Today we bring you the story of the distinguished Sarajevo families Glo\u0111o and Svrzo, whose history is inseparably linked to one of the most important houses of old Sarajevo \u2013 Svrzo\u2019s House, today an annex of the Sarajevo Museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Svrzo\u2019s House is a unique example of Ottoman-Bosnian architecture and the traditional way of life of the Bosniak population over the past two centuries. It is located in Glo\u0111ina Street, on the site of the former \u0106ur\u010di\u0107 Hill. The house was originally built by the prominent Sarajevo family Glo\u0111o, and later, through a marriage contract, came into the ownership of the equally respected Svrzo family from Ferhadija Mahala. The Svrzo family lived in the house until 1952, when it was sold to the Sarajevo City Museum, and since 1965 the building has been open to the public as a museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most notable member of the Glo\u0111o family was Munib Efendi Glo\u0111o, a member of the qadi (judge) class\u2014a learned, respected, yet exceptionally modest and generous man. He held numerous positions in state and waqf administration, was a member of several majlis councils, and for nearly eight years served as a representative of the mutawalli of Gazi Husrev-beg\u2019s waqf, making a significant contribution to the development of waqf properties and institutions. As a participant in the well-known Glo\u0111ina Rebellion of 1840, he came into conflict with the Bosnian vizier Ved\u017eihi Pasha, after which he was expelled from Bosnia. He spent the remainder of his life in captivity, where he died in 1850.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Glo\u0111o family owned shops and warehouses in the Bezistan and other waqf buildings, as well as extensive landholdings in the surroundings of Sarajevo and the Fojnica\u2013Kre\u0161evo area. Particularly noteworthy was the rich and valuable library of Munib Efendi Glo\u0111o, containing works in law, literature, and linguistics, which testifies to the high level of education and cultural life of the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the marriage of Munib Efendi\u2019s widow Fatima-A\u0161ida to A\u0161ir Svrzo, the two families became closely connected, and the house passed into the ownership of the Svrzo family. The Svrzos were an old agin and ulema family, owners of numerous estates in Sarajevo Polje and beyond, including Kromolj, Hotonj, Ko\u0161evo, Hrasnica, and Visoko. Members of the Svrzo family played an important role in the social, religious, and political life of Sarajevo, serving as qadis and prominent citizens, and were known as strong advocates of the cultural, religious, and educational autonomy of Bosniaks, as well as notable benefactors of humanitarian and educational societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, Svrzo\u2019s House stands as a witness to the rich past of Sarajevo and the lives of its distinguished families, preserving the story of a space in which the spirit of the city was shaped over centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can still experience these stories firsthand\u2014visit Svrzo\u2019s House this weekend and discover the spirit of old Sarajevo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Danas vam donosimo pri\u010du o uglednim sarajevskim porodicama Glo\u0111o i Svrzo, \u010dija je historija neraskidivo vezana za jednu od najzna\u010dajnijih ku\u0107a starog Sarajeva \u2013 Svrzinu ku\u0107u, danas depandans JU Muzeja Sarajeva. Svrzina ku\u0107a jedinstven je primjer osmansko-bosanske arhitekture i kulture \u017eivljenja bo\u0161nja\u010dkog stanovni\u0161tva kroz posljednja dva stolje\u0107a. Smje\u0161tena je u Glo\u0111inoj ulici, na prostoru nekada\u0161njeg […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5093,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions\/5093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzejsarajeva.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}