Franciscan monastery of St Peter and Paul, Mostar
Tower of the Franciscan monastery of St Peter and Paul, the new catholic church built in 2000 to replace the original 1866 building which was destroyed in the 1990s Yugoslav Wars, silhouetted against the sky at sunset, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Stari Most or Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13433669
Media ID
45109411
Size
3823px x 3715px
(1.6MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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