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See where World War I began in Sarajevo

The Latin Bridge, which crosses the shallow Miljacka River to


connect the old town with the Skenderija neighborhood, is the city's
oldest. But as 16th-century bridges go, the structure itself isn't what
stands out.
On one end of this bridge in 1914, the heir to Hapsburg throne was
assassinated by an 18-year-old Serbian, sparking World War I and
leading to the extinction of two great empires, the Austro-
Hungarian and the Ottoman.
A modest museum at the northern end of the bridge tells the story
how Gavrip Princip happened to see Archduke Franz Ferdinand's
motorcade after other would-be assassins failed to kill him.
The museum has changed with the evolving perception of Princip,
who over the years has been seen as both a nationalist wing nut and
a socialist hero. Now the museum focuses on the 40 years Sarajevo
was ruled by Austria-Hungary, with particular attention for the end.

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