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Name：Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
Area：Southern Europe
Country：Bosnia and Herzegovina
Registered Year：2007
Type：Cultural Heritage
Criteria：(ii)(iii)
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Brief Description：
The Mehmed Pa?a Sokolovi? Bridge of Vi?egrad across the Drina River in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina was built at the end of the 16th century by the court architect Sinan on the order of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Pa?a Sokolovi?, It is characteristic of the apogee of Ottoman monumental architecture and civil engineering. It numbers 11 masonry arches, with spans of 11 to 15 metres, and an access ramp at right angles with four arches on the left bank of the river. The 179.50m long bridge is a representative masterpiece of Mimar Koca Sinan, one of the greatest architects and engineers of the classical Ottoman period and a contemporary of the Italian Renaissance, with which his work can be compared. The unique elegance of proportion and monumental nobility of the property as a whole witness to the greatness of this style of architecture.
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