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

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina


A wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top of the flag; the remainder of the flag is medium blue with seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle; the triangle approximates the shape of the country and its three points stand for the constituent peoples - Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs; the stars represent Europe and are meant to be continuous (thus the half stars at top and bottom); the colors (white, blue, and yellow) are often associated with neutrality and peace, and traditionally are linked with Bosnia.

Sender: Jasmin, Sent on: 11 Oct, 2013, Received on: 1 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 20 days

Friday, 17 May 2013

Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNESCO WH Site)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/946 

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. The Old Bridge area, with its pre-Ottoman, eastern Ottoman, Mediterranean and western European architectural features, is an outstanding example of a multicultural urban settlement. The reconstructed Old Bridge and Old City of Mostar is a symbol of reconciliation, international co-operation and of the coexistence of diverse cultural, ethnic and religious communities.

Sender: A. Baran, Sent on: 22 Apr, 2013, Received on: 10 May, 2013, Travel time: 18 days