КУЛТУРНО-ИСТОРИЈСКО НАСЉЕЂЕ САРАЈЕВСКЕ ПОРОДИЦЕ ЈЕФТАНОВИЋ
CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE OF THE JEFTANOVIĆ FAMILY FROM SARAJEVO

Summary/Abstract: Based on the methodology of the historical sciences, the result of research has shown a great importance of the rich Serbian family of merchants and landowners, the Jeftanović family, in the cultural history of Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Inseparable from their political activity on the affirmation of national identity and their importance for the economic development, researches in this paper considered their presence in the cultural memory and urban image of Sarajevo. As the members and presidents of boards and councils, they promoted the national identity and mobilization, cultural and educational progress of the Serbian population. During the period when religion played an important part in the formation of the modern Serbian nation, they significantly influenced the organization and improvement of national institutions. They financially helped the Serbian Orthodox Church, especially the Cathedral Church in Sarajevo, then Serbian schools and numerous national cultural societies. By constantly expanding their business from the middle of the 18th century until before the World War II, they gained the huge capital, which enabled them to build a large number of buildings, including the Hotel “Europe”, one of the main symbols of Sarajevo. The total spiritual and material heritage of the Jeftanović family is a testimony to our past that obliges us to remember them.

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