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The place where the World War I started?
The story goes like this: unsatisfied with the fact that Bosnia had been annexed to Austrian-Hungarian empire, this group of mostly bosnian serb nationalists under the name of “Young Bosnia”, backed-up by Serbian secret society “Black Hand”, decided to assasin the Austrian heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand during his Sarajevo visit. On June 28, after a set of strange and misfortunate coincidences, they succeded in doing so, and unwillingly triggered the chain of events that will lead to one of the biggest armed clashes in history, known as the World War One.
Prior to that, the group of revolutionaries held secret meetings, made plans and preparations for the assasination in this place, “Zlatna moruna” cafe, address Narodnog Fronta 2.
Not a lot of people know about this, even in Belgrade. Only a small plaque tells what has been in this place before it has been turned into a betting and gambling club. Maybe this says something about the way authorities in Serbia take care of the important historical places. Then again, maybe The First World War isn’t so significant event after all? You can bet on it.
