Stari most u Mostaru
The Old Bridge in Mostar

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present the origins of the Old Bridge in Mostar. For a long time, the Yugoslav historiography was of the opinion that it was part of the Ancient Roman heritage. Scientists using original materials from the Ottoman period claimed as early as in 1940’s that the Old Bridge had been built during the rule of Sultan Suleiman the Legislator, in 1566, and that the designer was Mimar Hayrettin. On the basis of original Akham defter documents from the Ottoman State Archives in Istanbul, this paper presents all the details related to its design and construction process. The paper even lists the amounts allocated for construction and the social categories that had participated in it.

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