A Sarajevo Bunker Takes on New Life as Art Museum

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By GINANNE BROWNELL

Published: August 5, 2011
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Originally begun in the 1950s and completed in the late 1970s, the bunker — which cost over $4.6 billion — was intended to be used as a shelter for the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito and 350 elites of the Yugoslav Army in case of a nuclear attack. Located an hour from Sarajevo, near the central Herzegovinian town of Konjic, the bunker is built into the green and lush hillside overlooking the tumbling Nevetra River and is surrounded by conifer peaks and valleys....more....

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/arts/06iht-scsarajevo06.html?ref=bosniaandherzegovina