While I don't generally post any messages advertising availability of
materials, the unique nature of this item seemed like something list
members might be interested in. Let me know if you disagree so I can
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Please pass this on to other interested lists and individuals. Thanks. AR
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Among the many losses of the past four years of war in Bosnia is a unique
architectural heritage, targeted for destruction by nationalist extremists
(see Nicholas Adams, "Architecture as the target," JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY
OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS, Dec. 1993). The Mosque of Ferhad Pasha in the
city of Banja Luka, built in 1583 and included on UNESCO's World Heritage
list, was dynamited on the night of May 6-7, 1993; after the blast, Serb
nationalist authorities had the site leveled with heavy equipment -- all
rubble and stone fragments were removed under guard and disposed of at a
secret dump site out of town.
Aleksandar Ravlic, a scholar from Banja Luka now living in exile in
Croatia, has assembled photographs, drawings and texts documenting this
destroyed masterpiece of European Muslim architecture in a new monograph:
Ravlic, Aleksandar Aco.
Banja Luka's Ferhadija Mosque : a murdered beauty / Aleksandar Ravlic.
Rijeka, Croatia : Poduzece AARiS, 1996.
175 p. : mostly ill. ; 28 cm.
If you happen to have contacts with historians, art historians, libraries,
etc, please let them know of the book and how to order it.
The book is in a large (24x28cm) format, hard, glossy cover, 175 pages
(mostly pictorial) with text and captions in Bosnian-Serbo-Croatian and
in English. The price is 80 DM (German marks) or its equivalent in other
currencies. Postage and handling is included in the price. The amount
should be paid to the following account:
Bank : Riadria Banka
Branch : Rijeka, Croatia
Acct.number: 33800-620-37-2500-1024388.
Acct.name : Poduzece AARiS, Rijeka
Purpose : book payment
A copy of the bank deposit receipt (as proof of pre-payment) should be
included with the book order form or letter, which should be sent to
the following address:
Poduzece AARiS
Postanski pregradak 206
51000 Rijeka
Croatia
All correspondence and inquiries should be also directed to the above
address.
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