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Showing posts with label Bosnia Herzegovina 5. Show all posts

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia - Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (2016 Inscribed)

"This serial property combines 28 sites, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, western Serbia, western Montenegro and central and southern Croatia, representing these cemeteries and regionally distinctive medieval tombstones, or stećci. The cemeteries, which date from the 12th to 16th centuries CE, are laid out in rows, as was the common custom in Europe from the Middle Ages. The stećci are mostly carved from limestone. They feature a wide range of decorative motifs and inscriptions that represent iconographic continuities within medieval Europe as well as locally distinctive traditions."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage


Postcard 1 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
What an awesome surprise postcard of Radimlja - medieaval necropolis of tombestones of Bosnia and Herzegovina. My last missing Europe UNESCO World Heritage postcard finally received. Thanks so much to Marcel of Germany - danke!




Postcard 2 - Croatia
Crljivica Stecci is a mediaval tombstone site that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thanks to Nikola of Croatia.

Bosnia Herzegovinia - Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar

"The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and Old Bridge, Stari Most, after which it is named. In the 1990 conflict, however, most of the historic town and the Old Bridge, designed by the renowned architect Sinan, was destroyed. The Old Bridge was recently rebuilt and many of the edifices in the Old Town have been restored or rebuilt with the contribution of an international scientific committee established by UNESCO. The Old Bridge area, with its pre-Ottoman, eastern Ottoman, Mediterranean and western European architectural features, is an outstanding example of a multicultural urban settlement. The reconstructed Old Bridge and Old City of Mostar is a symbol of reconciliation, international co-operation and of the coexistence of diverse cultural, ethnic and religious communities." 

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

Postcard 1
Another nice Mostar Bridge postcard, postmarked at Mostar. Thanks to Elena of Bosnia and Herzegovina.





Postcard 2
Bosnia Herzegovinia has 3 different postal services: 1) Hrvatska Pošta Mostar; 2) BH Pošta; 3) Pošte Srpske. I finally received this beautiful Mostar Bridge postcard mailed using HP Mostar stamps. Thanks to Jasmin of Bosnia & Herzegovinia.




Postcard 3
Mostar Bridge. BH Posta used. Thanks to DAO of United Kingdom for mailing this postcard cancelled in Mostar.




Postcard 4
A nice aerial view of Mostar town with the famous Mostar bridge. Thanks to Snjezana of Bosnia and Herzegovinia.






Postcard 5
I saw a documentary of how this incredible "Old Bridge" at Mostar was rebuilt stone by stone after it was blown into pieces during the war. What a beautiful bridge of human ingenuity and perserverence. Thanks to Grete who travelling through the Balkan states for sending me this impressive postcard.


Bosnia Herzegovina - Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad

"The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge of Višegrad across the Drina River in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina was built at the end of the 16th century by the court architect Mimar Koca Sinan on the orders of Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. Characteristic of the apogee of Ottoman monumental architecture and civil engineering, the bridge has 11 masonry arches with spans of 11 m to 15 m, and an access ramp at right angles with four arches on the left bank of the river. The 179.5 m long bridge is a representative masterpiece of Sinan, one of the greatest architects and engineers of the classical Ottoman period and a contemporary of the Italian Renaissance, with which his work may be compared. The unique elegance of proportion and monumental nobility of the whole site bear witness to the greatness of this style of architecture."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

Postcard 1
Visegrad Bridge over Drina River. Thanks to Sabrina of Bosnia and Herzegovina.







Postcard 2
An Ottoman monuemental architecture in Visegrad, Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge. Thanks to Curtis of UK.