Stari Most
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Stari Most (Serbo-Croatian: Stari most, Стари мост, lit. 'Old Bridge'), also known as Mostar Bridge, is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city, which is named after the bridge keepers (mostari) who guarded the Stari Most during the Ottoman era.[1] During the Croat–Bosniak War, the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina used the bridge as a military supply line, and as a response, the bridge collapsed on 9 November 1993 due to shelling by the Croatian Defence Council (HVO). Subsequently, a project was set in motion to reconstruct it; the rebuilt bridge opened on 23 July 2004.
Stari Most | |
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Coordinates | 43°20′14″N 17°48′54″E |
Carried | Pedestrians |
Crossed | Neretva |
Locale | Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Official name | Stari most |
Heritage status | |
Official name | Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | vi |
Designated | 2005 (29th session) |
Reference no. | 946 |
Region | Europe |
Official name | Old Bridge (Stari Most) in Mostar |
Type | Category 0 cultural property |
Criteria | A, B, C ii.iii.iv., D ii.iv., E i.ii.iii.iv.v., F i.ii.iii., G i.v.vi.vii., H ii., I i.ii.iii. |
Designated | 8 July 2004 (session No. 07.1-02-903/03-29) |
Part of | Mostar, the historic urban site |
Reference no. | 2493 |
List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Characteristics | |
Design | Arch |
Material | Stone |
Total length | 29 metres (95 ft) |
Width | 4 metres (13 ft) |
No. of spans | 1 |
Clearance below | c. 20 metres (66 ft) at mid-span depending on river water-level |
History | |
Architect | Mimar Hayruddin (concept could originate from Mimar Sinan's idea) |
Constructed by | Mimar Hayruddin, apprentice of Mimar Sinan |
Construction start | 1557 |
Construction end | 1566 |
Opened | 1566; 458 years ago (1566) |
Rebuilt | 7 June 2001 – 23 July 2004 |
Destroyed | 9 November 1993 |
Location | |
The Old Bridge is an exemplary piece of Balkan Islamic architecture. It was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557 and designed by Mimar Hayruddin, a student and apprentice of the architect Mimar Sinan.