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Bosnia – photo gallery

By Heidi Sequenz on 12. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

: Bridge in Mostar, built in 1539

: View of Mostar

: Bridge in Mostar, built in 1539 – destroyed in 1993- reopened in 2004

: Bridge in Mostar, built in 1539 – destroyed in 1993- reopened in 2004

: Mostar along the Neretva River

: Mostar Traces of the war, often the ownership of these properties is in dispute

: Blagej – spring of Buna

: Blagej – spring of Buna

: Blagaj Tekija, a Dervish monastery outside Mostar- It is nearly 600 years old and sits right next to the spring of the River Buna.

: Inside Blagaj Tekija a Dervish monastery

: Inside Blagaj Tekija a Dervish monastery

: Mostar -Promenade above the river

: Mostar Souvenir stalls near Old Bridge

: Mostar – Cross on hill marks the Christian section of town

: Full moon over Mostar

: Travnik former Capital of Bosnia

: Travnik former capital of Bosnia

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Travnik Castle, Stari grad

: Travnik Castle, Stari grad

: Trafik- Selma and Heidi enjoying the best Cevacici

: Travnik – segregated schoo, renovated side in blue for Croatian students, run-down left part for Muslim students

: Bedrana and Heidi at the library of Ivo Antic’s house

: Travnik – vlada voda

: Travnik-Vlada Voda

: Travnik- Vlada voda

: Travnik – mosque

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Sarajevo Old Town Baščaršija

: Jewish Synague

: Church

: Sarajevo Latin Bridge is an Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka

: Sarajevo Latin Bridge is an Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka

: Sarajevo Latin Bridge is an Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka

: View from Yellow Castle

: View from Yellow Castle

: Cemetery below Yellow Castle

: Cemetery below Yellow Castle

: Cemetery below Yellow Castle

: Cemetery for fallen soldiers

: Sarajevo view from Yellow Castle

: Sarajevo view from Yellow Castle

: Sarajevo view from Yellow Castle

: Sarajevo view from Yellow Castle

: Sarajevo Red Roses, those mark places where people where killed by artillery shells fired from the mountains

: Historic photo, citizens of Sarajevo trying to escape snipers

: Sarajevo National Library Vedran Smailovic playing in the partially destroyed building in 19992

: Tunnel of Hope, connected Sarajevo to the outside world during the siege

: Sarajevo- Tunnel of Hope surfaced under this house owned by the Kolar Family

: Sarajevo – Kolar family who owns the house where the tunnel surfaced

: Map of Sarajevo showing the frontline during the siege

: Sarajevo Serbian controlled district of Grbavica reached into the city

: Sarajevo- District of Grbavica, from the high-rises the Serbian artillery attacked the town

: Sarajevo highrises – showing travel of war

: Sarajevo- Romeo&uliet, Admira Ismic and Bosko Brkic, two young people of different religions were shot Vrbanya Bridge trying to leave Sarajevo during the 1425 day siege

: photo taken by @ of Admira Ismic and Bosko Brkic, who died embraced on Vrbany Bridge. The young couple of different religions were shot Vrbanya Bridge trying to leave Sarajevo during the 1425 day siege

: Vrbanya Bridge in 2017, there Amira and Bosko were shot in 1992

: Sarajevo traves of war, house near the bridge

: Sarajevo now this area is peaceful

: Sarajevo souvenirs made of bullets

: Sarajevo rural surrondings

: Sarajevo rural surrondings

: Sarajevo – View from surrounding mountains

: Sarajevo – View from surrounding mountains

: Sarajevo bobsleigh track built for the Olympics in 1984

: Sarajevo bobsleigh track built for the Olympics in 1984

: Sarajevo bobsleigh track

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Bare Cemetery were people of all religions are buried together

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery- hit by shells

: Sarajevo Jewish Cemetery-5

: Sarajevo Memorial for Children killed during the siege

: Sarajevo Memorial for Children killed during the siege

: Sarajevo Memorial for Children killed during the siege

: Sarajevo- Historic photo – the car of Archduke Franz Ferdinand before the attack that killed him and his wife

: Sarajevo place where Franz Ferdinand was shot

: Sarajevo- Plague reminding of the tragic event in Juni 1914 that led to WWI

: Sarajevo Tomb of Gavrila Princip

: Sarajevo Eldina and Heidi meeting near Sniper Alley

: Sarajevo Alma and Heidi talking at the Heinrich Böll Stifung

: Bosnian Food

: Bosnian Food

: Sarajevo- park benches serve as advertisement when not used

: Idlicka Spring of Bosne

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna is located in the southwestern part of the Sarajevo

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna , alley leading to NP

: Going to Ilidza by horse carriage- Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna , alley leading to NP,

: Ilidza – Vrelo Bosne, The springs of river Bosna, Old villa from Austrian monarchy

: Ilidza Velo Bosna

: Ilidza, downtown

: Srebrenica

: Srebrenica Memorial Hall

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall giving evidence of the situation in July 1995

