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Vidovdan Heroes Chapel

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Kapela Vidovdanskih heroja
Kapela Vidovdanskih heroja

The Vidovdan Heroes Chapel is a Serbian Orthodox chapel and mausoleum located on the Holy Archangels Georgije and Gavrilo Orthodox Cemetery located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The crypt of the chapel contains the bodily remains of Gavrilo Princip and other members of Young Bosnia who took part in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914.In 2019, the chapel was renovated.

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Vidovdan Heroes Chapel
R 957, Sarajevo Ciglane (Centar Municipality)

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R 957
71107 Sarajevo, Ciglane (Centar Municipality)
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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