There’s a lot of history behind this photograph. Perhaps there’re enough clues in this mystery photo that you’ll figure it out. Enough said! Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.
Only Karen Burnette Garner of Dacula was able to identify the most recent Mystery Photo. She writes that it was “The Old Bridge in Old City of Mostar, in the Neretva River valley, Bosnia-Herzegovenia.” Then she added: “The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries.
“Mostar has long been known for its old Turkish houses and Old Bridge, Stari Most, after which it is named. In the 1990s conflict, however, most of the historic town and the Old Bridge, designed by the renowned architect Sinan, was destroyed. The Old Bridge was recently rebuilt and many of the edifices in the Old Town have been restored or rebuilt with the contribution of an international scientific committee established by UNESCO. The Old Bridge area, with its pre-Ottoman, eastern Ottoman, Mediterranean and western European architectural features, is an outstanding example of a multicultural urban settlement. The reconstructed Old Bridge and Old City of Mostar is a symbol of reconciliation, international co-operation and of the coexistence of diverse cultural, ethnic and religious communities.”
The photo was sent in by Ross Lenhart of Pawley’s Island, S.C., who added himself: “For around 10 Euros, the guy sitting on the rail at the very top will jump into the river. He collects from the tourists on the bridge.”
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