Tourist Attractions & Monuments Bosnia And Herzegovina

They are still visible from the Bulevar, which was the front line during the 1992-93 fighting. The most symbolic building is undoubtedly the «Glass Bank» (see description) always in the center of the modern city. But it was mostly in Mostar East that the destruction was the most numerous.

Walking route

From the Spanish Square to the east, the journey is constellated with ruins.

Former hotel Neretva - Mostarskog Bataljona. Just across the Musala Bridge, it dates from the Austro-Hungarian period. A rehabilitation project has been dragging on since 2005.

Continue 200 m east by continuing straight into Braće Brkića Street.

Razvitak Shopping Center - At the corner of Braće Brkića and Maršala Tita. Its name ("development") seems to be completely inappropriate today. This huge square structure dating back to 1970 was one of the most beautiful architectural achievements of the socialist period with its large concrete panels decorated with medieval style designs. Unfortunately, it is still being abandoned because there is no serious reconstruction project. In front of a good popular popular restaurant with 5 km: Aščinica Sahan (daily except Sunday and J. holiday 6:30-5:00 p. m.).

Continue south on Maršala Tita Street.

Maréchal-Tito Street - Maršala Tita. Along the great north-south axis of Mostar East there are still many completely abandoned buildings, which sometimes only remain the walls of bullets and shells. This is particularly true of the former girls' high school located right behind the Old Bridge, facing the Tanzejvan-Ćehaja mosque. Dating back to the Austro-Hungarian period, this long stone building of three levels also served as a city hall and is now only a skeleton standing standing by wood and murked on the ground floor. For fear of falling stones, parking is prohibited. Here as in all ruined buildings inherited from war, it is of course forbidden to enter.

Get off the stairs of Kujundžiluk Street to reach the Old Bridge.

Located on a small road 15 km south of Doboj. Its fortress, also in height, is in a remarkable state of conservation and restoration. Very important, the castle is a fortified town whose first documents are dated 1461, when, until 1476, the city alternately passes under Turkish and Hungarian influence. Until that time, Tešanj was one of the seats in the Kingdom of Bosnia and the residence of Duke Kotromaniç, a member of the royal family. Started by the Illyrians and then by the Romans and the Slavs, it was finished by the Turks in 1703. It remains one of the finest castles in Bosnia and the towers have their roof again.

Many other strong castles, of lesser importance, have been built in the region, you will discover them in a turn or a mountain, sometimes in full nature, symbols of the past not so distant.

A few kilometres before the hamlet of Rekavice stands the medieval fortress of Zvečaj, on the left bank of Vrbas. First mentioned in 1404, when Duke Hrvoje Vukčić signs an alliance with Ragusa (Dubrovnik) against Bosniaque king Ostoja.

Located in the same place as the Mak gallery. Free.

The website of the French association of balkanologie.

The Centre of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo.

All culture, particularly alternative.

Cultural Association in Mostar.

The press in the Balkans translated into French.

The website of the official press agency of the Muslim-Croat Federation. In English and Bosnian.