{{Short description|Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina}} {{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox bridge| |image = Mostar Old Town Panorama 2007.jpg |caption = The Old Bridge in 2007 |bridge_name = Old Bridge |official_name = Stari most |locale = [[Mostar]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] | heritage ={{designation list | embed=yes | designation1 = WHS | designation1_offname = Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar | designation1_date = 2005 <small>(29th [[World Heritage Committee|session]])</small> | designation1_type = Cultural | designation1_criteria = vi | designation1_number = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/946 946] | designation1_free1name = Region | designation1_free1value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe|Europe]] | designation2 = KONS | designation2_offname = Old Bridge (Stari Most) in Mostar | designation2_type = Category 0 cultural property | designation2_criteria = A, B, C ii.iii.iv., D ii.iv., E i.ii.iii.iv.v., F i.ii.iii., G i.v.vi.vii., H ii., I i.ii.iii. | designation2_date =8 July 2004 <small>(session No. 07.1-02-903/03-29)</small> | designation2_partof = Mostar, the historic urban site | designation2_number = {{KONS|num=2493|short=yes}} | designation2_free1name = | designation2_free1value =[[List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] }} <!-- [[Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina|KONS]]<ref name="Stari-Most-old.kons.gov.ba">{{cite web |title=Old Bridge (Stari Most) in Mostar – Commission to preserve national monuments |url=http://old.kons.gov.ba/main.php?id_struct=50&lang=4&action=view&id=2493 |website=old.kons.gov.ba |publisher=Commission to preserve national monuments (KONS) |access-date=25 June 2018 |language=en |date=8 July 2004}}</ref> --> | preceded = | followed = | design = [[Arch bridge|Arch]] | material = stone |carries = [[Footbridge|Pedestrians]] |crosses = [[Neretva]] |open = {{Start date and age|1566}} |below = c. {{convert|20|m}} at mid-span depending on river water-level |length = {{convert|29|m}} |width = {{convert|4|m}} | number_spans = 1 | architect = [[Mimar Hayruddin]] (concept could originate from [[Mimar Sinan]]'s idea) | designer = | builder = Mimar Hayruddin, apprentice of Mimar Sinan | begin = 1557 | complete = 1566 | destroyed = 9 November 1993 | rebuilt = 7 June 2001 – 23 July 2004 | coordinates = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-zoom = 17 | mapframe-marker = bridge | mapframe-marker-colour = #919090 | mapframe-stroke-colour = #525252 | mapframe-stroke-width = 3 | mapframe-shape-fill = #dbdbdb }} The '''Old Bridge''' ({{langx|sh|Stari most}}), also known as the '''Mostar Bridge''', is a rebuilt 16th-century [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] bridge in the city of [[Mostar]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. It crosses the river [[Neretva]] and connects the two parts of the city, which is named after the bridge keepers ({{lang|sh|mostari}}) who guarded the Old Bridge during the [[Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina|Ottoman]] era.<ref name="Centre 2017">{{cite web |last=Centre |first=UNESCO World Heritage |title=Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |date=2017-10-11 |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/946/ |language=la |access-date=2021-06-17 |archive-date=2021-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620091751/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/946 |url-status=live }}</ref> Commissioned by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] in 1557 and designed by [[Mimar Hayruddin]], a student and apprentice of the architect [[Mimar Sinan]], the Old Bridge is an exemplary piece of [[Ottoman architecture|Balkan Islamic architecture]].
During the [[Croat–Bosniak War]], the [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (ARBiH) used the bridge as a military supply line, leading the [[Croatian Defence Council]] (HVO) to shell and destroy it on 9 November 1993. Subsequently, the bridge was reconstructed, and it reopened on 23 July 2004. In 2017, the [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] (ICTY) deemed that the bridge was a legitimate military target.
