In one of the narrow, overcrowded streets near the Old Bridge of Mostar, I met a copperware craftsman working in a tiny shop. He was dressed entirely in white: long white hair, a flowing beard, and a beautiful traditional cap. His appearance suggested age, yet his eyes were strikingly young. I estimated he was around …
There is a crossroad of Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that was the pivotal point in the history of the modern world as we know it. From this place on 28 June, 1914 Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia You can read this …
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