Mostar Photo Gallery by Brian McMorrow at pbase.com

Mostar

Welcome to the city of Mostar	Finally the sun peaks through after 2 1/2 days of cloud and rain	Mountains along the Neretva River upstream from Mostar	Clearing skies
War damage in Mostar from the 1992-1993 siege	Mostar is still littered with ruins from the war	Decorative concrete façade with unrepaired war damage	Map of Mostar
Villa Fortuna, on the right bank a short walk from the Old Bridge	Villa Fortuna - Rade Bitange 34, Mostar	Courtyard behind the Villa Fortuna	Villa Fortuna - recommended
Rustic building in the courtyard at Villa Fortuna	Fortuna Guesthouse, my home for 2 nights	Iranian Consulate, Rade Bitange 16, Mostar	Hadzi-Kurt Mosque, Mostar
Hadzi-Kurt Mosque, 16th C., Mostar	Hadzi-Kurt Mosque, also called Tabačica after the adjacent leather-working district	A nighttime stroll through Mostar's west bank Old Town, Priječka čaršija	Semi-circular Halebija Tower at night, Mostar
Quite night, Priječka čaršija, Mostar	Western gate to the Old Bridge, Mostar	Halebija Tower at the western end of the Old Bridge, Mostar	The incredible Old Bridge of Mostar, ordered by Suleiman the Magnificient
Stari Most - Old Bridge, at night	Restored complex of medieval buildings at the west end of the Old Bridge, Mostar	BalkansMay11 5497.jpg	Crossing the Old Bridge to the East Bank
Terrace cafés along the right bank of the Neretva River,	BalkansMay11 5503.jpg	Old Bridge seen from the East Bank, Mostar	East bank side of Mostar's Old Town at night
Steep crossing of the Old Bridge	Side of the Karađoz-Begova Medresa at night, Mostar	The most famous sight in Bosnia & Herzegovina, the Old Bridge of Mostar	The Old Bridge was built by the Ottomans 1557-1566
The Old Bridge was destroyed in November 1993, 427 years after completion	The intentional targeting of the Old Bridge by the Croat militia split the city	Upstream from the Old Bridge at night	The bridge took more than 60 artillery shells before finally collapsing on 8 November 1993
The Old Bridge was faithfully restored over 10 years, reopening in	The Croatian general who ordered the bridge destroyed is on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia	Thanks to a detailed survey undertaken in the 60's-70's, the bridge was able to be faithfully reconstructed	Reconstruction of the Old Bridge started in 2001
The New Old Bridge was rededicated 23 July 2004 in	Night view of the Old Bridge of Mostar with a full moon shining through the clouds	Mostar at night is wonderful after all the day-trippers from the Croatia are bussed back to the coast	Old Bridge at night, seen from the north, with the Tara Tower on the East Bank
Of my trip through Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Serbia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina, Mostar was my favorite stop	Cross on a hilltop overlooking the ethnically divided city of Mostar	Giant bell tower of Sv. Petar i Pavao church, Mostar	Sv. Petar i Pavao church, Mostar
What looks like a halted hotel construction project on the West Bank not far from the Old Bridge	Map of the West Bank of old town Mostar	Tourist Info Centre, Mostar	Trg Preživjelih Branioca, the west bank's old town square, Mostar
Marshall, a Yugoslavia-themed pub, Trg Preživjelih Branioca	West Bank old town, Priječka čaršija, Mostar	Thankfully, much of the historic center of Mostar has been restored or reconstructed	West Bank old town, Priječka čaršija, Mostar
West Bank old town, Priječka čaršija, Mostar	West Bank old town, Priječka čaršija, Mostar	2004 dedication plaque for the reopening of the Old Bridge	Home of the Mostar Diving Club, Halebija Tower
War photo exhibition in the Halebija Tower on the west side of the Old Bridge	Aerial photo of the massive destruction to Mostar during the war	Morning at the Old Bridge, Mostar	The Halebija Tower guarding the west end of the Old Bridge
View to the north from the Old Bridge	Restored medieval buildings on the west end of the Old Bridge	Old Town Mostar - east bank	Stare Most - the Old Bridge
Stare Most - the Old Bridge	Cafés lining the West Bank of the Neretva River	There are great views of the Old Bridge from those terraces	Neretva River looking north to the Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque from the Old Bridge
Tara Tower at the eastern end of the Old Bridge, Mostar	Karađoz-Begova Medresa Mostar	Gutted buildings of downtown Mostar	I don't know if my map is old or if this is still Maršala Tita Avenue
War ruins, East Bank, Mostar	War ruins, Maršala Tita Avenue, Mostar	War ruins, Ulica Maršala Tita, Mostar	Ottoman tombstone, East Bank, Mostar
Two Towers, Mostar	Graffiti on a walled up ruin along Mostar's Main Street	Large trees are already visible growing inside the ruins, Mostar	Bullet scared building, Mostar
BalkansMay11 5620.jpg	Walking across the Lučki Bridge looking north	Neretva River from the Lučki Bridge, Mostar	Excellent views looking upstream to the Old Bridge from the Lučki Bridge
Old Bridge - Mostar	Old Bridge - Stari Most - Mostar	War ruin, West Bank, Mostar	East Bank, Mostar
