Vratnik, Sarajevo

Vratnik is a neighborhood in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies in this neighborhood and is a national cenotaph of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is of Slavic origin and is derived from the form Bratnik, which appears in the Turkish documents in the second half of the 15th century. 

However, others believe that Vratnik name comes from the word "vrata" or door. The old Vratnik citadel is combined with its location.  Beside  the roads by which people entered the town from east at that time. 

Vratnik is a tourist prettiness, particularly due to its old town architecture as well as Sarajevo city view observers. Until  the foray of the Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1697, when numerous buildings were burnt to the ground, Sarajevo was an open city. 

In 1727, Ahmed-Pasha Rustempašić Skopljak ordered Vratnik town to be fortified. Legend has it that Vratnik got its name due to fact that it symbolised the "doors of Sarajevo". The citadel doors, were closed at each sundown and again opened at sunrise.