The Bridge of the Ottoman Empire

in photography •  7 years ago 


Stari Most

The Stari Most (old bridge) is one of most recognizable landmark in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an amazing example of ancient Ottoman architecture in the Balkans.

It's located in the town of Mostar and crosses the river Neretva. Built around 1557, it took nine years to complete. It was bombed and destroyed on the 9th of November, 1993 during the Croat-Bosnian war. It was later reconstructed and rebuilt and was opened to the public again in July 2004.

Exploring the areas of the bridge, you can see unrestored buildings riddled with machine gun bullet holes. The tragedy that is the Balkan Wars is clearly visible even to this day.

Have you been to Mostar? Share your experience!



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Good, thanks for sharing @adonisabril

wonderful place

Had lots of friends go to school there; Heard of UWC? Go check it out

Never heard of it!

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Nice long exposure! It's unfortunate that human aggression can destroy such beautiful things.

Interessting angle to shoot, especially with the little waterfall on the left hand

you'd be surprised it's not a waterfall :)

I like the perspective too. good photo

Beautiful photo

Nice...

Whoa cool shot! Is that a long exposure with a mini water fall?

It's like a water runoff sewer like place, kind filthy but I excluded the filth out of the frame :)

谢谢 分享如此精彩的照片

Nice angle.

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Amazing!!!

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That's so pretty! And thank you for the little history on that. I love learning new things on Steemit!

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These wars destroy everything ;/

Mostar Landmark.
never seen from this angle of the bridge before.
good job with that angle mate!

photography is really amazing... thanks for nice post...

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nice your post...

Nice photography....
Thanks to share this....
Stay it and mind it that it is art of life....

Thanks for sharing this post

Wow! This is interesting @adonisabril. Thanks for sharing. I'm teaching World History and this is one good info to share in the class.