The Austrian Consul House - Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Posted by: Torgut
N 44° 13.567 E 017° 39.911
33T E 712867 N 4900442
A key location in one of the books of Ivo Andric: Bosnian Chronicle
Waymark Code: WMT3HX
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Date Posted: 09/19/2016
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Ivo Andric (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivo_Andri%C4%87) is probably the most distinguished Yugoslavian writer, awarded with a Nobel for Literature in 1961, mainly for his book Bridge Over the Drina but also for his Bosnian Chronicles.
The book in which this house plays an important role has been translated also with the title The Days of the Consuls or Travnik Chronicles, but its original name is "Travnicka hronika. Državni izdavacki zavod Jugoslavije".
The action takes place in the days Ottoman Empire ruled over Bosnia. By then Travnik was the capital of the region and then the consuls came. The Austrian, the French and the Russian. The story gravitates about these man and the impact they had, telling a lot about the region's politics in those days but also about the society of Travnik.
This is the house where the Austrian consul lived. Nowadays it's a private home but the ground floor is a cafe.
Short Description: The house where one of the leading characters of the book lived.
Book Title: Bosnian Chronicle
First Year Published: 1945
Author's Name: Ivo Andric
Name of Waymarked Item: The House of the Austrian Consul
Location of Item: Travnik
More Information: Not listed
Admission Price?: Not Listed
Link to more information about the book or waymarked item.: Not listed
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