Welcome to Bosnia & Herzegovina |
The Republic of Srpska is the Serbian portion of Bosnia & Herzegovina |
Entering BiH from Serbia on a rainy day |
Tunnel on the road from Mokra Gora, Serbia, to Višegrad |
Pretty drive along the E761, Republic of Srpska |
The road to Višegrad passing a reconstructed mosque |
Dobrun Monastery, an interesting short stop |
Dobrun Monastery, 14th Century - reconstructed 2004 |
Dobrun Monastery with its bright red gatehouse |
Serbian Orthodox Dobrun Monastery, Republic of Srpska |
A tributary of the Drina River in front of Dobrun Monastery |
Gate house with bell tower, Dobrun Monatery |
Dobrun Monastery with an inscription dated 2004 |
Mosaic of the Virgin Mary, Dobrun Monastery |
Fine Arts International Assembly, Višegrad |
Inside the gatehouse, Dobrun Monastery |
Karađorđe ("Black George") Petrovic, Serbian peasant who led an 1804 uprising against the Turks |
"Black George" Lodgings at Dobrun Monastery |
Dobrun Monastery, Srpska |
Church of Dobrun Monastery |
Steam train that may someday ferry tourists |
War damaged house spray-painted with "ВГЦЗ" |
The Bosnian countryside is still littered with war damaged homes 16 years after the war ended |
Muslim gravestones |
Of this small village, only one house looks fully restored...others are just empty shells or temporary repairs |
I am not sure of the significance of the spray painted letters... |
Welcome to Višegrad, a town of 22,000 in Republika Srpska |
Entering Višegrad beneath a banner for a folklore festival |
Višegrad's claim to fame, a UNESCO-World Heritage stone bridge completed in 1571 |
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge built by the Ottoman Turks across the River Drina |
Village on the north bank of the Drina across from Višegrad |
Ottoman bridge at Višegrad |
The 179.5m Ottoman bridge at Višegrad is comprised of 11 stone arches |
Crossing the Ottoman bridge at Višegrad |
Pretty view downstream from the Ottoman Bridge, Višegrad |
Serbian inscription on the Ottoman Bridge with the dates with details of the 1943 WWII damage and 1949-1952 reconstruction |
Monument at the center of the Ottoman Bridge |
Ottoman inscriptions on the bridge at Višegrad |
Ottoman inscriptions on the bridge at Višegrad dated 979 A.H. (1571 A.D.) |
Ottoman bridge at Višegrad |
During the 1992 Višegrad Massacres, Serbian forces killed up to 3,000 Bosnian muslims |
Reports say many of the Višegrad Massacre victims were shot on the bridge and their bodies thrown into the river |
Serbian monument, Višegrad |
Hotel Višegrad near the old bridge |
Sarajevsko Pivo |
What is this? |
Serbian Orthodox Church at Višegrad |
Serbian War Cemetery, Višegrad |
A young casualty of the Bosnian War, 1993 |
Serbian Orthodox Church and War Cemetery, Višegrad |
Interior of the Orthdox Church, Višegrad |
Icon of St. Nicholas |
Iconostasis, Višegrad |
Serbian Orthodox Church, Višegrad |
Part of Višegrad |
Mosque reconstructed in Višegrad after the war |
The mosques seemed to be the first things to be rebuilt |
Tributary of the Drina at Višegrad |
Bridge over the Drina |
The Ottoman Bridge over the Drina from the road to Sarajevo opposite Višegrad |
Višegrad from across the Drina |
Drina River |
The road following the Drina |
Drina River |
Confluence of the Drina River and the Lim |
The bridge across the Drina leading to Rudo |
The town of Međeđa along the Drina River |
Restoran Sarajevo in front of a war ruin, Međeđa |
Janjini Bridge across a minor tributary of the Drina near Ustiprača |
Ustiprača |
Ustiprača, only partially rebuilt |
War ruin in Ustiprača |
Ustiprača with the restored minaret |
Flag of the Republic of Srpska, Ustiprača |
Leaving the Drina Valley on the E761 towards Sarajevo |
Idyllic landscape with a mosque, peaceful once again |
A roadside shop yet to reopen |
A new Serbian Orthodox church under construction in a rural area of Srpska |
Crkva Svi Sveti, Obrtići |
All Saints Church, Obrtići |
Poster of the Srpska Democratic Party |
Unexpected - snow in May |
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Slippery road - 2.5C |
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Monastery of the Martyr St. George the Great (Sokolica Monastery) |
Sokolica Monastery, Romanija |
Sokolica Monastery, Romanija |
Mosaic of St. George, Sokolica Monastery |
Interior of Sokolica Monastery |
Fighters from the Sarajevo Romanije region killed in the 1992-1995 war |
The walls of Sokolica Monastery are incribed with the names of 4,000 Serbs who died during the Bosnian War |
Memorial wall, Sokolica Monastery |
A large panel for Nikola Gardovich, considered to be the first Serbian victim of the war, 1 Mar 1992 |
Memorial wall, Sokolica Monastery |
Memorial wall, Sokolica Monastery |
The names of 4,000 Serbian soldiers killed during the 1992-1995 war |
Sokolica Monastery |
Icon, Sokolica Monastery |
Icons, Sokolica Monastery |
Baptism icon, Sokolica Monastery |
Icon, Sokolica Monastery |
Icon, Sokolica Monastery |
Last Supper icon, Sokolica Monastery |
Farmhouse with an unusual late spring dusting of snow |
Spring snow passing through Trebevic National Park |
Restoran Romanijski Raj, Trebević National Park |
Restoran Romanijski Raj, Trebević National Park |
Trebević National Park with snow, May 2011 |
The last Srpska flag before reaching Sarajevo |