Bare Cemetery

Bare Cemetery
Bare Cemetery pictured in 2020
Details
Established	1965
Location	Sarajevo
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates	43°31′23″N18°14′06″E / 43.523°N 18.235°E / 43.523; 18.235
Type	Public
Owned by	City of Sarajevo
Website	www.pokop.ba

The Bare Cemetery is a cemetery complex in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina opened in 1965, with the first funeral and interment occurring on 3 January 1966. ^[1]

The central part of the cemetery is a spacious plateau with a staircase and a porch that connects the Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish and atheist chapels, designed by Smiljan Klaić, and the frescoes in the porch were painted by Rizah Štetić. ^[2]

Burials

• Hasan Brkić (1913–1965), politician and partisan
• Josip Bulat (1905–1970), footballer and football manager ^[3]
• Jurislav Korenić (1915–1974), theater and television director, classical musician, theorist, art critic and playwright.
• Milan Vukša (1903–1980), prominent figure in the Yugoslav Partisans resistance and a highly decorated officer of the Yugoslav People's Army
• Nerćes Novo (1928–1983), footballer ^[4]
• Dražen Ričl (1962–1986), rock musician
• Goran Čengić (1946–1992), handball player
• Milan Ribar (1930–1996), footballer and football manager
• Davorin Popović (1946–2001), singer-songwriter
• Mirza Delibašić (1954–2001), basketball player
• Slobodan Kovačević (1946–2004), rock guitarist
• Žan Marolt (1964–2009), actor
• Ines Fančović (1925–2011), actress
• Vaso Radić (1923–2011), politician and former mayor of Sarajevo
• Kemal Monteno (1948–2015), singer-songwriter ^[5]
• Srđan Dizdarević (1952–2016), journalist, diplomat, and activist
• Božidar Matić (1937–2016), politician and former chairman of the Council of Ministers ^[6]
• Anur Hadžiomerspahić (1971–2017), artist and graphic designer
• Alija Behmen (1940–2018), politician and former mayor of Sarajevo
• Muhamed Filipović (1929–2020), writer, essayist, theorist and philosopher
• Beba Selimović (1936–2020), folk and sevdalinka singer
• Emina Zečaj (1929–2020), sevdalinka singer ^[7]
• Jovan Divjak (1937–2021), Bosnian army general ^[8]
• Ivica Osim (1941–2022), footballer and football manager ^[9]
• Mirsad Tuka (1965–2023), actor ^[10]
• Josip Pejaković (1948–2025), actor and writer ^[11]

References

1. Jergović, Miljenko. "Miljenko Jergović / Na Barama, na rodnom groblju". Radio Sarajevo.
2. "Pokop d.o.o | Groblje Bare". www.pokop.ba.
3. "Josip Bulat" (in Bosnian).
4. "Nerćeš Novo" (in Bosnian). bordovremeplov.ba. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
5. Ermina Skorupan-Husejnović (28 January 2015). "Kemal Monteno sahranjen uz pjesmu "Sarajevo, ljubavi moja"" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
6. "Božidar Matić će ostati upamćen po nesebičnoj posvećenosti razvoju bh. društva" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
7. "Obavljena dženaza Emini Zečaj" (in Bosnian). avaz.ba. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
8. B.T. (13 April 2021). "Legendarni general Jovan Divjak ispraćen na vječni počinak" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
9. E.B. (14 May 2022). "Ivica Osim sahranjen u Sarajevu, hiljade ljudi se oprostilo od legende bh. nogometa" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
10. "Na groblju Bare klanjana dženaza Mirsadu Tuki" [Funeral services for Mirsad Tuka held at Bare cemetery]. Dnevni avaz (in Bosnian). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
11. S.S. (23 July 2025). "Josip Pejaković ispraćen na vječni počinak: Od njega se oprostili brojni prijatelji, kolege i porodica" (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz . Retrieved 23 July 2025.

External links

• Media related to Bare Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons