In the city of Mostar, in Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Mostar is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that is famous for its iconic bridge, Stari Most.

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(at the bridge, destroyed during the war in the 1990s but rebuilt with the help of UNESCO and reopened in 2004.) It is a symbol of the city's resilience and multicultural heritage, as well as a popular spot for daring divers who plunge into the water from its high arch.) Mostar is the largest city in Hercegovina, with an enchanting Old Town center. The city is built around either side of the cold and capricious Neretva River. Alhough only 200 feet above sea level, Mostar is flanked by the Dinaric Alps, with the dramatic mass of Velež Mountain dominating the skyline to the east, and the short but sheer Hum Hill, topped with a white, 100-foot-high cross, capturing one's gaze to the west.  Many visitors also choose to make day or weekend trips to/from popular cities on Croatia's Adriatic Coast, namely: Split (166 kilometers/103 miles to the northwest) and Dubrovnik (148 kilometers/92 miles to the south).

+ Mostar was founded as an Ottoman Empire frontier town in 1452. Roman remains have been unearthed beneath the town. Mostar, as we know it, began to take shape during the Ottoman era of the 15th and 16th centuries. The wooden structure that connected the town's hemispheres evolved into Stari Most (The Old Bridge)

+ For centuries, Mostar was a beacon of diversity and a commendable example of how different cultures and religions can coexist in the same space. This was evident (and, to an extent, still is) in the structures throughout the historic center. Architecture here presented a symbol of tolerance: a shared life of Muslims, Christians, and Jews. Mosques, churches, and synagogues existed side-by-side indicating that in this region, the Roman Catholic Croats with their Western European culture, the Eastern Orthodox Serbs with their elements of Byzantine culture, and the Sephardic Jews continued to live together with the Bosniaks-Muslims for more than four centuries. '

+ From 1878 to 1918, Mostar fell under Austro-Hungarian rule. Post World War I, the city became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, before transitioning into Yugoslavia in 1929. Such was the state of things until Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence in 1992. This led to Mostar being attacked by the Yugoslav People's Army. During the Bosnian War, the Croat-Bosniak War also escalated. On November 9th, 1993," the Croatian Defence Council destroyed Stari Most. The Croat-Bosniak dispute was resolved in 1994 with the signing of the Washington Agreement, and the Bosnian War concluded the following year with the Dayton Agreement.

+ After peace was declared, reconstruction began on Stari Most. The Old Bridge was reopened in July 2004, and was declared a World Heritage Site + In the wake of the Bosnian War of the early 1990s, Mostar's cultural spectrum condensed though disparate groups have once again established stable and amicable footing.