==Characteristics== The bridge spans the Neretva River in the old town of Mostar, the unofficial capital of [[Herzegovina]]. The Stari Most is hump-backed, {{convert|4|m|ftin}} wide and {{convert|30|m|ftin}} long, and dominates the river from a height of {{convert|24|m|ftin|abbr=on}}. Two fortified towers protect it: the Halebija tower on the northeast and the Tara tower on the southwest, called "the bridge keepers" (natively ''mostari'').<ref name="Stari-Most-old.kons.gov.ba">{{cite web |title=Old Bridge (Stari Most) in Mostar – Commission to preserve national monuments |url=http://old.kons.gov.ba/main.php?id_struct=50&lang=4&action=view&id=2493 |website=old.kons.gov.ba |publisher=Commission to preserve national monuments (KONS) |access-date=25 June 2018 |language=en |date=8 July 2004 |archive-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626001554/http://old.kons.gov.ba/main.php?id_struct=50&lang=4&action=view&id=2493 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Instead of foundations, the bridge has [[abutments]] of [[limestone]] linked to wing walls along the waterside cliffs. Measuring from the summer water level of {{convert|40.05|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, abutments are erected to a height of {{convert|6.53|m|ftin}}, from which the arch springs to its high point. The start of the arch is emphasised by a [[Moulding (decorative)|moulding]] {{convert|0.32|m|ftin}} in height. The rise of the arch is {{convert|12.02|m|ftin}}.<ref name="Stari-Most-old.kons.gov.ba"/>
==History== [[File:Mostar Bridge Postcard.JPG|thumb|left|Stari Most in 1911]]
The stone single-arch bridge is considered an exemplary piece of [[Ottoman architecture|Balkan Islamic architecture]] and was commissioned by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] in 1557. It was designed by [[Mimar Hayruddin]], a student and apprentice of architect [[Mimar Sinan]] who built many of the Sultan's key buildings in Istanbul and around the empire.<ref>{{cite book |last=Balić |first=Smail |title=Kultura Bošnjaka: Muslimanska Komponenta |year=1973 |isbn=9783412087920 |location=Vienna |pages=32–34}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Čišić |first=Husein |title=Razvitak i postanak grada Mostara |publisher=Štamparija Mostar |year=2007 |isbn=9789958910500 |page=22}}</ref><ref name="Stratton">{{cite book |last=Stratton |first=Arthur |url=https://archive.org/details/sinan00stra |title=Sinan |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |year=1972 |isbn=9780684125824 |location=New York |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Jezernik |first=Božidar |date=1995 |title=Qudret Kemeri: A Bridge between Barbarity and Civilization |journal=The Slavonic and East European Review |volume=73 |issue=95 |pages=470–484 |jstor=4211861}}</ref>
As Mostar's economic and administrative importance grew with the growing presence of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule, the precarious wooden suspension bridge over the [[Neretva]] gorge required replacement. The old bridge on the river "...was made of wood and hung on chains," wrote the Ottoman geographer [[Katip Çelebi]], and it "...swayed so much that people crossing it did so in mortal fear".{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} In 1566, Mimar Hayruddin designed the replacement bridge, which was said to have cost 300,000 Drams (silver coins) to build. The two-year construction project was supervised by Karagoz Mehmet Bey, Sultan Suleiman's son-in-law and the patron of Mostar's most important mosque complex, the Hadzi Mehmed Karadzozbeg Mosque.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
Construction began in 1557 and took nine years: according to the inscription, the bridge was completed in 974 [[Anno Hegirae|AH]], corresponding to the period between 19 July 1566<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120610194828/http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=8902 Stari Most]</ref> and 7 July 1567. Little is known of the construction of the bridge, thought to have been made from mortar made with egg whites,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/croats-destroy-mostars-historic-bridge-1503338.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/croats-destroy-mostars-historic-bridge-1503338.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London, UK|work=The Independent|title=Croats destroy historic bridge|access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> and all that has been preserved in writing are memories and legends and the name of the builder, Mimar Hayruddin. Charged under pain of death to construct a bridge of such unprecedented dimensions, Hayruddin reportedly prepared for his funeral on the day the scaffolding was finally removed from the completed structure. Upon its completion, it was the widest human-made arch in the world.<ref>{{cite web | title=Old Bridge in Mostar | url=https://architectuul.com/architecture/old-bridge-in-mostar }}</ref> {{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
