Mostar Old Town.

Mostar is a city in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the Neretva River, about 80 km northeast of Sarajevo. The city has a population of 110,000 (1981) and an area of 1,170 square kilometers. It is the capital of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, with a population consisting of 47% Bosnians (Muslims), 48% Croatians, and 3.45% Serbians. The old town was built in the 15th century. It is a major railway station, 137 km and 3 hours by train from Sarajevo. The main industries include aluminum smelting, tobacco, textiles, food processing, and aircraft manufacturing. There are medieval Roman architectural monuments, and the Old Bridge of Mostar is an ancient building in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a stone arch bridge with a history of 427 years (built in 1566 and destroyed in 1993) that spans the Neretva River, which flows through the center of the old city of Mostar. The appearance of the old stone bridge harmonizes and echoes with the surrounding buildings made of ancient stones and the ancient streets paved with large river pebbles, fully demonstrating the ancient style and artistic style of Bosnia in the 16th century. The old bridge connects the Muslim and Croatian residents living on both sides of the river. The Old Bridge of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the filming locations for the movie "The Bridge." The movie "The Bridge" tells the story of Major "Tiger" of the guerrillas leading a small team to blow up a bridge heavily guarded by the German army during World War II in 1944. The bridge was designed by Mimar Hayruddin, a student of the famous architect Sinan of the Ottoman Empire. The Old Bridge of Mostar is famous for its elegant single-arch design, with a width of about 4 meters, a length of about 29 meters, and a height of about 24 meters. There is a stone-built bridgehead at each end of the bridge. The completion of the old bridge is a great wonder in the history of architecture. The old bridge was built with 1,088 rectangular stones, all of which were quarried from nearby quarries, and the construction took nine years. The Old Bridge of Mostar was destroyed during the Bosnian War in 1993. After the war, with the support of UNESCO and many countries, the old bridge was restored and rebuilt, and reopened in July 2004. In 2005, the Old Bridge of Mostar and its surrounding area were listed as a World Heritage Site.