Ambassadors' Alley

Ambassadors' Alley (Bosnian: Aleja Ambasadora) is a linden tree alley located at the popular pedestrian stretch Bentbaša-Dariva along the river Miljacka in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a project in which ambassadors, serving in Bosnia and Herzegovina as high officials of their representative countries or major international organizations, get an opportunity to plant a linden tree during their mission and in front of every planted linden tree, a stone plate is installed containing the ambassador's name, country or international organization that represents.[1]

Ambassadors' Alley
Native name Aleja ambasadora  (Serbo-Croatian)
Location Sarajevo
Coordinates 43°51′30.99″N 18°26′29.96″E
Construction
Inauguration 2002

As of January 2022, full number of planted trees and placed stone plates is 221.[1]

History

Ambassadors' Alley is established in 2002 and first linden tree was planted by the former High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch, and the second one by Jacques Paul Klein, former Head of United Nations Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

It is a tradition that after planting, project participants are presented with certificates that will forever remind them of this act.[2]

Reconstruction

Since the plaques with the names of the ambassadors are a constant target of vandals, in 2018 the reconstruction of public lighting was done, as well as the installation of lighting under the boards with the names of the ambassadors.[3]

References
  1. "Aleja Ambasadora". starigrad.ba.
  2. "Kako danas izgleda Aleja ambasadora u Sarajevu, ko je sve zasadio drvo". www.faktor.ba (in Bosnian).
  3. "Aleja ambasadora u Sarajevu ponovo na meti vandala: Uništene ploče i stabla". www.klix.ba (in Croatian).
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