The 17th century Ottoman explorer [[Evliya Çelebi]] wrote that the bridge "is like a rainbow arch soaring up to the skies, extending from one cliff to the other... I, a poor and miserable slave of Allah, have passed through 16 countries, but I have never seen such a high bridge. It is thrown from rock to rock as high as the sky."<ref name="saudiaramcoworld">{{cite web|url=http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199805/hearts.and.stones.htm|title=Saudi Aramco World: Hearts and Stones|publisher=saudiaramcoworld.com|access-date=27 October 2014|archive-date=4 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004214954/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199805/hearts.and.stones.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Destruction=== During the [[Croat–Bosniak War]], the Bosniak [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] used the Old Bridge as a military supply line.<ref name=Justiceinfo>{{cite news |last=Hazan |first=Pierre |date=11 December 2017 |title=Was the destruction of Old Mostar bridge a war crime? |url=https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/35714-was-the-destruction-of-old-mostar-bridge-a-war-crime.html |work=Justiceinfo.net |location=Lausanne |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref><ref name=Tportal>{{cite news |last=Polšak Palatinuš |first=Vlatka |date=29 November 2017 |title=Presuda šestorci podgrijala vruće pitanje: Kako i zašto je srušen Stari most? |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/presuda-sestorci-podgrijala-vruce-pitanje-kako-i-zasto-je-srusen-stari-most-foto-20171129 |work=Tportal |location=Zagreb |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref> [[Slobodan Praljak]], the commander of the [[Croat Defence Council]], ordered the destruction of the bridge, which collapsed on 9 November 1993 as a result of shelling by the Bosnian Croat forces. The [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] found it to be a legitimate military target as the opposing Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina used it for military purposes.<ref name=Justiceinfo/><ref name=Tportal/><ref>{{cite news |date=9 November 2022 |title=Na današnji dan prije 29 godina srušen Stari most u Mostaru |url=https://www.bhrt.ba/na-dana%C5%A1nji-dan-prije-29-godina-sru%C5%A1en-stari-most-u-mostaru |work=BHRT |location=Sarajevo |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref>
The first temporary bridge on the traces of the Old Bridge was opened on 30 December 1993; it was built in only three days by [[Spanish Army|Spanish military engineers]] assigned to the [[United Nations Protection Force]] (UNPROFOR) mission.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Tecco|first=Simon|date=2004-07-24|title=El Viejo Puente de Móstar vuelve a unir orillas y sentimientos|url=https://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-viejo-puente-mostar-vuelve-unir-orillas-y-sentimientos-200407240300-9622723324715_noticia.html|access-date=2020-11-22|website=ABC|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Molina|first=Jorge|title=Un puente para la paz|date=4 November 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntHRzxkvH00&feature=youtu.be&t=1901 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ntHRzxkvH00 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|at=31:41|language=es|type=Documentary|format=mp4|via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=UNESCO|author-link=UNESCO|date=January 2005|title=Nomination Dossier "The Old City of Mostar"|url=https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/946rev.pdf|website=whc.unesco.org|page=30}}</ref> The temporary structure was subsequently upgraded three times, to eventually link the shores with a more secure [[cable-stayed bridge]] until the proper reconstruction of the Old Bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ravn|first=Bente|date=1997-05-28|title=Bridge over troubled waters|url=https://www.nato.int/sfor/engineers/mostarbridge/introduction/introduc.htm|access-date=2020-11-22|website=SFOR Informer Online|publisher=[[NATO]]}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
