5/5 Aleksandar Lakić (. 6 years ago on Google
Known
to
Sarajevans
as
Šeherija,
Šeher-ćehajina
Ćuprija
is
located
across
from Sarajevo
Vijećnica and
connects
Nadmlini
on
the
right
bank
of
the
Miljacka
and
Alifakovac
on
the
left.
It
is
presumed
that
this
quadruple-arched
stone
bridge
was
built
in
the
middle
of
the
16th
century.
There
is
a
legend
which
says
that
the
bridge’s
construction
was
funded
by
one
Alija
Hafizadić
and
another
story,
known
among
Sarajevans,
says
that
it
was
the
famous
Hajji
Husein,
who
served
as
šeher-ćehaja
(mayor)
of
the
city.
It
is
believed
that
he
died
before
the
bridge
was
built
and
when
news
of
his
passing
reached
his
son,
Mustafa,
in
Istanbul,
he
decided
that
he
would
return
to
Sarajevo
with
his
wife
and
complete
the
bridge.
Author
Milena
Mrazović
has
written
that
there
is
another
legend
which
says
that
the
Ćuprija
had
a
large
diamond
placed
in
it.
However,
not
long
after
the
bridge
was
completed,
the
diamond
disappeared.
Pasvandžije
(keepers
of
Čaršija)
went
from
house
to
house,
searching
for
the
culprit,
until
it
was
discovered
that
one
young
love-struck
fellow
had
stolen
it
for
his
girl
friend.
Convinced
of
the
young
man’s
great
love,
a
Sarajevo
judge
pardoned
the
young
man
and
set
him
free,
but
another
diamond
was
never
put
in
the
bridge.
Šeher-ćehajina
Ćuprija
was
made
a
National
Monument
of
BiH
in
2005.
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