Old bridge
Do you have any travel plans this year? After having a trip of lifetime past summer I decided to plan something different this year. The plan is to move forward with my Bucket List and to explore this side of the ocean this summer. This is the shot from my last big trip and the city in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It’s known for the iconic Stari Most (Old Bridge), medieval arched bridge that was reconstructed back in 2004. The original bridge dated back to 16th century and it was destroyed in 1993 during the civil war. This edit is way overdue but I enjoy going back and forth with my editing. What do you think?
Dusk in Mostar, city on Neretva river
Stari Most (literally 'Old Bridge'; also known as Mostar Bridge is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects the two parts of the city. The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on 9 November 1993 by Croat paramilitary forces during the Croat–Bosniak War. Subsequently, a project was set in motion to reconstruct it; the rebuilt bridge opened on 23 July 2004.
The bridge is considered an exemplary piece of Balkan Islamic architecture and was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557. It was designed by Mimar Hayruddin, a student and apprentice of architect Mimar Sinan who built many of the Sultan's key buildings in Istanbul and around the empire.
An early blue hour in Mostar Bosnia, along the Neretva river, the figure in red jacket across the creek kept taking selfies to my annoyance, and the...
Starý Most (English: Old Bridge) is a bridge over the river Danube in Bratislava, Slovakia. The 460-meter-long (1,510 ft) bridge included a wooden pathway for pedestrians, a two-lane road and railway track, connecting the historic old city of Bratislava with the newer region Petržalka. The bridge was closed for cars in 2009 and for buses on 14 May 2010. On 2 December 2013 it was also closed for pedestrian and bicycle traffic because deconstruction of the bridge began the last week of November. At the time of its closure it was the oldest still-standing bridge in Bratislava. As of December 2015, the bridge was replaced by a new one for pedestrians, cyclists and trams, as part of new tram track to Petržalka.
Taken from the top of the bridge itself. Throwback Thursday, early morning blue hour in Mostar, Hercegovina, while everyone is still sleeping, the...
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Old bridge!
Most notably Nenad Spasojevic, jim stephenw and Dominic Nessi.