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Stari Most (lit. ' Old Bridge '), also known as Mostar Bridge, is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina.It crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city, which is named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who guarded the Stari Most during the Ottoman era. [1]
Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who guarded the Stari Most (Old Bridge) over the Neretva during the Ottoman era. [9] The Old Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site , [ 10 ] commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most visited landmarks, and is considered an exemplary ...
There are five sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the list and a further nine on the tentative list. [3] The first site, the Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar, was inscribed to the list at the 29th UNESCO session in 2005. [4] The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad was inscribed to the list in 2007. [5]
Stari mostovi u Bosni i Hercegovini [Old bridges in Bosnia and Herzegovina] (PDF) (in Bosnian). Sarajevo-Publishing. ISBN 9958-21-059-2. Chen, Wai-Fah; Duan, Lian (2014). "Bridge Engineering in Bosnia and Herzegovina". In CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (ed.). Handbook of International Bridge Engineering. CRC Press. p. 201-245. ISBN 978-1 ...
The Museum of the Old Bridge is a museum located in the Old Town Area of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina The museum opened in 2006 to celebrate the second anniversary of the reconstruction of the Stari Most ( transl. Old Bridge ).
The picturesque Bosnian town has become famous for the diving competition from the white bridge, rebuilt in 2004. For Mostar bridge-diving champion, success takes more than gravity Skip to main ...
Mostar, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Traditional household/ residential complex: Begovina: Stolac: Stolac municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Traditional household/ residential complex: Velagićevina: Blagaj: Blagaj-Mostar municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
Hotel Neretva, designed by Alexander Wittek in 1890, in Moorish Revival Style. Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 led Mostar's city council to aspire to autonomy, but it cooperated with the Austro-Hungarians to implement sweeping reforms in city planning: broad avenues and an urban grid were imposed on the western bank of the Neretva, and significant investments were ...