Stari Most

The Stari Most ("the old bridge") is a 16th century bridge in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects two parts of the city.

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Built in 1565 by the architecht Mimar Hajrudin, student of Sinan, the Ottoman architect, the Stari Most is hump-backed, 4 meters wide and 30 m?tres long, dominating the river from a height of 24 meters. Two fortified towers protect it: the Helebija tower on the right bank and the Tara tower on the left bank.

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During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), in 1993, Croatian forces turned against Bosnian government forces, and destroyed the bridge on november 9th. It was already damaged from Serb bombardment in 1992. Both Serb and Croat nationalists saw the bridge and old historic area around it as part of the Bosniak and Islamic culture, and it was often targeted during their bombardments.

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Now listed as a World Heritage Site, the bridge was rebuilt under the aegis of UNESCO. Its 1,088 stones were shaped according to the original techniques, and the reconstruction cost about 12 million ?. It reopened on July 22, 2004, and its reopening ceremonies were based on the idea of reconciling Bosnian communities, even if bad blood and suspicion remain evident.

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Bridge: :This article is about the edifice (it is mostly an index to articles concerning specific bridge types). For other meanings, see bridge (disambiguation)....

16th century: As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600....

Mostar: Mostar is a city of 105,448 (2003) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation....

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