Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building

Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building
Zgrada prijateljstva između Grčke i Bosne i Hercegovine; Зграда пријатељства између Грчке и Босне и Херцеговине
The reconstructed building
General information
Type	Office tower, Government building
Location	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Address	TRG BiH 1, Sarajevo 71000, Bosna i Hercegovina
Coordinates	43°51′18.13″N 18°24′18.63″E
Completed	1974 (initial construction) 2007 (reconstruction)
Owner	Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Technical details
Floor count	21
Design and construction
Main contractor	Vranica d.d. (original construction) Domotechniki S.A. (reconstruction)

The Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building (Serbo-Croatian: Zgrada prijateljstva između Grčke i Bosne i Hercegovine, Зграда пријатељства између Грчке и Босне и Херцеговине, Greek: Κτήριο Φιλίας Ελλάδας Βοσνίας-Ερζεγοβίνης) is a government office building in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The building houses the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is often erroneously referred to as the Parliament Building because of its close proximity to the actual five-story parliament building which is adjacent to the Greek–Bosnian Friendship Building.

History

The building was completed in 1974 during the Yugoslav period, and occupied by the government of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was originally named the Executive Council Building (Zgrada Izvršnog Vijeća). It served as the principal government building in Bosnia and Herzegovina until it was extensively damaged by Serb shelling in May 1992 in the first few weeks of the Siege of Sarajevo, which was part of the Bosnian War. After the end of the war, the building was gutted and remained vacant until reconstruction began in 2006.

Reconstruction

In 2006, the government of Greece provided 80.4% of the funding for the reconstruction of the building. The total cost of the project was €17,057,316. Reconstruction was completed by the Greek company DOMOTECHNIKI SA in just over one year, and the building was inaugurated on 23 July 2007 by the Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Karamanlis and the collective presidents of Bosnia.

External links

• Media related to Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building at Wikimedia Commons
• Building of Friendship between Greece & Bosnia and Herzegovina