Svrzo House represent culture of living of city Muslim family from the end of XVII century. House was built by the eminent Sarajevo family Glođo, whose member famous Qadi Munib ef.Glođo, was famous by the hard fight for the autonmus Bosnia and Herzegovina in frame of Ottoman Empire.
Svrzo House, Sarajevo
Since there were no more male successors, house by the family bonds goes into ownership of eminent family Svrzo.
Svrzo house represent typical example of architecture of those times, divided into two parts: selamluk – public part, and haremluk – family part.
Purchased by the Svrzo family, rebuilt and open to public in sixties. After the siege of Sarajevo, house was rebuilt and reopened again in 1997. During the 2005 another bigger reconstruction have been done and roof, pavement, bad installations and restoration of pictures at Veliki Halvat which during the time have lost color.
Interior design of the working room at Svrzo House
For this monument of culture, Museum Sarajevo has published Mongoraphy “Svrzo House”, both on Bosnian and English language.
ABOUT FAMILY GLOĐO AND SVRZO
The Svrzina House is one of the most typical of the preserved examples of the Ottoman architecture in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The house existed as early as 1640. It was stricken by fire in 1697, and reconstructed during the 18th century.
The residential ensemble is divided into selamluk and haremluk. The haremluk was a part meant to serve only for private and family life. The reception of male guests and all service parts of the house, including the dwelling parts for domestic attendants, were in the part called selamluk.
Dinning room at Svrzo House
The house was built by the Glođo family, a prominent family from Sarajevo. The lase owner from the Glođo family was Ahemed Munib-effendi Glođo, who was, because of his disobedience to the Bosnian vizier, exiled to Crete in the autumn of 1848, where he did two years later.
He died without male successors, and the house through marital connections come to be the ownership of the well-to-do Svrz family, active in the social and political life of Sarajevo, who sold it to the Museum of the City of Sarajevo in the 60s of the 20th century.
Celebration room at Svrzo House