Newspapers based in [[Sarajevo]] reported that more than 60 shells hit the bridge before it collapsed.<ref name=Coward>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVvzcTqH5iMC&q=stari%20most%20hvo&pg=PA1|title=Urbicide: The Politics of Urban Destruction|first=Martin|last=Coward|year=2009|location=London|publisher=Routledge|pages=1–7|isbn=978-0-415-46131-3}}</ref> Praljak published a document, "How the Old Bridge Was Destroyed", where he argues that there was an explosive charge or mine placed at the centre of the bridge underneath and detonated remotely, in addition to the shelling, which caused the collapse. Most historians dismiss these claims and disagree with their conclusions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/slobodan-praljak-defending-himself-by-distorting-history-12-01-2017|title=Slobodan Praljak: Defending Himself by Distorting History :: Balkan Insight|website=www.balkaninsight.com|date=4 December 2017|access-date=2017-12-07}}</ref>
Some scholars assessed that the bridge had little military significance and that the shelling of the old town centre represented a deliberate destruction of cultural heritage, particularly the Old Bridge, which symbolized the connection of different communities.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dupré |first=Judith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=om5FDgAAQBAJ |title=Bridges: A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans |date=2017-11-07 |publisher=Workman Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-316-47380-4 |language=en}}</ref> [[András Riedlmayer]] described the demolition as an act of “killing memory,” or memoricide, in which shared cultural heritage was intentionally destroyed.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Coward |first=Martin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVvzcTqH5iMC&dq=stari+most+hvo&pg=PA1 |title=Urbicide: The Politics of Urban Destruction |date=2009 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-46131-3 |language=en}}</ref>
Croatian media reported claims that the bridge was destroyed by units of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH),<ref>{{Cite web |title='Tko je i kako srušio Stari most – nema konačne istine' |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/tko-je-i-kako-srusio-stari-most-nema-konacne-istine-1211256 |access-date=2025-07-23 |website=www.vecernji.hr |language=hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=Slobodna Dalmacija - Je li se Stari most u Mostaru 'urušio' ili je srušen? Neki ni nakon 30 godina ne odustaju od svojedobne interpretacije Mate Bobana, no Franjo Tuđman nikad nije bježao od istine |url=https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/vijesti/regija/je-li-se-stari-most-u-mostaru-urusio-ili-je-srusen-neki-ni-nakon-30-godina-ne-odustaju-od-svojedobne-interpretacije-mate-bobana-no-franjo-tudman-nikad-nije-bjezao-od-istine-1239692 |access-date=2025-07-23 |website=slobodnadalmacija.hr |language=hr-hr}}</ref> primarily referencing materials published by Slobodan Praljak on his personal website, where he presented analyses based on available video recordings of the demolition. They also published [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] about Bosniak units destroying the bridge in order to blame the Croats for the destruction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Pašalić ubijen zbog ovog dokumenta |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/general-pasalic-ubijen-zbog-ovog-dokumenta-865814 |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=www.vecernji.hr |language=hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Narod.hr |date=2020-11-09 |title=Tko je prije 27 godina srušio Stari most u Mostaru? |url=https://narod.hr/eu-svijet/svijet/tko-je-prije-27-godina-srusio-stari-most-u-mostaru |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=narod.hr |language=hr}}</ref>
On 6 April 2023, a video was released showing footage recorded from [[Mount Hum (Mostar)|Mount Hum]], continuously following the trajectories of more than 50 projectiles fired by a tank of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO), while voices identified as HVO soldiers can be heard cheering and shouting [[Profanity|profanities]] as the [[Projectile|projectiles]] struck the bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Novi snimak granatiranja i rušenja Starog mosta u Mostaru |url=https://www.federalna.ba/novi-snimak-granatiranja-i-rusenja-starog-mosta-u-mostaru-hlfb5 |access-date=2025-07-23 |website=Federalna |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=sarajevo_times |date=2023-05-07 |title=A never-seen-before Video of the Demolition of the Old Bridge in Mostar |url=https://sarajevotimes.com/a-never-before-seen-video-of-the-demolition-of-the-old-bridge-in-mostar/ |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=Sarajevo Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Reconstruction=== {{Multiple image | align = left | direction = vertical | width = 220 | image1 = Bosnia, Mostar, old bridge 2.JPG | caption1 = Stari Most undergoing reconstruction in 2003 | image2 = Stari Most22.jpg | caption2 = Reconstructed Stari Most in 2006 }}
