Saturday, August 19, 2023

Mostar - Bosnia

I've many travel plans, one of them is to the Balkan region. When I find the right company and have the opportunity, Mostar is one of the places I want to visit.
I've a few cards from Bosnia but the 1st of these cards is the only one written and stamped from there. Hvala Agata!! The other two were sent by Ana and Stasa.

Acid DTP
The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and Old Bridge, Stari Most, after which it is named. In the 1990s conflict, however, most of the historic town and the Old Bridge, designed by the renowned architect Sinan, was destroyed. The Old Bridge was recently rebuilt and many of the edifices in the Old Town have been restored or rebuilt with the contribution of an international scientific committee established by UNESCO. The Old Bridge area, with its pre-Ottoman, eastern Ottoman, Mediterranean and western European architectural features, is an outstanding example of a multicultural urban settlement. - in: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/946
 
The elegante Mostar Bridge spanned the River Neretva and was designed by the Ottoman (Turkish) architect Mimar Hayruddin. It was completed in 1566 after nines years of building and the surrounding town became a thriving trading centre. The bridge was 29 metres in length and stood at a height of 20 metres, a classic example of a single span, stone arch bridge and was an example of advanced technology in its time. 

Design: Acid DTP
The Old Bridge stood for 427 year, but it was destroyed in 1993 during the Bosnian War. After the war it was rebuilt and reopened in 2004. The reconstructed Old Bridge and Old City of Mostar is a symbol of reconciliation, international co-operation and of the coexistence of diverse cultural, ethnic and religious communities. 
It became a World Heritage site in 2005.

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