The new National Library in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo

                       

The new reopened National Library in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Friday, May 9, 2014. Sarajevo reopened Friday its reconstructed National Library building 22 years after the city landmark was destroyed during the Bosnian war along with its almost 2 million books and manuscripts. The reopening comes in time for the June ceremonies marking the centenary of the assassination that ignited World War I.It took architects and builders 18 years to find documents and photos on the building's 19th-century construction and put it back together the way it was before Serb shelling destroyed the landmark in 1992. The European Union contributed more than half of the reconstruction cost of more than 16 million euros ($22.05 million).