Latin Bridge

Latinska ćuprija - Latin Bridge. Ottoman era bridge over the river Miljacka in Sarajevo. Reconstructed in stone in 1798-1799. Named the Princip Bridge during the Yugoslavian period, 1918-1993. EE1975187

Sarajevo

August 7th 1975
I knew of Sarajevo as the place where World War I was touched off by Gavrilo's Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. Princip was a Serb desiring the unification of the Balkan states. (Bosnia and Herzegovinga, where Sarajevo is located, wanted independence from Austria-Hungary, but not union with Serbia and the other Balkan states.) The assassination was considered by Yugo ... read more

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's declaration of sovereignty in October 1991, was followed by a declaration of independence from the former Yugoslavia on 3 March 1992 after a referendum boycotted by ethnic Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs - supported by neighboring S... ... read more

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