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PlacesJune 16, 2016June 16, 2016

Meet fellow Local Guides and explore your city

Do you want to be socially responsible and help mapping your town?

Google and Tour Guide Mostar are inviting you to one hour walk through Mostar and a free coffee. Meet fellow Local Guides and explore your hometown.You have the opportunity to help the city of Mostar-to be mapped for the first time.

Charge your camera, lace up a pair of comfortable shoes, and get together with nearby explorers on Saturday, June 18Â (6pm) for Local Guides Meet-Up Day.

For additional information contact: tourguidemostar@gmail.com or call our number:Â (+404) 537-2218.

Join our movement!

Art and History PlacesJune 15, 2016June 15, 2016

Kaldrma, the cobblestone pathways spreading through Mostar

The Old Bridge is the most magnificent monument in Mostar and it has become the worldwide known symbol of Mostar.

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Art and History PlacesJune 13, 2016June 13, 2016

Discover the history behind the picturesque Å adrvan

Å¡adrvan-Koski-mehmed-pasha-mosque-mostar

When thinking about traditional and picturesque places in Bosnia and Herzegovina which visitors should certainly visit, Å adrvan is high on the list.

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Art and History Bosnia and Herzegovina PlacesJune 9, 2016June 9, 2016

The Minbar, another striking architecture attraction

The minbar is a pulpit in the mosque where the imam stands to deliver sermons (khutbah) or in the Hussainia where the speaker sits and lectures the congregation.

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Art and History PlacesJune 9, 2016June 9, 2016

Mihrab in the Mosque Architecture, unique work of art

Mihrab is a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla. The most important element in any mosque is the mihrab, the niche that indicates the direction of Mecca. Because it functions as the focal point in prayer ritual, its decoration was executed with great skill and devotion. The wall in which a mihrab appears is thus the “qibla wall.”

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