Republika Srpska (Српска)

Welcome to Bosnia & Herzegovina	The Republic of Srpska is the Serbian portion of Bosnia & Herzegovina	Entering BiH from Serbia on a rainy day	Tunnel on the road from Mokra Gora, Serbia, to Višegrad
Pretty drive along the E761, Republic of Srpska	The road to Višegrad passing a reconstructed mosque	Dobrun Monastery, an interesting short stop	Dobrun Monastery, 14th Century - reconstructed 2004
Dobrun Monastery with its bright red gatehouse	Serbian Orthodox Dobrun Monastery, Republic of Srpska	A tributary of the Drina River in front of Dobrun Monastery	Gate house with bell tower, Dobrun Monatery
Dobrun Monastery with an inscription dated 2004	Mosaic of the Virgin Mary, Dobrun Monastery	Fine Arts International Assembly, Višegrad	Inside the gatehouse, Dobrun Monastery
Karađorđe ("Black George") Petrovic, Serbian peasant who led an 1804 uprising against the Turks	"Black George" Lodgings at Dobrun Monastery	Dobrun Monastery, Srpska	Church of Dobrun Monastery
Steam train that may someday ferry tourists	War damaged house spray-painted with "ВГЦЗ"	The Bosnian countryside is still littered with war damaged homes 16 years after the war ended	Muslim gravestones
Of this small village, only one house looks fully restored...others are just empty shells or temporary repairs	I am not sure of the significance of the spray painted letters...	Welcome to Višegrad, a town of 22,000 in Republika Srpska	Entering Višegrad beneath a banner for a folklore festival
Višegrad's claim to fame, a UNESCO-World Heritage stone bridge completed in 1571	Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge built by the Ottoman Turks across the River Drina	Village on the north bank of the Drina across from Višegrad	Ottoman bridge at Višegrad
The 179.5m Ottoman bridge at Višegrad is comprised of 11 stone arches	Crossing the Ottoman bridge at Višegrad	Pretty view downstream from the Ottoman Bridge, Višegrad	Serbian inscription on the Ottoman Bridge with the dates with details of the 1943 WWII damage and 1949-1952 reconstruction
Monument at the center of the Ottoman Bridge	Ottoman inscriptions on the bridge at Višegrad	Ottoman inscriptions on the bridge at Višegrad dated 979 A.H. (1571 A.D.)	Ottoman bridge at Višegrad
During the 1992 Višegrad Massacres, Serbian forces killed up to 3,000 Bosnian muslims	Reports say many of the Višegrad Massacre victims were shot on the bridge and their bodies thrown into the river	Serbian monument, Višegrad	Hotel Višegrad near the old bridge
Sarajevsko Pivo	What is this?	Serbian Orthodox Church at Višegrad	Serbian War Cemetery, Višegrad
A young casualty of the Bosnian War, 1993	Serbian Orthodox Church and War Cemetery, Višegrad	Interior of the Orthdox Church, Višegrad	Icon of St. Nicholas
Iconostasis, Višegrad	Serbian Orthodox Church, Višegrad	Part of Višegrad	Mosque reconstructed in Višegrad after the war
The mosques seemed to be the first things to be rebuilt	Tributary of the Drina at Višegrad	Bridge over the Drina	The Ottoman Bridge over the Drina from the road to Sarajevo opposite Višegrad
Višegrad from across the Drina	Drina River	The road following the Drina	Drina River
Confluence of the Drina River and the Lim	The bridge across the Drina leading to Rudo	The town of Međeđa along the Drina River	Restoran Sarajevo in front of a war ruin, Međeđa
Janjini Bridge across a minor tributary of the Drina near Ustiprača	Ustiprača	Ustiprača, only partially rebuilt	War ruin in Ustiprača
Ustiprača with the restored minaret	Flag of the Republic of Srpska, Ustiprača	Leaving the Drina Valley on the E761 towards Sarajevo	Idyllic landscape with a mosque, peaceful once again
A roadside shop yet to reopen	A new Serbian Orthodox church under construction in a rural area of Srpska	Crkva Svi Sveti, Obrtići	All Saints Church, Obrtići
Poster of the Srpska Democratic Party	Unexpected - snow in May	BalkansMay11 4864.jpg	Slippery road - 2.5C
BalkansMay11 4866.jpg	BalkansMay11 4867.jpg	Monastery of the Martyr St. George the Great (Sokolica Monastery)	Sokolica Monastery, Romanija
Sokolica Monastery, Romanija	Mosaic of St. George, Sokolica Monastery	Interior of Sokolica Monastery	Fighters from the Sarajevo Romanije region killed in the 1992-1995 war
The walls of Sokolica Monastery are incribed with the names of 4,000 Serbs who died during the Bosnian War	Memorial wall, Sokolica Monastery	A large panel for Nikola Gardovich, considered to be the first Serbian victim of the war, 1 Mar 1992	Memorial wall, Sokolica Monastery
Memorial wall, Sokolica Monastery	The names of 4,000 Serbian soldiers killed during the 1992-1995 war	Sokolica Monastery	Icon, Sokolica Monastery
Icons, Sokolica Monastery	Baptism icon, Sokolica Monastery	Icon, Sokolica Monastery	Icon, Sokolica Monastery
Last Supper icon, Sokolica Monastery	Farmhouse with an unusual late spring dusting of snow	Spring snow passing through Trebevic National Park	Restoran Romanijski Raj, Trebević National Park
Restoran Romanijski Raj, Trebević National Park	Trebević National Park with snow, May 2011	The last Srpska flag before reaching Sarajevo