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Sarajevo Clock Tower

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Sahat kula in Sarajevo
Sahat kula in Sarajevo

The Sarajevo Clock Tower (Bosnian: Sarajevska sahat-kula) is a clock tower in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located beside Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and is the tallest of the 21 clock towers erected throughout the country, reaching a height of 30 meters. The tower was declared a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. The clock shows lunar time, in which the hands indicate 12 o'clock at the moment of sunset, the time of the Muslim Maghrib prayer. A caretaker sets the clock's time manually once a week.

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Sarajevo Clock Tower
Mudželiti veliki, Sarajevo MZ "Baščaršija" (Stari Grad Municipality)

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