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Sarajevo Rose

Memorials of the Siege of Sarajevo found in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Field	Value
name	Sarajevo Rose
native_name	Sarajevska ruža
image	Markale 1.jpg
caption	Sarajevo Rose marking first Markale massacre
location	Sarajevo
material	concrete, asphalt
dedicated_to	Siege of Sarajevo

A Sarajevo Rose () is a type of memorial in Sarajevo made from concrete scar caused by a mortar shell's explosion that was later filled with red resin. Mortar rounds landing on concrete during the siege of Sarajevo created a unique fragmentation pattern that looks almost floral in arrangement, and therefore have been named "rose".

There are around 200 "roses" in the entire city, and they are marked on locations where at least three people were killed during the siege of Sarajevo.

In addition to the official marking of "roses" by the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs of Canton Sarajevo, some of them are marked or recolored by citizens themselves.

Reconstruction

Since these memorials are located on streets, through the years they have been damaged by pedestrians and vehicles, and therefore several reconstructions (in 2012, 2015 and 2018) have been done to preserve the memorials.

The Sarajevo Rose located on Markale market, where the first Markale massacre occurred, was covered with glass, but this type of protection was not practical, and therefore it is planned to protect it with a 3.2 m cone with an LED light on the top.

References

"Sarajevske ruže".
"Sarajevo Roses".
"Počela rekonstrukcija prve 'Sarajevske ruže'". Radio Sarajevo.
"Jedno od memorijalnih obilježja stradanja Sarajlija: Sanirana "Sarajevska ruža" u ulici Ferhadija {{!}} Skupština Kantona Sarajevo".
(13 March 2015). "Sarajevo, Sarajevske ruže".
(6 April 2016). ""Sarajevske ruže" - simbol opsade i stradanja u Sarajevu".
"Počela rekonstrukcija prve 'Sarajevske ruže'". Radio Sarajevo.
"Sarajevo: Sanirana "Sarajevska ruža" u Ferhadiji". Oslobođenje d.o.o..
"Ministarstvo za boračka pitanja KS obnavlja 'Sarajevske ruže' > Aktuelnosti".
"Sanirana "Sarajevska ruža" u Ferhadiji".

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