovac main residential complex – note bullets and artillery shell shrapnel's holes, prior recent renovation, remnants of Bosnian War.
Džidžikovac
Location in Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Bosnia and Herzegovina
Džidžikovac and immediate surroundings is also location of several major embassies, with French and Austrian located at the heart of the neighborhood.
History
The central area of the neighbourhood was designed and developed after the World War II, mostly between 1946 and 1959, while streets and areas in immediate surroundings were already developed and had many luxurious villas and buildings constructed during second half of the 19th century, in numerous styles of the era under the architect from around Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Neighborhood is conceived as residential, on a steep hillside above city center with much greenery, never developed before, where, beside many small private flower gardens, also existed numerous plum, apple, cherry and pear orchard – hence the name Džidžikovac, which comes from the word "džidži" which is Bosnian pronunciation of Ottoman Turkish word "güzel", and which in Bosnian means: nadžidžan, nagizdan, gizdav, ukrašen, in English: picturesque, ornate or florid.[1]
As in many other cases around central parts of Sarajevo, neighborhood designers utilized the presence of abundant natural greenery on the location and developed designated space while preserving as much as possible. This became a characteristic of the neighborhood, one which constitutes important quality and attraction.
^ abDecision: Graditeljska cjelina – Stambeni kompleks na Džidžikovcu (4 February 2008). "Commission to preserve national monuments". old.kons.gov.ba (in Bosnian). Commission to preserve national monuments. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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