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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 ...
Kriva Ćuprija (or the transl. Crooked Bridge) is a small stone bridge across the Radobolja river in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge is oldest one arch bridge in Mostar, built in 1558 during the Ottoman rule. Its builder was the Ottoman architect Ćejvan Ketoda. [1] It is located about thirty meters west of the Stari Most and ...
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 ...
Location (municipality) Year listed UNESCO data Description Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar: Mostar: 2005 946; vi (cultural) This site encompasses the Old Bridge and the surrounding area. The Ottoman bridge, which crosses the Neretva river, was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and completed in 1566/67.
The Museum of the Old Bridge is a museum located in the Old Town Area of Mostar, Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe museum opened in 2006 to celebrate the second anniversary of the reconstruction of the Stari Most (transl. Old Bridge).
Stone Bridge in Kosor, or Kosor Bridge, also Danijal Pasha's Bridge, (Bosnian: Kosorska ćuprija), is the former bridge in the settlement of Kosor, in the City (former Municipality) of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge spanned the river Buna. On April 3, 2014, it was declared a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1]
The bridge is at the heart of the town's identity: Mostar means in fact “bridgekeeper”. Bosnia was added to the Ottoman Empire as a province and ruled by a pasha: an administrator of elevated rank. Following this occupation, Mostar was transformed, in a matter of decades, from a minor river crossing to a thriving colonial crossroads.