Saturday 4 December 2021

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

A nice cover from Bosnia & Herzegovina, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2018 with several views of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge , in Visegrad. The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, which crosses the Drina river, was completed in 1577 by the Ottoman court architect Mimar Sinan on the orders of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. The bridge is 179.5 metres long and has 11 arches. The bridge also has a symbolic significance as the meeting place between Christianity and Islam. UNESCO included the bridge in its 2007 World Heritage List.