...completed the organization’s gloomy plan on June 28th, 1914. Gavrilo assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy considered Serbia to be involved and sent their ultimatum on July 23, 1914. The First World War commenced soon after.

The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy set a monument dedicated to Franz Ferdinand and Sophie Hohenberg, just across the assassination spot, on Latin Bridge. The monument was removed when the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians was established. A year after removing the monument, a new museum "Museum of Sarajevo Assassination” was opened. The museum portrays the Austro-Hungarian rule, the new administration system, new way of living, crafts, economy, architecture, development of science and arts.

The bridge was built by Ali Ayni-Bey in 1565. The name, Latin Bridge, derives from the Latinluk Quarter. Latinluk was a colony of merchants from Dubrovnik, the Mediterranean and Catholics, who were present in Sarajevo for centuries. The Latin Bridge was built on the site of a former wooden bridge. It was the third stone bridge in Sarajevo with 5 arches (one was walled-in during the regulation of Miljacka River bed).