Mostar Old Bridge and UNESCO troubles
An interesting article was published at EartTimes about threat that Mostar Old Bridge might be erased from UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Here is an excerpt from the article:
Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday in Sarajevo held a special meeting after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) threatened to erase the Old Bridge in Mostar from its world heritage list.
More than six months ago UNESCO warned Bosnia’s authorities they should stop building of the Ruza (Rose) Hotel near the UNESCO’s flagged bridge and the old centre of the southern Bosnia- Herzegovina’s city of Mostar.
The hotel near the bridge in the eastern side of the city was destroyed during the country’s 1992-1995 war.
The reconstruction of the hotel was not a problem for UNESCO, but concern was over the decision of the city’s authorities to build additional floors that would visually damage the image of the Old Bridge…
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