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall giving evidence of the situation in July 1995

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall giving evidence of the situation in July 1995

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall searching for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall searching for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall, funeral for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall, funeral for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial – photos taken of photos inside Memorial Hall, funeral for the victims of the genocide

: Srebrenica photo taken of photo inside Memorial Hall, it shows prisoners lined up

Mostar’s Ancient Bridge – 1539 – 1993- 2004

By Heidi Sequenz on 11. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

The whole world was shocked when Mostar’s famous bridge was blown up in November 1993. Stari Most, the Old Bridge was built by the Ottomans in the 16th century and is considered one of the finest pieces of Islamic architecture in the Balkans. War is not only about harming the “enemy” physically, but also its cultural and social fabric. The destruction of the Buddha statues in Bayan in Afghanistan is another horrid example.

Bridge of Mostar, originally built in the 16th century, blown up in 1993, reopened in 2004

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Travnik – Bosnia’s Capital during Ottoman Rule

By Heidi Sequenz on 11. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

Travnik was the capital of the Ottoman Empire for 150 years. This is one of the reasons why this scenic small town has so much to offer. The 16th century castle is the best place to get a view of Travnik, the quaint houses, the 19 minarets, all embedded in gentle hills. Not many cities can pride themselves of having a river starting its journey into the world from the very heart of town. It is also the home of Bosnia’s most famous writer, Ivo Andric. All in all, Travnik is a place where I felt at home, where I ate the best Ćevapčići and where I finally overdosed on this diet.

Travnik- capital during the Ottoman Empire

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Idlidza- Vrelo Bosne

By Heidi Sequenz on 11. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

The receptionist of my hotel asked whether I had heard of Idlidza, it was where locals would go on a sunny weekend like this. No, I had not. I looked it up: a spa town outside of Sarajevo and the place where the Bosna River merges from a rock, simply take tram Nr 3. Seemed easy enough.

Idlidza Vrelo Bosne

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Srebrenica – tears and smiles

By Heidi Sequenz on 11. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

My visit of Srebrenica in March 2017 was an emotional rollercoaster ride. Nothing prepares you for facing over 8000 tombstones, one for each Muslim boy and man killed during a few days in July 2015. Srebrenica, this small Bosnian town, has since then become a synonym for genocide, for the single largest massacre to take place on the European continent since World War II. The same day brought incredible kindness from locals and a humorous run-in with an Austrian countryman.

Srebrenica – cemetery in Potocari for the victims of the genocide in 1995

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Inside Bosnia

By Heidi Sequenz on 11. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

Traveling those wo weeks in Bosnia I have the chance to meet local journalists, NGOs workers and of course my hosts were a valuable sources of information.

Meeting Eldina near the famous Holiday Inn, she lived in Sarajevo during the war and covers the news for German newspapers and TV

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Sarajevo’s many cemeteries

By Heidi Sequenz on 10. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

In Sarajevo cemeteries are everywhere, the patches of white pillars clinging onto the hills can be seen from afar. I have been fascinated with cemeteries since I can remember. The tranquility is one reason that, another one is the history they tell. In Argentina I once found the overgrown grave of an Austrian in the ruins of a deserted Jesuit mission.

Patches of white on green slopes are a common sight in Sarajevo – tombstone closely huddled together in Muslim cemeteries

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Sarajevo – the Jerusalem of Europe

By Heidi Sequenz on 10. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

Sarajevo – the Jerusalem of Europe – churches and synagogues all squeezed into the tiny center of Sarajevo are witnesses to the turbulent history of what is now Bosnia-Herzegovina. Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain had their synagogues built and so had their Ashkenazi brothers. Ottoman rule lasted till the beginning of the 20^th century and then the very catholic Habsburg annexed the area. Religious and secular architecture alike reveal the varies rulership that Sarajevo suffered from and strived.

Churches with Muslim cemetery in the background

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Sarajevo’s Post-War Tourism

By Heidi Sequenz on 10. April 2017 in Bosnia, Europe

Considering the century-long multiculturalism that defined Sarajevo, it is hard to imagine how Bosnia was drawn into the atrocious war (1992-95) that meant the final disintegration of Yugoslavia. A war where once friendly neighbors turned against each other and that resulted in the genocide in Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo. The Tunnel of Hope, Sniper Alley or the grave of Sarajevo’s Romeo and Juliet are now part of tourists’ itineraries. Being a history buff I was particularly eager to see them all.

Map of Sarajevo showing the frontline during the siege

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Bosnia – photo gallery

Mostar’s Ancient Bridge – 1539 – 1993- 2004

Travnik – Bosnia’s Capital during Ottoman Rule

Idlidza- Vrelo Bosne

Srebrenica – tears and smiles

Inside Bosnia

Sarajevo’s many cemeteries

Sarajevo – the Jerusalem of Europe

Sarajevo’s Post-War Tourism