Prosvjeta is the Serbian cultural and educational society founded in 1902 in Sarajevo with the aim of preserving Serbian culture and identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Under communist rule was banned in 1949, and assets confiscated. Restored on the Vidovdan 1990 in the hall of National and University Library, Vijećnica in Sarajevo, by a group of intellectuals led by Academician Vojislav Maksimović.

Prosvjeta continues to operate in the besieged Sarajevu during the war in BiH, while the president and main board od the society continue to work in Foča. The building was designed by the technical designer, Miloš Milutinović, in the secession style, with four floors, located at the corner of the Obala Kulina Bana and Sime Milutinovica streets.

The corner of the roof is richly decorated with figures representing the goddesss of knowledge and arts. After the Second World War, activities of national cultural-educational groups were forbidden, and this building was nationalized and the business space givne for the usage to the „Šumaprodukt” (forest product) enterprise.

This enterprise continues to use this space today, except for a tiny corner part, which has been recently allowed to be used by “Prosvjeta”. The rental flats intended to provide financial support for the “Prosvjeta” have not been returned. During the siege the roof structure and the covering were destroyed but the repair of this has already been completed.