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	View of Stari Most from the North Tip Rating:

Updated By karenincalifornia on January 21, 2004

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Stari Most (Old Bridge) in
Mostar

by karenincalifornia

"Stari Most" means "Old Bridge" and is the genesis of the name of the town of Mostar. Signs were prominently posted on the bridge saying "No jumping". However, that stopped nobody. We saw a group of young people diving and jumping off the bridge into the Neretva River and having a great time. According to a Mostar local, "We, the men, used to show our bravery to our fiancees by jumping to the river from the deck of the bridge before getting married. This did not belong to a specific ethnic group. It was a common tradition."

I was glad my brand new husband did not feel compelled to prove his manliness to me in the same way.

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	The Famous Bridge over Nerevta River in Mostar Tip Rating:

By karenincalifornia on January 19, 2004

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Mostar before the war

by karenincalifornia

Before the mid 1500's, several attempts were made to build a bridge in Mostar over the Neretva River, but they ended unsuccessfully. In the 1500s the ruling Sultan hired an engineer to design a new bridge, but threatened him with execution if the bridge did not stay up. The poor engineer designed the bridge shown in this picture, but apparently lacking in confidence about his own abilities, he fled just as the supports were being removed from the foundation. The bridge stood for centuries, until it was shelled and demolished in 1993.

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	Pastoral setting in Bosnian countryside - prewar Tip Rating:

By karenincalifornia on January 20, 2004

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Bosnian countryside

by karenincalifornia

The countryside in Bosnia and Herzegovina is beautiful, deceptively bucolic. In 1986, we took a leisurely drive through the hills and mountains. The roads took us through gorgeous valleys peppered with Bogomil graveyards.

Today, the countryside is peppered with landmines.

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	Serbian Orthodox Church near Mostar before the war Tip Rating:

Updated By karenincalifornia on March 16, 2004

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Serbian Orthodox Church
near Mostar

by karenincalifornia

This Serbian Orthodox church sat majestically above Mostar, a town populated by Serbs, Muslims and Croats. The church was destroyed in the war.

Before and After

My photo shows this beautiful cathedral before the war.

For a picture of the destroyed cathedral after the war, click on this link to Prasnjavi's tip:

After

Look for Prasnjavi's tip entitled "Orthodox Cathedral, part 2"

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	The new Trebinje Tip Rating:

By vesna04 on November 1, 2003

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New block of the buildings

by vesna04

Modern Trebinje has a new appartments blocks, parks, department store, swiming pool...
The most charming about this town are the trees. I don't know how old are they but they are big and that givs a nice green contrast to the grey color of the rocky hills that are surraunding the town.

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	No Functioning Economy Tip Rating:

By travelife on May 19, 2004

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reconstruction project

by travelife

As peace is reinforced and all activities are regulated by UN, Bosnia does not have a functioning economy. There are very few local industries. Reconstruction project funded by UN, EU and other donor agencies provide for work to a country where unemployment rate is estimated at more than 20%.

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	Reconstruction 2 Tip Rating:

Updated By travelife on May 19, 2004

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reconstruction of a
mosque minaret

by travelife

Building and rebuilding of religious establishments are also going on as religious identity became synonimous with national identity and each of the group wants to take their own pride from their own religious establishments. Its not, however, clear, if people really became more religious.

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	Tahir Kosovic Tip Rating:

Updated By travelife on May 21, 2004

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souvenir shps..

by travelife

I met a painter along this line of butiks named Tahir Kosovic, many of his work based on water-color were on sale, small-medium and large, mostly based on the bridge of Mostar. Looking at some of his 'pencil sketches' I asked if it was also him. I came to know he made those sketches while living in Croatian jail on the other side of the river when Croat and Muslim started fighting each other and he was taken away just because his name was muslim. He spent there around a year or so. Luckily he survived and now hopefully making a living selling his art work. A very friendly guy to talk for a while. I could'nt help buying a piece as a souvenir. They were too good. It is not surprising that the wound from the civil war is still raw among many people in Bosnia.

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	Old Moslim graveyards Tip Rating:

Updated By dabuwan on August 18, 2003

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An old graveyard close to a
mosque in Bihac

by dabuwan

Old moslim graveyards are quite picturesque and they are usually located close to the Mosque.
The old stone has many arabic writings and from the positioning and size of the stone is possible to understand if the buried person was male or female, rich or poor.
Unfortunately there are not so many of these old graves left around BiH. Most graves are much less scenic and much more recent.

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	Mosques under construction Tip Rating:

By dabuwan on May 2, 2003

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A mosque under construction in
the Una region

by dabuwan

Reconstruction is going on throughout all BiH., and you can notice it in any village or town.
New mosques are also under construction everywhere (except in Republika Srpska), as many of them have been destroyed during the war, along with some Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

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