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The Hadžišabanović residence is a large housing complex, a vernacular house with introverted dwellings, placed within a garden and courtyard surrounded by tall, fortified walls, lining the Očaktanova street, in the Old Town of Sarajevo.^[5] It has an unobstructed, private view of Baščaršija. Its interior spaces were composed as a sequence of linked, alternating transitional and stationary spaces. The street front gate acted as a threshold, first leading into a large entry court (bos. avliya) with a walled-in garden containing running water. To gain entrance to the family quarters, a guest to the house would have to pass through several such internal thresholds. ^[6]

The rest of the ground-floor level accommodated living quarters with kitchen, pantry, dining space and servant quarters. The family dwelling areas are further separated into male and female living quarters, consisting of a series of rooms that accommodated various daily activities. Each of these intimate rooms contained a private shower bath integrated into a characteristic built-in linen storage cabinet. ^[7]

The Hadžišabanović house's historic value lied in a combination of its unique architectural features and a rich and intricate interior decor:^[8][9]

- the sophisticated wooden partition system (bos. musandera);

- a series of open-air porches and verandas, containing elevated seating areas (bos. doksat) with built-in benches (bos. sechiya);

- these open-air seating areas were roofed and screened in by thin-wooden bars (bos. mushebak);

- open-air seating projected over the house's ground-level courtyards and entry facade, allowing the inhabitants to be physically removed and yet be able to observe and hear, and thus participate in neighbourhood life.^[10]

The attitude towards nature was integrated into this house's spatial structure and was seen as a manifestation of the Hadžišabanović family's spiritual life.^[11]

The Hadžišabanović house's interior features include its wood intarsia, hand-painted walls, silk tapestry and curtains, fine mother-of-pearl inlaid furniture, and other treasures, were the subject of several studies.^[12]

The Hadžišabanović house hosted many Yugoslav and international dignitaries, including Josip Broz Tito and his wife Jovanka, as well as national delegations from many countries during their visits to Sarajevo. It also featured in several Yugoslav movies (including Miris dunja).^[13]

Unlike other national monuments, this house is privately owned and passed down the family line through generations. It eventually came to the Škaljić family via inheritance from the last surviving member of the Hadžišabanović line, a great-granddaughter of Nezir Škaljić.^[14] The house is currently under extensive restoration.^[15]

The Očaktanova street  developed as an alley in the Ottoman period, and was named after the Sarajevo family of Očaktan who had a house in it. The Očaktan family in Sarajevo is mentioned in the first half of the 18th century. They were merchants and moneylenders - they lent money with interest. The family house Očaktanum, built in the second half of the 18th century, is then inherited by the Penjave family.

The house became the property of Hadžišabanović's through a dowry, and they moved into the house in Očaktanova street shortly before 1850.

The Hadžišabanović family changed their activity at the end of the 19th century. During this period, the trade in copper, tin and pottery products was abandoned, and they became more active in the wood industry, i.e. the sawmills which they already founded before 1873. Their company is called "Sawmills of the Hadžišabanović Brothers".^[18]

In the period 2002-2005, the house was replaced with a complete roofing material made of asbestos, the roof cladding was repaired, waterproofing ("beaverplast") was installed, and the roof, gutter, fence and courtyard wall were repaired.

Given the historical data found, it can be concluded that the current architectural appearance, the result of alterations made after 1900 (female part completely demolished), and 1931 (after the fire), as well as social changes brought by the period after World War II. Today it consists of several units.

It is separated from the street by a brick wall, 4.30 m high and 60 cm thick, and wooden hatulas placed, in terms of height, at every 60-80 cm. The courtyard is cobbled, and its total area is approximately 107 m2. In the southern part of the courtyard, leaning against the fence wall (which separates the male from the female courtyard), there is a fountain that has a stone trough. The first floor of the house completely covers part of the courtyard, and the wooden underlays of the ceilings rest on four wooden pillars.

It was separated from the men's courtyard by a wall in which a dolaf in the function of a mabejna was placed, inside which there were swivel shelves, through which food was delivered from the women's courtyard to the men's courtyard and dishes were taken after the meal. It is partially cobbled, and there are surfaces without cobblestones, the so-called „ćićekluke“ in which boxwoods, ornamental shrubs and flowers are planted.

In the conceptual sense, the house has an asymmetrical disposition, and in the functional sense it is divided, vertically, into „selamluk“ (part for receiving guests) and „haremluk“ (private part for family members).

The „selamluk“ has the following facilities:

- a porch on the ground floor, from which a wooden three-step staircase leads to the first floor;

- on the first floor: men's divanhana, men's chamber, men's loggia, coffee maker and „ćenifa“ (toilet). The balcony is with a musander, which consists of a bath, a stove, a mattress (space for bedding) and a cupboard.

The premises of the „haremluk“ are divided into:

• Representative: slipper, hajat, halvatić and large halvat on the ground floor and women's čardačić, women's chamber, women's divanhana and women's čardak with musander.

• Economic: mutvak, hudjara (a small room that was usually used for storing meat), bathroom hallway on the ground floor, and kahveodzak, hudjara and staircase.

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