Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar (UNESCO/NHK)
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 ...
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BOSNIAN WAR - Fall of the Old Bridge in Mostar (09.11.1993.)
The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on 9 November 1993 during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After its destruction a temporary cable bridge was erected in its place.
Newspapers based in Sarajevo reported that more than 60 shells hit the bridge before it collapsed. After the destruction of the Stari Most, a spokesman for the Croats admitted that they deliberately destroyed it, claiming that it was of strategic importance.Academics have argued that the bridge held little strategic value and that its shelling was an example of deliberate cultural property destruction. Andras Riedlmayer terms the destruction an act of killing memory, in which evidence of a shared cultural heritage and peaceful co-existence were deliberately destroyed.
Both sides of the city remained linked until bridge´s reconstruction thanks to the Spanish military engineers assigned to UN UNPROFOR mission.
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Stari Most (English: Old Bridge) in Mostar
Stari Most (English: Old Bridge) is a 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city. The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on 9 November 1993 by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War. Subsequently, a project was set in motion to reconstruct it, and the rebuilt bridge opened on 23 July 2004.
Old Bridge (Stari Most) in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Old Bridge (Stari Most) in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Stari Most (literally, Old Bridge) is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city. The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on 9 November 1993 by Croat military forces during the Croat–Bosniak War. Subsequently, a project was set in motion to reconstruct it; the rebuilt bridge opened on 23 July 2004.
The bridge is considered an exemplary piece of Balkan Islamic architecture. It was designed by Mimar Hayruddin, a student and apprentice of architect Mimar Sinan who built many of the key Sultan’s buildings in Istanbul and around the empire.
The bridge spans the Neretva river in the old town of Mostar, the city to which it gave the name. The city is the fifth-largest in the country; it is the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the unofficial capital of Herzegovina. The Stari Most is hump-backed, 4 metres wide and 30 metres long, and dominates the river from a height of 24 m. Two fortified towers protect it: the Halebija tower on the northeast and the Tara tower on the southwest, called the bridge keepers .
Instead of foundations, the bridge has abutments of limestone linked to wing walls along the waterside cliffs. Measuring from the summer water level of 40.05 m, abutments are erected to a height of 6.53 metres, from which the arch springs to its high point. The start of the arch is emphasized by a molding 0.32 metres in height. The rise of the arch is 12.02 metres.
The original bridge was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557 to replace an older wooden suspension bridge of dubious stability. 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. Tour directors used to state that the bridge was held together with metal pins and mortar made from the protein of egg whites. Little is known of the building of the bridge, and all that has been preserved in writing are memories and legends and the name of the builder, Mimar Hayruddin, a student of Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. Charged under pain of death to construct a bridge of such unprecedented dimensions, Hayruddin reportedly prepared for his own funeral on the day the scaffolding was finally removed from the completed structure. Upon its completion it was the widest man-made arch in the world.
Original Stari Most photographed in the 1970s.
According to the 17th century Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi, the name Mostar itself means bridge-keeper. As Mostar's economic and administrative importance grew with the growing presence of Ottoman rule, the precarious wooden suspension bridge over the Neretva gorge required replacement. The old bridge on the river ...was made of wood and hung on chains, wrote the Ottoman geographer Katip Çelebi, and it ...swayed so much that people crossing it did so in mortal fear. In 1566, Mimar Hayruddin designed the bridge, which was said to have cost 300,000 Drams (silver coins) to build. The two-year construction project was supervised by Karagoz Mehmet Bey, Sultan Suleiman's son-in-law and the patron of Mostar's most important mosque complex, the Hadzi Mehmed Karadzozbeg Mosque.
The bridge, 28 meters long and 20 meters high, quickly became a wonder in its own time. The traveler Evliya Çelebi wrote in the 17th century that: the bridge is like a rainbow arch soaring up to the skies, extending from one cliff to the other. ...I, a poor and miserable slave of Allah, have passed through 16 countries, but I have never seen such a high bridge. It is thrown from rock to rock as high as the sky.
The Old Bridge was destroyed on 9 November 1993 during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After its destruction a temporary cable bridge was erected in its place.
Newspapers based in Sarajevo reported that more than 60 shells hit the bridge before it collapsed. Croatian General Slobodan Praljak argues in his document How the Old Bridge Was Destroyed that there was an explosive charge or mine placed at the center of the bridge underneath and detonated remotely in addition to the shelling that caused the collapse. Most historians disagree and believe his research was trying to absolve his men and himself from crimes committed during the war. He has since committed suicide by drinking poison after being convicted of war crimes.
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A short walk over the rebuilt Stari Most over the Neretva river in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The Museum of Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Take a tour of Old Bridge of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions series by GeoBeats.
The Stari Most, or Old Bridge, provides a beautiful centerpiece to the town of Mostar.
