Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge UNESCO - Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina
David’s Been Here is traveling through Bosnia and Herzegovina in search of the country’s top attractions and best historical sites. In this short clip, David brings us to one of the most incredible Ottoman bridges in the world: the Visegrad Bridge. Commissioned by Mehmed Paša Sokolović and built between the years of 1571 and 1577, this Ottoman masterpiece has 11 arches and spans 179.5 meters in length. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008, if you love classic architecture and are looking for an excellent day trip from Sarajevo, this bridge is an absolute must see. Take the 1.5 to 2 hour drive from the Bosnian capital out to Visegrad, check out the iconic bridge, grab some lunch and enjoy the scenic cruise in one of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s most picturesque regions.
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Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge UNESCO - Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad (UNESCO/NHK)
The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge of Višegrad across the Drina River in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina was built at the end of the 16th century by the court architect Mimar Koca Sinan on the orders of Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. Characteristic of the apogee of Ottoman monumental architecture and civil engineering, the bridge has 11 masonry arches with spans of 11 m to 15 m, and an access ramp at right angles ...
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Višegrad - Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge is a historic bridge in Višegrad, over the Drina River in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was completed in 1577 by the Ottoman court architect Mimar Sinan on the order of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. UNESCO included the bridge in its 2007 World Heritage List.
It is characteristic of the apogee of Turkish monumental architecture and civil engineering. It numbers 11 masonry arches, with spans of 11 to 15 meters, and an access ramp at right angles with four arches on the left bank of the river.
The 179.5-meter-long (589 ft) bridge is a representative masterpiece of Mimar Sinan, one of the greatest architects and engineers of the classical Ottoman period and a contemporary of the Italian Renaissance, with which his work can be compared. The UNESCO summary states: The unique elegance of proportion and monumental nobility of the property as a whole bear witness to the greatness of this style of architecture.
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Travel Guide Mehmed Paša Sokolovi Bridge UNESCO Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Visegrad Bridge on the Drina promo video
Bridge on the Drina (Mehmed pasa Sokolovic Bridge) in Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, PROMO VIDEO.
Copyright: Tourist organization of Visegrad
Author: Novak Knezic
The Bridge on the Drina is a heritage of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic (in Turkish Sokollu Mehmed Paşa, 1505. or 1506-1579). He is one of the greatest Ottoman war generals by origin from Bosnia. He was born in the village of Sokolovići near Rudo in 1505. or 1506, as a child of Orthodox parents.
At that time, there was a tradition known as Devsirme, or „The contribution in blood”. Serbian children were taken away by force to Turkey where they would be converted to Islam and taught in their military schools to become Janissaries, the elite soldiers of the Turkish Empire. So Bajica Sokolovic was also taken as a child from the surroundings of Višegrad and was given the name Mehmed.
He would later become an officer of the Ottoman army thanks to his skills, and at top of his power he became the Grand Vizier, equal to the Prime Minister, by today`s standards.
At the highest peak of his rule, he ordered a bridge to be built like no other in Visegrad on the Drina River.
The bridge was built in the period from 1571 to 1577 by at that time, the most famous Turkish architect Koca Mimar Sinan.
The bridge consists of 11 arches with mild ascend towards the middle section and it has a descending ramp on the left bank.The total length is 179.5 m, height above the normal water level of the river is 15.40 m and the width of the bridge is 6.30 m.There are extensions above the sixth pillar on both sides of the bridge.
In the middle of the bridge a sofa was built and it was designed for passengers to rest and across from the sofa a stone portal was built. There are two plates made of white marble with verses of the poet Nihadi in Arabic alphabet, talking about the constructor and the year of construction.
The bridge was fully repaired in the period from 1949. to 1952.
In 2007, bridge was entered in the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage, as a bridge with big cultural impact, and also as a best representative of a classical ottoman style in bridge making.
UNESCO criteria for entering the list (unesco.org):
Criterion (ii): Located in a position of strategics importance, the bridge bears witness to important cultural exchanges between the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire and the Mediterranean world, between Christianity and Islam, through the long course of history. The management of the bridge and repairs made it to have also involved different political and cultural powers: after the Ottomans came the Austro-Hungarians, the Yugoslav Federation, and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Criterion (iv): The Visegrad bridge is a remarkable architectural testimony to the apogee of the classical age of the Ottoman Empire, whose values and achievements mark an important stage in the history of humankind.
“The property, principally consisting of the bridge, the access ramp and the two river banks upstream and downstream, is protected by its buffer zone on each bank of the Drina river. The integrity of the bridge is vulnerable but is now adequately protected by the buffer zone and appropriately expresses the values it embodies.”
Na Drini Cuprija Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge - Visegrad from air
Na Drini Cuprija - Visegrad from air
Ada apa di Visegrad? Bosnia Herzegovina
Visegrad berpenduduk 11 rb dgn komposisi Serbs 90 % dan Muslim kurang dari 10% sebelum perang Bosnia wilayah ini komposisinya terbalik Muslim lbh banyak hingga 70%.
