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Mostar is situated on the Neretva River and is the fifth-largest city in the country. [8] ... On Location: Heritage Cities and Sites. New York, NY: Springer.
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]
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 largest city in the canton and the fifth largest city in the country is Mostar. Mostar is located on the banks of the Neretva river and is divided between Croats and Bosniaks. Mostar is known for its old bridge, Stari Most, which was constructed by the area's Ottoman rulers, who also brought Islam to the region. Bosnian Croat forces bombed ...
It includes members from three counties in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina: Herzegovina-Neretva (in which Mostar and Međugorje are also located and have the most tourist traffic), Canton 10 (Livno, Tomislavgrad) and West Herzegovina as well as part of the Republic of Srpska (such as Trebinje). [47] Herzegovina's natural landmarks include many ...
Mostar's Old Bridge and the nearby street. Centuries before the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia, Mostar was a small hamlet situated at a strategic crossing of the Neretva river. . Its hinterlands consisted of a broad agricultural plain on the west bank and steep terraces on the east bank surrounded by barren mounta
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 represents its miniature version. [2] It connects the banks of Radobolje with the one semicircular arch of 8.56 m in diameter.
It is located in the south-eastern region of the Mostar basin, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton. It stands at the edge of Bišće plain and is one of the most valuable mixed urban and rural built environments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, distinguished from other similar built environments in its urban layout. [1]