MOSTAR
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- Distance
- 3.76 mi
- Elevation gain
- 322 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 322 ft
- Max elevation
- 281 ft
- TrailRank
- 36
- Min elevation
- 113 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 5 hours 49 minutes
- Coordinates
- 901
- Uploaded
- September 26, 2016
- Recorded
- September 2016
near Merče, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босния һәм Герцеговина)
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Mostar is a city of 113,169 inhabitants [2] of Bosnia and Herzegovina, capital of the Herzegovina-Narenta canton within the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the main historical, cultural and economic center of Herzegovina and is crossed by the Narenta River.
The name Mostar derives from its "old bridge" (the Stari Most) and from the towers on the two banks, called the "guardians of the bridge" (mostari), which together with the surrounding area was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2005 [3].
Index
1 History
1.1 Mostar during the Bosnian war
2 Monuments and places of interest
2.1 Civil architectures
2.2 Religious architecture
3 Company
4 Culture
4.1 Education
4.1.1 University
4.1.2 Museums
4.1.3 Theater
5 Anthropic geography
5.1 Location
6 Infrastructures and transport
6.1 Roads
6.2 Railways
6.3 Airports
7 Administration
7.1 Twinning
8 Sports
8.1 Football
8.2 Swimming
9 Notes
10 Other projects
11 External links
History
Founded in the late 15th century by the Ottoman Turks, Mostar was the administrative center of the empire in the Herzegovina region. The Austro-Hungarian Empire annexed Mostar in 1878. After World War I the city became part of the State of the Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (DSHS), with the capital in Belgrade starting from October 29th 1918, and when this the 1 December 1918 was joined to the Kingdom of Serbia, a new unitary State was formed, called Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (KSHS), later called the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During the Second World War the city was part, like the rest of the territories of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the Independent State of Croatia, controlled by the Nazi-Fascists.
After the Second World War the city became part of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was one of the six republics that made up the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In those years, various dams were built to exploit the Narenta hydroelectric power.
Mostar during the Bosnian war
Magnifying glass icon mgx2.svg The same topic in detail: War in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatian-Muslim War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ponte Storto (Kriva Ćuprija) (1558)
Between 1992 and 1993, after Bosnia and Herzegovina following a popular referendum based on the then-existing Constitution of Yugoslavia of Tito declared independence, the city was subjected to bombing and a nine-month siege by of the Yugoslav federal troops (JNA) supported by the Bosnian Serb army (VRS).
The Yugoslav army bombed Mostar for the first time on 3 April 1992 and in the following weeks took control of much of the city. In addition to causing immense suffering to local populations, artillery shots damaged or destroyed various civilian targets. Among these were a Catholic convent, that of the Franciscans OFM, the Cathedral of Santa Maria Madre di Dio, the bishop's palace and a dozen mosques.
A few days after the attack, on April 8th, the Croats of Herzegovina along with the Bosnian Muslims formed the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) to confront the federal troops. Later that year, the IV Army Corps of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) was founded in Mostar, the main military formation of the Bosnian Bosnians.
The signs of war in the city center
On June 12, driven by the offensive launched by the Croatian army (HV) in southern Herzegovina, the forces of the HVO, together with minor formations, composed of Bosnians, broke the siege by expelling the troops of the JNA and those Serbian-Bosnian from the western part of Mostar. By April 21, the eastern portion of the city was also definitively freed from the besieged forces.
Between the end of 1992 and the beginning of 1993, relations between the Croatian-Bosnian and Muslim factions, which had already imploded in central Bosnia giving rise to a new conflict, became increasingly tense. In mid-April, armed clashes between the Bosnian Croats and the Bosnian Muslims for control of the city also began in Mostar. With the escalation of the clash, Mostar was divided into two: the western part controlled by Croats and the eastern part by the Muslims. The HVO launched an offensive on May 9th during which it bombed the Muslim quarter ceaselessly, largely reducing it to ruin, including numerous mosques and houses from the Ottoman period.
The Stari Most, the famous stone bridge of the 16th century, symbol of the city, was destroyed by Croatian artillery commanded by General Slobodan Praljak on November 9 [4] [5]. With the signing of the Washington agreements in March 1994 the Croatian-Bosnian conflict came to an end; nevertheless Mostar remained divided between Croats and Bosnians, and only in 1996 was free movement re-established from one part of the city to the other.