After the end of the war, plans were made to reconstruct the bridge. The [[World Bank]], the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO), the [[Aga Khan Trust for Culture]] and the [[World Monuments Fund]] formed a coalition to oversee the reconstruction of the Stari Most and the historic city centre of Mostar.<ref name="Armaly">{{cite journal|last=Armaly|first=Maha|author2=Blasi, Carlo |author3=Hannah, Lawrence |year=2004|title=Stari Most: rebuilding more than a historic bridge in Mostar|journal=Museum International|volume=56|issue=4|pages=6–17|doi=10.1111/j.1468-0033.2004.00044.x|s2cid=161607816}}</ref> Additional funding was provided by [[Italy]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Turkey]], [[Croatia]] and the [[Council of Europe Development Bank]], as well as the Government of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|BiH]].<ref name="Armaly"/> In October 1998, UNESCO established an international committee of experts to oversee the design and reconstruction work.<ref name="Armaly"/> It was decided to build a bridge as similar as possible to the original, using the same technology and materials.<ref name="Armaly"/>
The bridge was re-built in two phases: the first one being led by [[Hungarian Ground Forces|Hungarian army]] engineers, consisting of the lifting of submerged material for its repurpose; and the second one being the removal of the temporary bridge, a task assigned to Spanish army engineers, and the reconstruction of the Old Bridge with Ottoman construction techniques by a partnership of civil engineering companies led by the Turkish Er-Bu.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Taylor|first1=David|last2=Hannoun|first2=Lionel|last3=Molland|first3=Halvor|last4=Lehmann|first4=Cristophe|last5=Guner|first5=Ender|date=7 May 2003|title=The Old Mostar Bridge Project|url=https://www.nato.int/sfor/engineers/mostarbridge/mostar.htm|journal=SFOR Informer|publisher=[[NATO]]|volume=18, 19, 20, 23, 67|access-date=22 November 2020|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301033323/https://www.nato.int/sfor/engineers/mostarbridge/mostar.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stari Most|url=http://www.gen-eng.florence.it/starimost/00_main/main.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717000941/http://www.gen-eng.florence.it/starimost/00_main/main.htm|archive-date=17 July 2012|access-date=17 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Press Office of La Moncloa|date=18 October 2010|title=Spain begins its final withdrawal from Bosnia after an 18-year mission|publisher=[[Government of Spain]]|url=https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/news/Paginas/2010/18102010_Espa%C3%B1a_IniaRepliegueBosnia.aspx|access-date=22 November 2020|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415152841/https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/gobierno/news/Paginas/2010/18102010_Espa%C3%B1a_IniaRepliegueBosnia.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Tenelia, a fine-grained limestone, sourced from local quarries was used and Hungarian army divers recovered stones from the original bridge from the river below, although most were too damaged to reuse.<ref name="Armaly" /><ref name="dupre">{{cite book |last=Dupré, Judith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=om5FDgAAQBAJ |title=Bridges: A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans |date=2017 |publisher=Hachette/Black Dog & Leventhal Press |isbn=978-0-316-47380-4 |location=New York |format=Google Books |author-link=Judith Dupré |access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
Reconstruction commenced on 7 June 2001. The reconstructed bridge was inaugurated on 23 July 2004, with the cost estimated to be 15.5 million US dollars.<ref name="Armaly" /><ref name="Stari-Most-old.kons.gov.ba" /><ref name=":0" />
==Diving== [[File:Stari most Mostar redbull diving 2019-08-24 4.jpg|thumb|200px|Stari Most during the [[2019 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series]]]]
Stari Most diving is a traditional annual competition in [[Diving (sport)|diving]], which is organised every year in midsummer (end of July). It is traditional for the town's young men to leap from the bridge into the Neretva. As the Neretva is very cold, this is a risky feat and requires skill and training,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-bridge-divers-of-bosnia/|title=Bosnia's Bridge Divers Risk Their Necks for Tips and Thrills|date=22 November 2015 |access-date=6 July 2018|archive-date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707005840/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nn9kz8/the-bridge-divers-of-bosnia|url-status=live}}</ref> though according to TripAdvisor, tourists do dive as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g295388-d447578-r116994789-Old_Bridge_Stari_Most-Mostar_Herzegovina_Neretva_Canton.html|title=Jumping/Diving Mostar Bridge – Old Bridge (Stari Most), Mostar Traveller Reviews|access-date=6 July 2018|archive-date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707005811/https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g295388-d447578-r116994789-Old_Bridge_Stari_Most-Mostar_Herzegovina_Neretva_Canton.