[UNESCO] Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, Bosnia.
- by Samir Zahirovic
- 2017-11-29
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The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge was completed in 1577 by the Ottoman court architect Mimar Sinan
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Characteristic of the apogee of Ottoman monumental architecture and civil engineering,
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the bridge has 11 masonry arches with spans of 11m to 15m.
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The bridge bears witness to cultural exchanges between the Balkans, the Ottoman Empire and the Mediterranean world.
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The Drina is a mountain river, drawing water from the mountains of the Balkans towards the Sava and the Danube Rivers.
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