Across the gap the new bridge waited, its arch clean and white against the sky, the wooden scaffolding already cleared away. People moved slowly along the lanes behind me. Some carried flags, others ...

Stari most links Mostar’s historic quarters across the Neretva with a rebuilt Ottoman arch whose story reaches from 1566 to 2005. Isometrisches Diorama von Alte Brücke Mostar und Umgebung in Mostar ...

I held my breath, anxious with excitement. Alongside a few other wide-eyed spectators, I craned my neck to get a solid view of the dizzying plunge from the Stari Most bridge’s arch into the Neretva ...

Historic Mostar Bridge, destroyed during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Croat forces and rebuilt after the war, continues its mission to unite people from different races. Unable to ...

Despite the political division, economic problems or corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the destruction of Old Bridge in Mostar revives heartbreaking memories every year at the beginning of ...

Thousands of tourists braved extreme heat to cheer for divers jumping off the historic Ottoman-era Old Bridge in Bosnia's city of Mostar. The 458-year-old tradition coincides with the 20th anniversary ...

MOSTAR, Bosnia (Reuters) – Lorens Listo’s name may not headline the world’s sports pages, but on the streets of his native Mostar he is hailed as a champion among champions in a sport that is central ...

The regional press and officials alike have expressed hope that the reopening of the Old Bridge in Mostar would herald a new chapter of hope and better understanding between the city's divided ...

On November 9, 1993, one of Bosnia-Herzegovina's cultural treasures became a casualty of war. The Old Bridge in Mostar, built in 1566 during the Ottoman Empire, was destroyed by shells fired by ...

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For more than four centuries, the Old Bridge in Mostar reigned as the Bosnian city's defining landmark. A masterpiece of Ottoman architecture commissioned in 1566 by Suleiman the Magnificent, the ...