Showing posts with label Bosnia & Herzegovina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bosnia & Herzegovina. Show all posts

Monday, 8 May 2017

Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards,Bosnia and Herzegovina.



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.
Received with many many thanks from Adem
2002 Stamp- Football World Cup - South Korea & Japan-- (Serbian Rep. B and H)
2014 Woodden Churches-- (Serbian Rep. B and H)
Date of Inscription: 2016
Ref: 1504


Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad,Bosnia and Herzegovina.



The universal value of the bridge at Višegrad is unquestionable for all the historical reasons and in view of the architectural values it has. It represents a major stage in the history of civil engineering and bridge architecture, erected by one of the most celebrated builders of the Ottoman Empire.
The bridge particularly bears witness to the transmission and adaptation of techniques in the course of a long historical process. It also bears witness to important cultural exchanges between areas of different civilizations. It is an exceptional representative of Ottoman architecture and civil engineering at its classical apogee. Extremely thankful to Sabina for the awesome card.      Ref: 1260

Monday, 13 June 2016

Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar,Bosnia & Herzegovina.


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 1990s 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 (WHS#946)