Zenica is a city that is now primarily of industrial importance. In the past, it was an important center of trade, and after its golden age, numerous mosques and buildings of the former Czarszija are the remains.
The city was founded on the site of a settlement already in Roman times. It was a center of trade and crafts, which flourished under Turkish rule. At that time, a commercial district was built, the charterhouse with numerous mosques, a market hall and hammams. The Sulatan Ahmed Mosque, the Koceva Mosque and the Osman-Eleelebi Mosque have survived to this day. The city's symbol, the Ensar Mosque, located on its outskirts, is a new building, erected during the reconstruction after the war in the Balkans.
In the past, Zenica was a multicultural city inhabited by Orthodox, Muslim and Jewish people. You can see the synagogue and the Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary. The history of Zenica is presented in the Museum of the City of Zenica.
