MORIZ HOERNES: DINARSKA PUTOVANJA -SARAJEVO PODSJEĆA NA MIRNU AUSTRIJSKU POKRAJINU

Abstract

Moriz Hoernes, Austrian travel writer, archaeologist and   philosopher, participated in the expedition to Bosnia and Herzegovina and   presented descriptions of the people and regions gathered through several of his   trips. His description of Sarajevo from the 1880s tells a story about the image of   the city on the meeting point and the border between oriental and occidental   culture; story about people of various religions, about their culture of living,   customs and clothing. In the travelogue, the author shares his experience of the   characteristics of city and village lifving, the unusual ambience, the penetration   of European influences and visible differences in worldviews.