In 2004 the reconstruction of the Stari Most was completed which, together with the Old City of Mostar, was inscribed by UNESCO on the list of sites declared World Heritage Site the following year [6].
Mostar is a city of 113,169 inhabitants [2] of Bosnia and Herzegovina, capital of the Herzegovina-Narenta canton within the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the main historical, cultural and economic center of Herzegovina and is crossed by the Narenta River.
The name Mostar derives from its "old bridge" (the Stari Most) and from the towers on the two banks, called the "guardians of the bridge" (mostari), which together with the surrounding area was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2005 [3].
Index
1 History
1.1 Mostar during the Bosnian war
2 Monuments and places of interest
2.1 Civil architectures
2.2 Religious architecture
3 Company
4 Culture
4.1 Education
4.1.1 University
4.1.2 Museums
4.1.3 Theater
5 Anthropic geography
5.1 Location
6 Infrastructures and transport
6.1 Roads
6.2 Railways
6.3 Airports
7 Administration
7.1 Twinning
8 Sports
8.1 Football
8.2 Swimming
9 Notes
10 Other projects
11 External links
History
Founded in the late 15th century by the Ottoman Turks, Mostar was the administrative center of the empire in the Herzegovina region. The Austro-Hungarian Empire annexed Mostar in 1878. After World War I the city became part of the State of the Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (DSHS), with the capital in Belgrade starting from October 29th 1918, and when this the 1 December 1918 was joined to the Kingdom of Serbia, a new unitary State was formed, called Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (KSHS), later called the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During the Second World War the city was part, like the rest of the territories of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the Independent State of Croatia, controlled by the Nazi-Fascists.
After the Second World War the city became part of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was one of the six republics that made up the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In those years, various dams were built to exploit the Narenta hydroelectric power.
Mostar during the Bosnian war
Magnifying glass icon mgx2.svg The same topic in detail: War in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatian-Muslim War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ponte Storto (Kriva Ćuprija) (1558)
Between 1992 and 1993, after Bosnia and Herzegovina following a popular referendum based on the then-existing Constitution of Yugoslavia of Tito declared independence, the city was subjected to bombing and a nine-month siege by of the Yugoslav federal troops (JNA) supported by the Bosnian Serb army (VRS).
The Yugoslav army bombed Mostar for the first time on 3 April 1992 and in the following weeks took control of much of the city. In addition to causing immense suffering to local populations, artillery shots damaged or destroyed various civilian targets. Among these were a Catholic convent, that of the Franciscans OFM, the Cathedral of Santa Maria Madre di Dio, the bishop's palace and a dozen mosques.
A few days after the attack, on April 8th, the Croats of Herzegovina along with the Bosnian Muslims formed the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) to confront the federal troops. Later that year, the IV Army Corps of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) was founded in Mostar, the main military formation of the Bosnian Bosnians.
The signs of war in the city center
On June 12, driven by the offensive launched by the Croatian army (HV) in southern Herzegovina, the forces of the HVO, together with minor formations, composed of Bosnians, broke the siege by expelling the troops of the JNA and those Serbian-Bosnian from the western part of Mostar. By April 21, the eastern portion of the city was also definitively freed from the besieged forces.
Between the end of 1992 and the beginning of 1993, relations between the Croatian-Bosnian and Muslim factions, which had already imploded in central Bosnia giving rise to a new conflict, became increasingly tense. In mid-April, armed clashes between the Bosnian Croats and the Bosnian Muslims for control of the city also began in Mostar. With the escalation of the clash, Mostar was divided into two: the western part controlled by Croats and the eastern part by the Muslims. The HVO launched an offensive on May 9th during which it bombed the Muslim quarter ceaselessly, largely reducing it to ruin, including numerous mosques and houses from the Ottoman period.
The Stari Most, the famous stone bridge of the 16th century, symbol of the city, was destroyed by Croatian artillery commanded by General Slobodan Praljak on November 9 [4] [5]. With the signing of the Washington agreements in March 1994 the Croatian-Bosnian conflict came to an end; nevertheless Mostar remained divided between Croats and Bosnians, and only in 1996 was free movement re-established from one part of the city to the other.
In 2004 the reconstruction of the Stari Most was completed which, together with the Old City of Mostar, was inscribed by UNESCO on the list of sites declared World Heritage Site the following year [6].
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