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solopes Says: "In August 1993, Croat warlord Mate Boban's troops blew up the ancient mosque, the Turkish baths, built in 1573, and the elegant houses built by eighteenth-century Muslim notables; then they rounded up the Muslim residents and marched them off to concentration camps."This is...
JLBG Says: The Neretva is a 225 km river flowing out of the Dinaric Alps, mostly in Herzegovina and ending as a delta in Croatia. The entire Neretva valley is very scenic with a superb canyon in its upper part. The old bridge in Mostar is standing over the Neretva. After Mostar,as seen...
JLBG Says: Most houses of the village were built in the Ottoman style and were badly damaged in 1992-96. The prominent one have now been rebuilt or repaired. On this photo, two of them can be seen in the background with their rib shaped windows.The Gavran Kapetanović house is a...
JLBG Says: The Sahat Kula was built at the end of the XVIIth. It is a fine example of clock-towers found in Bosmia-Herzegovina. The same type stands in Mostar and Stolac with four vaulted openings near the summit. The summit is built as a stone pyramid.
Sišman Ibrahim Paša mosque and medersa
JLBG Says: Sišman Ibrahim Paša mosque was built in 1562 by Hadži Alija (970 of the Egire) and is also named Hadži Alija mosque. It is considered as one of the best example of dome mosques in Bosmia Herzegovina. The dome was shelled and has now been rebuilt.The medersa has five small...
JLBG Says: I wrote in the previous tip that when driving from Mostar, it seemed that the fort was an isolated stronghold. Once passed the spur, the village itself appears. At first sight (I mean from the road) it did not look that impressive as most houses were partly hidden by an...
JLBG Says: The fortress stands on top of a rocky spur. It was begin to build in the 15th century and several parts were added along the centuries, until the 18th. During the 1992-96 wars, the fort was the only part of the town that did not suffer any damage.When driving from Mostar,...
travelbug102 Says: Heavily damaged by the HVO (Hands of the Croat Defense Council) during the war, the town has done a great job of rebuilding it. I did not go inside nor did I find out if it is open to the public. My guess is that it's open. Ask at the Mostar tourism association for hours.
travelbug102 Says: Wow! I can't believe more travelers venture here, if for nothing else, the beautiful view. The mosque in the center of this photo is the Dadzi-Alija Mosque, rebuilt after the war.
travelbug102 Says: Worth the 15 minute hike up through the hilltown. Great views, hundreds of year ago one could easily spot invaders coming up the Neretva river valley. All things considered (war, mother nature) the fortress is still in pretty good shape.
travelbug102 Says: I didn't venture into this building but I really like this style of architecture, commonly found throughout Bosnia but not many other East European countries I've visited.
travelbug102 Says: This was one of the few artists' galleries I found open during the spring. Attached to the gallery was a B&B/pension business with a few German tourists there.
travelbug102 Says: Don't mind the graffiti, the views through the portals here are great. You have to walk up a few flights of narrow stone steps but nothing too dangerous.
Sarajevo Art Society - Ms. Vera Brigic: Cozy Pension
travelbug102 Says: I didn't stay here but met a few German tourists who did. The building is about half way up the hilltown. Set in a wooden building, it looked very charming and what a wonderful location to wake up in.There are 7 rooms and 19 beds. Price 10E bed or 20E for full pansion (all...
travelbug102 Says: Take the number 41 bus from Mostar (going to Capljina). The town is about 30km south of Mostar. There are probably around 7-8 buses per day.If you're driving just head south down the M-17, plenty of parking around.
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Don't mind the graffiti, the views through the portals here are great. You have to walk up a few flights of narrow stone steps but nothing too dangerous.
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Počitelj, a village that deserves a visit
Počitelj a small city in the south western part of Bosmia Herzegovina lies on a hillside that makes a kind of amphitheater and overhangs the Neretva river. It is on the road from Mostar to the......
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Forgotten Hilltown of Herzegovina
This UNESCO protected site is still rebuilding from the war, but it appears nearly finished. It was an art colony before the war, though right now there seemed to be only a handful of artists back...
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When we stopped there, buying babushkas in the stalls by the road, it was only a village with a mosque and a tower. When, later on, I arrived at home and read something about it, I was terrified by......
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