Neretva River from the West Bank downstream of the Old Bridge	Stari Most - Old Bridge, from the south	Villa Anri, Mostar	West Bank, Mostar
West Bank Mostar downstream from the Old Bridge	Ruin of a tourist bar with a great view of the Old Bridge	View of the Old Bridge from the ruin in the previous photo	Prime Mostar real estate still in ruin
Confluence of the small Radobolja River with the Neretva downstream from the Old Bridge	River-level view of the Old Bridge, Mostar	Radobolja River entering the main channel	The wonderful city of Mostar - such a sad history
The New Old Bridge	Down by the river, Mostar	Radobolja River, splitting the west side of Mostar	Mostar
Restored minaret, Mostar	Old mill, Mostar	Restoran H. Han, Mostar	Pleasant balcony of Restoran H. Han, Mostar
Shady café by the river, Mostar	29m span of the Old Bridge, Mostar	The Old Bridge rises 20m above the river	Halebija Tower, Mostar
Some of the original stones preserved on the west side	Tourists gathering on the Old Bridge, Mostar	The Old Bridge was a historic link between the Christian and Muslim worlds linking the Ottoman Empire with the Adriatic coast	Ottoman costume, Mostar
Tourist shops, Priječka čaršija, old town Mostar - west bank	Priječka čaršija with minaret, Mostar	Halebija Tower, Mostar	Western gate to the Old Bridge, Mostar
Mostar Diving Club	Maybe we'll see a diver jump from the bridge...	...not today...	Old Bridge - Stari Most, Mostar
Day-trippers to Mostar arrive late morning and the town starts to fill up	View north from the Old Bridge	Kujundziluk, the East Bank of old town Mostar	Map of Old Town with the Stari Most
Ottoman inscription - construction of the bridge 974 A.H. (1566 A.D.) and tower A.H. 1087 (1676 A.D.)	Architectural drawing of the Old Bridge,	Archeological remains below street level on the East Bank	Tiny stalactites forming
The early suspension bridge and later wooden bridge were replaces by the stone span of the Old Bridge in 1566	Slots carved for the supports of the wooden bridge that predated the 16th Century Old Bridge	Kujundziluk from the Tara Tower	The Old Bridge from the Tara Tower
Climb the Tara Tower for excellent views of the Stari Most, Old Town and the river	Stari Most from Tara Tower on the East Bank	Stari Most from Tara Tower	Confluence downstream from the Stari Most
Looking across from Tara Tower to Halebija Tower	View from Tara Tower, Mostar	View from Tara Tower, Mostar	Old Bridge, Mostar
The modern Lučki Bridge seen from Tara Tower	Ruins along Main Street (Ul. Tita) from Tara Tower	East Bank of Mostar	View north from Tara Tower
Stone roofs of Old Town Mostar	View north from Tara Tower	Old Bridge seen from the East Bank, upstream	Stari Most with spring flowers
More restaurants and cafés line the Neretva River on the East Bank	Yugoslav license plates (Sarajevo) for sale	Flea market, Kujundzije	Mostar's metal workers and coppersmiths once again churn out souvenirs for tourists
Mostar copper souvenir	Mostar copper souvenir	Items for sale along Kujundzije, East Bank Mostar	Mostar metalwork
Fortuna Travel Agency, Mostar	Mostar copperwares	Souvenir shop, East Bank, Mostar	Restoran Europa, Mostar
East Bank, old town Mostar	Turkish consulate, Mostar	Paintings of the Old Bridge for sale in Mostar	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque
Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque, 1618	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque minaret	Arabic or Turkish?	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque
Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Niche, Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Dome, Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque, reconstructed after the war
Ottoman tughra, Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque
Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Colorful glass window, Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Carpet, Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque
Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Dome, Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque
Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Interesting stone roof, Tepa Market	View of the Old Bridge from Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Tepa Market, Mostar
Tepa Market across from the Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque	Textiles, Tepa Market	The Tepa Market has a definite Turkish feel to it	Tepa Market
Map showing the breakup of Yugoslavia 1991-1999	Sidewalk sale with books on Tito from the Yugoslavia era	Shuttered building in old town pockmarked with bullet holes	You can climb the minaret of Koski Mehmed-Pasha Mosque
West Bank old town, Priječka čaršija, Mostar	Bullet holes in a west bank building, Mostar	Okvirskaradnja vl Jakirovic	Attention! Dangerous Ruin
I wonder how long it will take to fix Mostar...	Mostar	Scarred Mostar	Time to split...
Sign for Mostar Airport

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