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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'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. The bridge is ...
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Out the five floors of this section, the top one contains a gazebo with a panoramic view of Mostar. The second section contains pre-existing archaeological remains discovered underneath the tower. This includes the remains of two wooden bridges belonging to the period prior to the construction of stone bridge and the base of the Old Bridge.
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 ...
Stari Most (Old Bridge), 16th century, Mostar The Old Bridge was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557 to replace an older wooden suspension bridge. Construction began in 1557 and took nine years: according to the inscription the bridge was completed in 974 AH , corresponding to the period between 19 July 1566 and 7 July 1567.
Click on the photo slider below to see what the bridge looked like on June 20, 2012, and March 26, 2024: Read more: Baltimore Key Bridge collapse live updates [Yahoo News]