Mostar

Mostar

an old bridge and its city

Location: 

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Duration: 

Sunday, November 1, 2015

personal highlights

  1. Mostar: 15/16th by Ottomans and 19/20th by Austro-Hungaryinfo-icon
  2. Unesco: beautiful area at old bridge (Stari Most) and the old town
  3. Stari Most: meaning old bridge, namegiver to the city of Mostar
  4. Tourists: many Italians because of nearby Catholic pilgrimage
  5. Ruins: many traces of the Bosnian independence fight of 1992

image sources

  1. Stari most @ Sunset
  2. Restaurant @ Moschee
  3. Mehmed Karadoz Moschee
  4. Radobolja Stream @ Old town
  5. Bazaar Street @ Stari most

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