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Beyond the Connection: The Bridge on the Drina
The Bridge on the Drina was written by internationally famous Ivo Andric,who was born in 1892 in Travnik, Bosnia, and spent a part of his youth in Visegradwith his mother. The Bridge of the Drina is an important work that has been able torelate past experiences, hopes, and aspirations. In this work, the East-West relationshipfrom the strongest periods of the Ottoman Empire was transmitted to the reader throughthis bridge. This work, whose author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in1961, has been printed many times in different languages. The bridge itself was builtover the Drina River, the largest tributary of the Sava River. The stories of differentpeople, such as Serbs, Muslims, and Jews, who lived there because of the years of warsbetween the Ottomans and Austria and other uprisings, were set in the town ofVisegrad around this river and on this bridge. With this bridge, Bosnia was connectedto Serbia and further afield, to other parts of the Ottoman Empire and even to Istanbul.The stone bridge, built on 11 arches, took five years to build and was completed in1571. Most of the stories mentioned in this work were realized there as well. This stonebridge was built by a Serbian-born boy who crossed the river from the village ofSokolovic from the opposite side. He was called Sokollu Mehmet Pasha years later, thegrand vizier in the Ottoman Empire. With the construction of the bridge, differentstructures such as the stone house and the police station were built in different periods.The Bridge of the Drina conveys the deep waters of the past, the stories filled withhope, longing, and loss, in a sad and effective way.
Beyond the Connection: The Bridge on the Drina
The Bridge on the Drina was written by internationally famous Ivo Andric,who was born in 1892 in Travnik, Bosnia, and spent a part of his youth in Visegradwith his mother. The Bridge of the Drina is an important work that has been able torelate past experiences, hopes, and aspirations. In this work, the East-West relationshipfrom the strongest periods of the Ottoman Empire was transmitted to the reader throughthis bridge. This work, whose author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in1961, has been printed many times in different languages. The bridge itself was builtover the Drina River, the largest tributary of the Sava River. The stories of differentpeople, such as Serbs, Muslims, and Jews, who lived there because of the years of warsbetween the Ottomans and Austria and other uprisings, were set in the town ofVisegrad around this river and on this bridge. With this bridge, Bosnia was connectedto Serbia and further afield, to other parts of the Ottoman Empire and even to Istanbul.The stone bridge, built on 11 arches, took five years to build and was completed in1571. Most of the stories mentioned in this work were realized there as well. This stonebridge was built by a Serbian-born boy who crossed the river from the village ofSokolovic from the opposite side. He was called Sokollu Mehmet Pasha years later, thegrand vizier in the Ottoman Empire. With the construction of the bridge, differentstructures such as the stone house and the police station were built in different periods.The Bridge of the Drina conveys the deep waters of the past, the stories filled withhope, longing, and loss, in a sad and effective way.
Beyond the Connection: The Bridge on the Drina
Kartal, Semiha (author)
2021
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Stone house , Tara River , The Bridge on the Drina , Bridge , Sarajevo , Sokollu Mehmet Pasha , Sava River , Austrian Empire , Ottoman Empire , Environmental elements , Ivo Andric , Time in architecture , Piva River , Place in architecture , Trovnik Town , Stone bridge , Kapiya , Sokolovic village , Tradition , Visegrad.
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