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~ 💛🌹 #mostarbridge Mostar #bosnienundherzegowina🇧🇦 📚 Mostar, on the banks of the mighty Neretva River, is the largest city in what is today Herzegovina. The town grew in importance during centuries of Ottoman rule from 1482 to 1878, when many beautiful and significant Islamic structures were built including the Kara Ozbegora Mosque. The town is most famous for its bridge however, which was heralded as a classic example of Ottoman design and became a world-recognised symbol during the Bosnian war. 📚 The story goes that after a number of failed bridges, the Ottoman Sultan vowed to execute the engineer Mimar Hayruddin if his bridge collapsed too. The day the bridge’s wooden supports were due to be removed in 1566, Hayruddin had already begun to dig his own grave when he found out the bridge had survived. It would in fact stand for a further 429 years, through Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian rule, as well as two world wars. 📸 Photo: @adventure_cal #mostar#visitbosnia #architecturephotography #ig_bosnia #bosniaandherzegovina #archilovers #places_wow #earthfocus #traveladdict#earth_deluxe #landscapelovers#travelphotography#exploring_shotz#placestosee #bestdestinations #postcardsfromtheworld#amazingplaces #travellingthroughtheworld#living_europe#travel_drops#kings_villages#living_destinations#map_of_europe#infinity_hdr#europestyle_#vale_774#ig_europa (Mostar) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvlOSZWhiIy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g42zeomvuv4d