Behind him on the wall are paintings and pictures of the bridge in different historical eras, and of divers during their marvelous feats. “As a young man from Mostar, I almost felt obliged to di ...

1 This August 1993 image is one of the last photos made of the original Mostar Bridge, known locally as Stari Most. Despite being draped in tires and roofed with wooden planks to catch mortar and ...

MOSTAR, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- The city of Mostar, a symbol like Sarajevo of the bloody end of Yugoslavia, is celebrating the reopening of its rebuilt 16th century bridge that some hope can help ...

A Bosnian coppersmith has fashioned a giant coffee pot that can contain 800 litres of coffee and presented it to the people of Mostar as part ... 16th century bridge, which was destroyed in ...

On 23 July 2014, a ceremony was held in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to mark the 10th anniversary of the reconstruction of the Old Bridge. It was attended by the Head of the UNESCO Antenna Office ...

The Mostar Bridge was more than a structure for us, said Eldin Palata, who recorded the historic footage of its collapse from artillery shells fired by Croatian troops in 1993. Bosnia-Herzegovina ...

BOSNIA: A replacement for the Ottoman bridge, destroyed in Bosnia's civil war, was opened yesterday. Daniel McLaughlin was there When 12 men leaped from Mostar's Old Bridge last night, their ...

Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and Old Bridge, Stari Most, after which it is named. In the 1990s conflict, however, most of the historic town and the Old Bridge, designed by the ...

In the Bosnian city of Mostar a famous medieval bridge was destroyed during the war in the 1990s. The bridge had been a symbol of unity between Christians and Muslims and so its destruction was ...

4 The iconic Mostar Bridge was destroyed by Croat forces during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. 5 Thousands of tourists braved extreme heat of 39 degrees Celsius to cheer the divers on.