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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Europe >> Bosnia & Herzegovina >> Blagaj | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Blagaj, with its Dervish Monastery and the Source of the River Buna, is a nice excursion from Mostar |
 Vineyards along the road to Blagaj |
 Welcome to Blagaj |
 Ruins of a church welcomes visitors to Blagaj |
 Church ruins with a reconstructed bell tower |
 War ruin with a large tree growing out of it |
 Entering the town of Blagaj |
 Blagaj tourism marketing |
 Mountains overlooking Blagaj |
 Mountains overlooking Blagaj |
 Foot bridge across the Buna River near its source |
 Riverside dining at the Source of the Buna, Blagaj |
 Cascade at the Source of the Buna |
 Cascade at the Source of the Buna |
 Riverside dining, Blagaj |
 Stone house along the fast flowing Buna River |
 Horseshoe waterfall just downstream from the Source of the Buna |
 Buna River, Blagaj |
 Stone roofs, Blagaj |
 Stone roofs, Blagaj |
 Buna River, Blagaj, with restaurants on both sides |
 The first glimpse of the Dervish Monastery, Blagaj |
 Waterfall on the Buna River, Blagaj |
 Dervish Monastery, Blagaj |
 Dervish Monastery (Tekija) built in 1520 at the source of the Buna River |
 During my visit, the monastery itself was not open for visitors |
 Amazingly, all the water flowing down that river emerges from the cave at the base of the mountain |
 Dervish Monastery (Tekija), Blagaj |
 A full-sized, fast flowing river emerges from this cave, the Source of the Buna, Blagaj |
 The source of the Buna is at karstic spring |
 Dervish Monastery and the Source of the Buna, Blagaj |
 Tekke - gathering place for for a Sufi brotherhood |
 Detail of the Dervish Monastery, Blagaj |
 Detail of the Dervish Monastery, Blagaj |
 Dervish Monastery at the source of the Buna River, Blagaj |
 The Buna River, Blagaj |
 Mountains around Blagaj |
 Mountains around Blagaj |
 Ruins of Blagaj's medieval castle, the Fortress of Herceg Stjepan |
 I tried to drive up to the castle, but the dirt road is a bit much for a normal car |
 Fortress of Herceg Stjepan, Blagaj |
 Serbian Orthodox Zitomislic Monastery |
 Zitomislic Monastery (1606) is along the main road between Mostar and the coast |
 Zitomislic Monastery looks peaceful among the vineyards but it was destroyed by the Croats in 1941 and again in 1992 |
 Zitomislic Monastery was rebuilt again 2002-2005 |
 Zitomislic Monastery - Serbian Orthodox Church |
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