Marker of former site of Archduke Ferdinand Memorial
Sarajevo Museum: Archduke Ferdinand
Sarajevo Museum: The pistol (?)
WWII Memorial & Eternal Flame
National Museum
Photos comparing 1996 vs 2011
Photos comparing 1996 vs 2011
Bus to Mostar
24 miles North of Mostar
Bosnia: Mostar
Mostar Bridge
Bridge from Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Bridge from Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Bridge from bridge tower
Old photo of pre-destruction bridge
Restoration: Before and after plans
Around Mostar
A touch of rain
View from bridge to Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque
Crooked Bridge (rebuilt)
Hadze Tere Jahja Mosque
Karađozbegova Mosque
View to (rebuilt) Franciscan Monastery tower
New Orthodox (?) Church
South of Mostar
Trebinje Monastery (Bosnia)
Trebinje Monastery (Bosnia)
Montenegro: Kotor
Bay of Kotor
View to hilltop fortress
Steep fortress walls!
North end of City Walls
South end of City Walls
The Lion of St Mark
The Lion of St Mark
Sea Gate Note WWII Partisan Star
Clock Tower
St Typhon’s Cathedral
St Typhon’s Cathedral
St Nicholas Church
Fortress Top
View down Bay of Kotor
View down to old city
Montenegro: Podgorica
Clock Tower
King Nikolai statue
Old stone bridge
New river bridge
Podgorica:Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection
Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection (brand new)
Albania: Tirana
National Museum
National Museum Mosaic
City Center
City Center
Skanderberg statue
Et'hem Bej Mosque
Partisan Memorial
Chunk of old "Justinian Walls" (??)
New Mosque under construction
Tanners' Bridge
Hoxha-era “Pyramid” building
Tirana: Familiar Faces
As I was striding past the National Art Gallery, I was startled to suddenly recognize a familiar face.
And, yes, lurking in the back of the building is Vladimir Ilyich, and not one, but two Stalins.
Tirana: BUNK'ART 2
BUNK'ART 2 is former government bunker, turned into a museum/memorial on the Hoxha regime's security state.
Tirana: House of Leaves
"House of Leaves" is the former Security Service Technical Directorate HQ and now a museum of surveillance.
Albania: Berat
A rather dull small Albanian town, with a hilltop fortress.
"The town of a thousand windows"
Route to Fortress
Remains of Red Mosque
Citadel cistern
Ruins of old Citadel
Citadel
Holy Trinity Church
View down to Berat
Lead Mosque
Sultan's Mosque
Bachelors' Mosque
Bachelors' Mosque details
Kosovo: Prizren
An unexpectedly charming small Kosovar town.
Ottoman Bridge
Sinan Pasha Mosque
Sinan Pasha Mosque
Sinan Pasha Mosque interior
Sinan Pasha Mosque ceiling
View to Church of our Savior
View to Fortess
Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš
Under slow (?) restoration
Ottoman Baths, under restoration
Kosovo: Prishtina
Just a very quick visit, as I was there just last year.
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