Crocked Bridge
Kriva Ćuprija
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Coordinates | 43°20′13″N 17°48′47″E / 43.336834°N 17.813117°E / 43.336834; 17.813117 |
Crosses | Radobolja |
Locale |
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Official name | Kriva Ćuprija |
Owner | state |
Maintained by | Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; KONS |
Heritage status | |
Official name | As part of Mostar, the historic site |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | vi |
Designated | 2005 (29th session) |
Reference no. | 946 |
Region | Europe |
Official name | As part of Mostar, the historic site |
Type | Category 0 cultural property |
Criteria | A, B, C ii.iii.iv., D ii.iv., E i.ii.iii.iv.v., F i.ii.iii., G i.v.vi.vii., H ii., I i.ii.iii. |
Designated | 8 July 2004 (session No. 07.1-02-903/03-29) |
Part of | Mostar, the historic site |
Reference no. | 2495 |
List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Characteristics | |
Material | Limestone |
Height | 4.15 |
Traversable? | yes |
No. of spans | 1 |
History | |
Built | 1558 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | pedestrian |
Location | |
Kriva Ćuprija (or the transl. Crooked Bridge) is a small stone bridge across the Radobolja riverinMostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge is oldest one arch bridge in Mostar, built in 1558 during the Ottoman rule. Its builder was the Ottoman architect Ćejvan Ketoda.[1]
It is located about thirty meters west of the Stari Most and represents its miniature version.[2] It connects the banks of Radobolje with the one semicircular arch of 8.56 m in diameter. The bridge is 4.15 m high, and it is approached by stone steps.[3]
Kriva Ćuprija belongs to the architectural complex of the Old Town of Mostar, and has been declared a National Monument of Bosnia and HerzegovinabyKONS and a World Heritage SitebyUNESCO.[4][5]