The bridge was built in 16th century and comprised the world's widest arch at the time.
There is a longstanding tradition of local young men diving from the bridge's peak.
Sadly, the original bridge was destroyed in the Bosnian War and has been reconstructed.
Two towers, the bridge keepers, watch over the bridge from either side of its length.
The Old Bridge offers excellent views of the beautiful blue waters of the Neretva River.
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Stari Most (Old Bridge) is a reconstruction of a 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects two parts of the city. The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on 9 November 1993 by Croat forces during the Croat-Bosniak War. It is one of the country's most recognizable landmarks and also considered one of the most exemplary pieces of Islamic architecture in the Balkans. It was designed by Mimar Hayruddin, a student and apprentice of the famous architect Mimar Sinan. After the war plans were raised to reconstruct the bridge. The World Bank, the Unesco, the Aga Khan for Culture and the World Monuments Fund formed a coalition to oversee the reconstruction of the Stari Most and the historic city centre of Mostar. Additional funding was provided by Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Croatia and the Council of Europe Development Bank, as well as the Bosnian government. The bridge was rebuilt with local materials by ErBu Construction Corp a Turkish company, using Ottoman construction techniques. Reconstruction commenced on 7 June 2001 and the reconstructed bridge was inaugurated on 23 July 2004.Stari Most diving is a traditional annual competition in diving organized every year in summer.
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Stari Most (literally, Old Bridge) is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city. The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on 9 November 1993 by Croat military forces during the Croat–Bosniak War. Subsequently, a project was set in motion to reconstruct it; the rebuilt bridge opened on 23 July 2004.
The bridge is considered an exemplary piece of Balkan Islamic architecture. It was designed by Mimar Hayruddin, a student and apprentice of architect Mimar Sinan who built many of the key Sultan’s buildings in Istanbul and around the empire
History
The original bridge was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557 to replace an older wooden suspension bridge of dubious stability. 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 [1] and 7 July 1567. Tour directors used to state that the bridge was held together with metal pins and mortar made from the protein of egg whites.[6] Little is known of the building of the bridge, and all that has been preserved in writing are memories and legends and the name of the builder, Mimar Hayruddin, a student of Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. Charged under pain of death to construct a bridge of such unprecedented dimensions, Hayruddin reportedly prepared for his own funeral on the day the scaffolding was finally removed from the completed structure. Upon its completion it was the widest man-made arch in the world.[citation needed]
Original Stari Most photographed in the 1970s.
According to the 17th century Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi, the name Mostar itself means bridge-keeper. As Mostar's economic and administrative importance grew with the growing presence of Ottoman rule, the precarious wooden suspension bridge over the Neretva gorge required replacement. The old bridge on the river ...was made of wood and hung on chains, wrote the Ottoman geographer Katip Çelebi, and it ...swayed so much that people crossing it did so in mortal fear. In 1566, Mimar Hayruddin designed the bridge, which was said to have cost 300,000 Drams (silver coins) to build. The two-year construction project was supervised by Karagoz Mehmet Bey, Sultan Suleiman's son-in-law and the patron of Mostar's most important mosque complex, the Hadzi Mehmed Karadzozbeg Mosque.
The bridge, 28 meters long and 20 meters high (90' by 64'), quickly became a wonder in its own time. The traveler Evliya Çelebi wrote in the 17th century that: the bridge is like a rainbow arch soaring up to the skies, extending from one cliff to the other. ...I, a poor and miserable slave of Allah, have passed through 16 countries, but I have never seen such a high bridge. It is thrown from rock to rock as high as the sky.
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The Old Bridge, Mostar - Execution 09.11.1993
The Old Bridge, symbol of the city of Mostar, recognized and protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage site, was deliberately and monstrously destroyed Nov. 9, 1993, by the hand of Croatian Army (HVO).
Mostar Stari most (Old bridge) - 4K drone film
Filming the Old bridge and its neighbourhoods in Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Stari Most in Mostar (Part 1 of 2)
This is the first part of a movie about the birth, death, and rebirth of Stari Most (Old Bridge), the celebrated link joining the two halves of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge has become a symbol of the fragile connection that all people share, even during times of war. Its rebirth helps close the brink that divided the two bitter rivals who fought each other during the civil war that ravaged Bosnia and Herzegovina. This movie is a reminder of what was lost, and then found again. View the second part:
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Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
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. 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.
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. 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.
Mostar, Old Bridge (Stari Most)
Mostar is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Old Bridge (Stari Most) in Mostar
Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is amazing place
Old Bridge/Stari Most and the town of Mostar in Bosnia i Herzegovina at night
Taken from our restaurant terrace as the sun set and the muezzins started the call to prayer. from the many minarets around town A bit of background noise from the restaurant but such a peaceful spot.