ANDRIĆGRAD AND VIŠEGRAD


Andrićgrad is an area dedicated to the one and only Serbian Nobel Prize winner, Ivo Andrić. It combines outstanding historical periods in our region, to promote tourism, culture, art, peace, equality among people, races and genders, literacy and generosity, and connect and unite the nations, regions and the whole world. It is located on a peninsula between the rivers Drina and Rzav at about 300 meters from the Višegrad Bridge. Andrićgrad has emerged as Emir Kusturica’s idea of a stone medieval castle inspired by the deeds and characters of Ivo Andrić. In architectural terms, the city itself is a mixture of different eras and styles that are alternated throughout the history of this area: Byzantine style, the Ottoman period, the Renaissance and Classicism.

Višegrad is known for its 500-year-old stone bridge, known to everyone as “Bridge on the Drina”. The bridge is about 250 meters long and 10 meters wide. In the middle of the bridge there is a part called The Gateway. The bridge was built in the period from 1571 to 1577 and was built by the most famous Ottoman architect at that time, Kodža Mimar Sinan. It was built in the oriental style. This bridge has inspired the most famous literary work of our only Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić.