Sarajevo was still just an ancient city embraced by mountains with beautiful scenery, before it became the fuse of the World War.
Among the numerous cities in Austria, it was hardly noteworthy. Especially after it failed to become the capital of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Province, it became even more insignificant.
This had to do with the policies of the Vienna Government. In order to avoid the unnecessary waste caused by an overly concentrated distribution of resources, administrative centers, economic centers, and industrial centers were generally not clustered together.
As the land transport hub of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Province and with decent industrial development, along with being a historic city, these advantages had become disadvantages in its bid to become the provincial capital.
