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Resurrection and Reconciliation for Bosnia

Lord Hylton

Ottoman Treasures Live Again –  A few years ago I stood on the famous bridge, Stari Most, the old bridge in Mostar, just before its formal reopening.  Last week I saw photographs of the newly re-built and restored Ferhadija Mosque in Banja Luka, north-west Bosnia.  This work of the well-known architect, Sinan (or his pupils),…