Bosnia and Herzegovina was scarred by the war so bad that even today many don't visit the country evoking security reasons but this is a big mistake. Croatia is nearby and millions of people travel to famous Dubrovnik and they should go for a day in Bosnia and Herzegovina visiting the two most famous bridges build by the Ottoman court. I have seen the bridges in miniature in Miniaturk Park from Istanbul.
In Mostar is Stari Most or Old Bridge, The original bridge was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557 to replace an older wooden suspension bridge of dubious stability. Construction began in 1557 and took nine years. The bridge, 28 meters long and 20 meters high (90' by 64'), quickly became a wonder in its own time. The famous traveler Evliya Çelebi wrote in the 17th century that: the bridge is like a rainbow arch soaring up to the skies, extending from one cliff to the other. ...I, a poor and miserable slave of Allah, have passed through 16 countries, but I have never seen such a high bridge. It is thrown from rock to rock as high as the sky. The bridge stood there for 427 years until it was destroyed in 1993 by the Bosnian Croat artillery. After the war, World Bank, UNESCO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, World Monuments Fund, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Croatia and the Council of Europe helped Bosnian authorities to rebuild it. It was inaugurated in 2004 and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge is a historic bridge in Višegrad, over the Drina River, completed in 1577 by the renown architect Mimar Sinan. It was ordered by the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. It numbers 11 masonry arches, with spans of 11 to 15 meters, and an access ramp at right angles with four arches on the left bank of the river. The 179.5 meter long bridge is a representative masterpiece of Mimar Koca Sinan, one of the greatest architects and engineers of the classical Ottoman period and a contemporary of the Italian Renaissance, with which his work can be compared. During the 1992–95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the bridge was a place of the brutal killing of a large number of Bosniac civilians by Bosnian Serb Army during the Višegrad massacre in 1992. The bridge received UNESCO World Heritage Listing in 2008.
In Mostar is Stari Most or Old Bridge, The original bridge was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557 to replace an older wooden suspension bridge of dubious stability. Construction began in 1557 and took nine years. The bridge, 28 meters long and 20 meters high (90' by 64'), quickly became a wonder in its own time. The famous traveler Evliya Çelebi wrote in the 17th century that: the bridge is like a rainbow arch soaring up to the skies, extending from one cliff to the other. ...I, a poor and miserable slave of Allah, have passed through 16 countries, but I have never seen such a high bridge. It is thrown from rock to rock as high as the sky. The bridge stood there for 427 years until it was destroyed in 1993 by the Bosnian Croat artillery. After the war, World Bank, UNESCO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, World Monuments Fund, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Croatia and the Council of Europe helped Bosnian authorities to rebuild it. It was inaugurated in 2004 and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge is a historic bridge in Višegrad, over the Drina River, completed in 1577 by the renown architect Mimar Sinan. It was ordered by the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. It numbers 11 masonry arches, with spans of 11 to 15 meters, and an access ramp at right angles with four arches on the left bank of the river. The 179.5 meter long bridge is a representative masterpiece of Mimar Koca Sinan, one of the greatest architects and engineers of the classical Ottoman period and a contemporary of the Italian Renaissance, with which his work can be compared. During the 1992–95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the bridge was a place of the brutal killing of a large number of Bosniac civilians by Bosnian Serb Army during the Višegrad massacre in 1992. The bridge received UNESCO World Heritage Listing in 2008.
Visegrad: 43.782222,19.287778 Click for Google Maps or use numbers on your GPS to navigate.
Wikipedia Mostar Visegrad For more information, links, pictures and many more Wikipedia is the perfect site to be informed.
Official Site For visiting information (like fees and open days and times) use the official site.
Bosnia and Herzegovina For travel information, the official site of the National Tourist Board, is the perfect location.
Bosnia and Herzegovina For travel information, the official site of the National Tourist Board, is the perfect location.
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