Mostar Bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Bosnian city of Mostar is famous throughout the world for its bridge (Stari Mostar) which was destroyed during the war in the former Yugoslavia and assumed almost a symbolic role of the war and then of the reconstruction.
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It is a city of 113,169 inhabitants in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the capital of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton within the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the main historical, cultural and economic center of Herzegovina and is crossed by the Neretva River. The name derives from its "old bridge" (the Stari Most) and 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.
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