Southeast Europe
Discover Historic Urban Site of Počitelj, Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, Pliva Waterfall, Jajce and more.
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cultural places
Počitelj is a historic settlement south of Mostar, on the Neretva. Its stone-built fabric combines medieval fortification with later Ottoman-period buildings. The relationship between the hillside, defensive structures and town below makes the settlement a coherent discovery rather than a collection of unrelated monuments.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
engineering
Built in the late sixteenth century, the Višegrad bridge was designed by the Ottoman architect Sinan for Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. Eleven masonry arches carry the main crossing of the Drina. A separate access ramp turns at right angles, showing how the structure responds to its riverbank setting.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
nature
The Pliva joins the Vrbas at Jajce in a waterfall, making the meeting of the rivers the main event. The town setting gives the falls a different character from a remote mountain cascade. Look at the way moving water, the river valley and the settlement occupy the same place.
cities
Sarajevo City Hall opened in 1896 and later housed the National Library. A devastating fire in 1992 damaged the building and its collections. Restoration returned Vijećnica to public use in 2014, making its present civic and cultural role part of a story of loss and careful reconstruction.
Source: Sarajevo City Hall — Vijećnica
cultural places
Stari Most is the centrepiece of Mostar’s Old Bridge Area. The bridge and surrounding historic fabric were rebuilt after wartime destruction, with international cooperation helping restore the connection across the Neretva. The ensemble brings together the crossing, its towers and the streets leading towards it.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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