 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 |
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 Crossing the Old Bridge to the East Bank |
 Terrace cafés along the right bank of the Neretva River, |
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 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 |
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 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 |