Ada 2 spot menarik di visegrad yakni jembatan mehmet pasha sokolovic dan Andricgrad
Jembatan mehmet pasha sokolovic
Kontruksi jembatan di lakukan pada tahun 1571-1577 dgn arsitek turki bernama Koca Mimar Sinan dgn pengaruh oriental yg kental. Jembatan memiliki 11 tiang penyangka dan di bagian ujung lainnya di buat menikung menyusuri sungai.
Panjang jembatan 179.5 m dgn lebar 6.30 m dan ketinggian diatas sungai adalah 15.40 m. Bahan dasar jembatan adalah batu tufa yg banyak dijumpai di sekitar visegrad.
Pada tengah jembatan ada ruang duduk utk penjaga dan disebelahnya terdapat prasasti berisi informasi tahun konstruksi dan pembuatnya. Ada tulisan berbahasa arab dan kurang lebih bunyinya
di Sungai Drina Bosnia ini telah dibangun sebuah jembatan luar biasa megah dan masing masing tiangnya menancap kuat di alur sungai yang dalam dan deras airnya. Pengganti Sokolovic kelak belum tentu mampu membuat jembatan seperti ini. Atas kehendak Allah, Mehmet Pasha membangun ini dan namanya disebutkan sebagai bentuk penghormatan dan terima kasih karena telah membangun jembatan ini yang tidak ada bandingnya lagi di dunia
Tulisan ini menginpirasi ivo andric untuk menulis buku The bridge on Drina yg mengantarkan dia menerima hadiah nobel di bidang sastra. Jembatan ini masuk Unesco dan ditetapkan sebagai monumen nasional Bosnia Herzegovina pada july 2007.
Andricgrad
Setelah jembatan adalagi tempat menarik untuk dikunjungi adalah Andricgrad yang didedikasikan kepada Ivo andric yang mengharumkan jembatan visegrad lewat buku The bridge on Drina.
Andricgrad atau kamengrad merupakan sebuah kota yang merefleksikan semua zaman dari medieval ottoman hingga yugoslavia berisi Ivo Andric Institute, sekolah, gedung pemerintahan gereja toko dan restoran serta bioskop.
Pembuatan Adricgrad diprakarsai oleh pembuat film terkenal Bosnia bernama Emir Kusturica.
Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic Bridge 2 in Visegrad, Bosnia
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Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge - Visegrad 2015
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge on river Drina 2015
UNESCO included the facility in its 2007 World Heritage List
Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic Bridge 4 in Visegrad, Bosnia
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Memišević: Mehmed-paša je rodjen u muslimanskoj porodici.
Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic
Visegrad Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tourist movie about Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Višegrad i most Mehmed Paša Sokolović | 4Life
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Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Visegrad is a lovely town, located on the Drina river in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This town became known to the world after Nobel Prize winner (1961) Ivo Andric published the historical novel The Bridge on the Drina.
The Old Stone Bridge from the 16th century, an endowment of Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic is one of the most important national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was entered in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. In the ascendant of his powers, Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic ordered that the most beautiful bridge must be built in Visegrad on the Drina river. The main architect of the bridge was Mimar Sinan, the greatest architect of the Otoman empire. The bridge of Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic is a nice example of the Ottoman architecture. The bridge is 180 m long and 6 m wide, featuring 11 arches above the river. It is the top Visegrad attraction and a key stop in trips to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Just nearby this famous bridge is another tourist attraction – Andricgrad (Andrictown). Andricgrad is a project of a famous film director Emir Kusturica, inspired by works and characters of mentioned famous writer, nobel prize winner, Ivo Andric. In architectural terms, the city itself is a mix of different eras and styles that have changed through the history of this area: the Byzantine style, the Ottoman period, the Renaissance and Classicism. Some of the main objects of Andricgrad are: Ivo Andric Institute, Memorial House, Fine arts Academy, Centre for Slavic languages, Town hall, Multiplex cinema, Renaissance theatre, restaurants, coffee bars and souvenir shops. After opening, it became one of the top things to see in Visegrad.
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Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic Bridge 1 in Visegrad, Bosnia
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Crimes before the ICTY: Višegrad
Once famous for its Mehmed-paša Sokolović bridge over the river Drina, Višegrad is known today as one of the most emblematic crime scenes in the war-torn region of the former Yugoslavia. Through the testimonies of victims and witnesses, trial and appeals judgments, as well as interviews with the protagonists of the proceedings, „Crimes before the ICTY: Višegrad“ provides an insight into the Tribunal's investigation, prosecution and judicial findings of these crimes.
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Tours-TV.com: Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge
Bosnia and Herzegovina : Visegrad. (穆罕默德·帕夏·索科洛维奇桥, ソコルル・メフメト・パシャ橋). See on map .