Editing Sarajevo (section)

===Middle Ages===
{{See also|Sarajevo during the Middle Ages}}
[[File:Ilidža Rimski most 3.jpg|thumb|[[Roman bridge in Ilidža|Roman bridge]], erected 1530 in [[Ilidža]], built of remnants of an old Roman settlement]]

During the [[Middle Ages]], Sarajevo was part of the Bosnian province of Vrhbosna near the traditional center of the [[Kingdom of Bosnia]]. Though a city named ''Vrhbosna'' existed, the exact settlement in Sarajevo at this time is [[History of Sarajevo#Middle Ages|debated]]. Various documents note a place called ''Tornik'' in the region, most likely in the area of the [[Marijin Dvor (Sarajevo)|Marijin Dvor]] neighborhood. By all indications, Tornik was a very small marketplace surrounded by a proportionally small village and was not considered very important by [[Dubrovnik|Ragusan]] merchants.

Other scholars say that ''Vrhbosna'' was a major town in the wider area of modern-day Sarajevo. [[Holy See|Papal]] documents say that in 1238, a cathedral dedicated to [[Paul the Apostle|Saint Paul]] was built in the area. Disciples of the notable saints [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Cyril]] and [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Methodius]] stopped in the region, founding a church near [[Vrelo Bosne]]. Whether or not the town was somewhere in the area of modern-day Sarajevo, the documents attest to its and the region's importance. There was also a citadel [[Hodidjed]] north-east to the [[Stari Grad, Sarajevo|Old City]], dating from around 1263 until it was occupied by the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1429.<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/65/sa/Sarajevo.html "Sarajevo"], ''[[Columbia Encyclopedia]]'', edition 6, Retrieved on 3 August 2006 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829204950/http://www.bartleby.com/65/sa/Sarajevo.html |date=29 August 2006 }}</ref>