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1968 a formal diving competition was inaugurated and held every summer. The first person to jump from the bridge since it was reopened was Enej Kelecija.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pluska.sk/showdoc.do?docid=12602&showRate=true|title=Chránený klenot|language=sk|date=15 December 2006|publisher=Pluska|access-date=4 May 2009|archive-date=25 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725104934/http://www.pluska.sk/showdoc.do?docid=12602&showRate=true|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Since 2015, Stari Most has been a tour stop in the [[Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series]].<ref name="cliffdiving.redbull-Mostar">{{cite web |title=Mostar – Red Bull Cliff Diving |url=https://cliffdiving.redbull.com/en_INT/event/mostar-2020 |website=Red Bull Cliff Diving |access-date=2 March 2020 |archive-date=2 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302232747/https://cliffdiving.redbull.com/en_INT/event/mostar-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019 the diving was featured on Series 2, episode 3 of ''[[The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Two – The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan – Episode guide |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b9d7ys/episodes/guide |website=BBC |access-date=13 August 2021 |archive-date=5 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605224350/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b9d7ys/episodes/guide |url-status=live}}</ref>
==In popular culture== *[[Turkish music|Turkish]] rock band Bulutsuzluk Özlemi's 1996 song "Yaşamaya Mecbursun" (lit. 'You have to live') is about the destruction of Stari Most.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bulutsuzluk.com/Icerik.asp?s=icerik&id=16 |title=Yaşamaya Mecbursun (1996)|website=www.bulutsuzluk.com |access-date=2 November 2014 |archive-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630083227/http://www.bulutsuzluk.com/Icerik.asp?s=icerik&id=16 |url-status=dead |language=tr}}</ref> *''Old Bridge'', a play by [https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/igor-memic-wins-twelfth-annual-papatango-new-writing-prize/ Papatango New Writing Prize] winner Igor Memic, explores personal and historical narratives tied to the significance of the Old Bridge in Mostar. It [https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/old-bridge/ premiered in 2021] at the [[Bush Theatre]] in London and received the [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/10/olivier-awards-2022-the-full-list-of-winners Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre award] at the 2022 Olivier Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/igor-memic-wins-twelfth-annual-papatango-new-writing-prize/ |title=Igor Memic wins Twelfth Annual Papatango New Writing Prize |website=Official London Theatre |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/old-bridge/ |title=Old Bridge |website=Bush Theatre |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/10/olivier-awards-2022-the-full-list-of-winners |title=Olivier Awards 2022: the full list of winners |website=The Guardian |date=10 April 2022 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of bridges in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] *[[List of World Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] *[[List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] *[[Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] *[[Museum of the Old Bridge]] *[[History of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
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==External links== {{commons}} *[http://www.mostarbridge.org/starimost/00_main/main.htm Rehabilitation Design of the Old Bridge of Mostar] *[http://www.casopis-gradjevinar.hr/assets/Uploads/JCE-55-2003-07-06.pdf Rehabilitation of Satri Most] – casopis-gradjevinar.hr *[https://turizam.mostar.ba/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98%3Akule-tara-i-halebija-xvii-vijek&catid=41%3Aznamenitosti&Itemid=424&lang=hr Kule Tara i Halebija (XVII vijek)] – mostar.ba * Live [https://web.archive.org/web/20051226203016/http://bihlive.bih.net.ba/index.php?id=392 webcams] from Stari most and the Old town. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050826195124/http://www.starimost.telecom.ba/indexe.php?link=1 (mirror)]
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