Skenderija

Skenderija is a cultural, sports and trade centre located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It was a very popular place among young people, with some of the Balkan pop-music stars, such as Dino Merlin, having started their careers at the club.

In 1977, after Sarajevo had won the bid to host the 1984 Winter Olympics, the organizing committee selected the centre as an auxiliary venue for the Games.

However, as the venue had already become somewhat outdated by that point, a major reconstruction was ordered during which Skenderija was expanded and turned into a state-of-the-art sporting complex.

[3] In 1992, at the breakout of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Siege of Sarajevo, the Yugoslav People's Army targeted Skenderija with heavy shelling.