Videoproduction: Harry Winthagen. Music from Mostar Urban Sevdah.
Stari Most (Old Bridge) is a reconstruction of a 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects two parts of the city. The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on 9 November 1993 by Croat forces during the Croat-Bosniak War. It is one of the country's most recognizable landmarks and also considered one of the most exemplary pieces of Islamic architecture in the Balkans. It was designed by Mimar Hayruddin, a student and apprentice of the famous architect Mimar Sinan. After the war plans were raised to reconstruct the bridge. The World Bank, the Unesco, the Aga Khan for Culture and the World Monuments Fund formed a coalition to oversee the reconstruction of the Stari Most and the historic city centre of Mostar. Additional funding was provided by Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Croatia and the Council of Europe Development Bank, as well as the Bosnian government. The bridge was rebuilt with local materials by ErBu Construction Corp a Turkish company, using Ottoman construction techniques. Reconstruction commenced on 7 June 2001 and the reconstructed bridge was inaugurated on 23 July 2004.Stari Most diving is a traditional annual competition in diving organized every year in summer.

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