Stari Most, the Old Bridge, is a stone arch bridge across the Neretva River in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, commissioned by Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the architect Mimar Hayruddin, an apprentice of Mimar Sinan, completed in 1566. Built in a style associated with Ottoman era Balkan Islamic architecture, it connected the two banks of the city and gave the town its name, from mostari, the keepers who guarded the bridge during the Ottoman era. The bridge was destroyed by shelling during the Croat Bosniak War in 1993 and was rebuilt using traditional methods and materials, reopening in 2004.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountHerzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Stari Most - Wikipedia
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Source Stari Most - Wikipedia
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1. Stari Most - Wikipedia
- Wikipedia "Stari Most" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
standing status determination, wikipedia summary
Subsequently, the bridge was reconstructed, and it reopened on 23 July 2004.
- Uses Element: Stone, Infobox material field: stone
In Style: Islamic Architecture, Introduction
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 Balkan Islamic architecture.
View the Source2. Stari Most (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1567)
Wikidata item Q188528, property P1619: 1567
Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Deck arch bridge)
Wikidata item Q188528, instance of (P31): deck arch bridge
Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 24.0
Wikidata item Q188528, property P2048 (height): 24.0 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wikidata item Q188528, property P131/P17 (location): Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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