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| Balkans 2018 | Cyprus
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| Sarajevo Mostar Kotor Podgorica Tirana Berat Prizren Prishtina |
Bosnia: Sarajevo
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| Vratnik Fort: Ploča Gate |
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| Vratnik Fort: Visegard Gate |
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| Vratnik Fort: White Citadel |
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| Vratnik Fort: Yellow Bastion |
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| Old Muslim Cemetery |
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| Colorful "Moorish" City Hall |
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| City Hall |
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| City Hall: Grand Interior |
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| City Hall: Interior |
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| Archduke Ferdinand assasination marker |
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| Marker of former site of Archduke Ferdinand Memorial |
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| Sarajevo Museum: Archduke Ferdinand |
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| Sarajevo Museum: The pistol (?) |
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| WWII Memorial & Eternal Flame |
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| National Museum |
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| Photos comparing 1996 vs 2011 |
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| Photos comparing 1996 vs 2011 |
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| Bus to Mostar |
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| 24 miles North of Mostar |
Bosnia: Mostar
Mostar Bridge
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| Bridge from Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque |
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| Bridge from Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque |
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| Bridge from bridge tower |
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| Old photo of pre-destruction bridge |
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| Restoration: Before and after plans |
Around Mostar
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| A touch of rain |
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| View from bridge to Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque |
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| Koski Mehmed Pasha Mosque |
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| Crooked Bridge (rebuilt) |
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| Hadze Tere Jahja Mosque |
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| Karađozbegova Mosque |
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| View to (rebuilt) Franciscan Monastery tower |
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| New Orthodox (?) Church |
South of Mostar
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| Trebinje Monastery (Bosnia) |
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| Trebinje Monastery (Bosnia) |
Montenegro: Kotor
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| Bay of Kotor |
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| View to hilltop fortress |
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| Steep fortress walls! |
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| North end of City Walls |
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| South end of City Walls |
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| The Lion of St Mark |
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| The Lion of St Mark |
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| Sea Gate Note WWII Partisan Star |
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| Clock Tower |
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| St Typhon’s Cathedral |
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| St Typhon’s Cathedral |
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| St Nicholas Church |
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| Fortress Top |
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| View down Bay of Kotor |
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| View down to old city |
Montenegro: Podgorica
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| Clock Tower |
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| King Nikolai statue |
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| Old stone bridge |
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| New river bridge |
Podgorica:Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection
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| Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection (brand new) |
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Albania: Tirana
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| National Museum |
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| National Museum Mosaic |
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| City Center |
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| City Center |
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| Skanderberg statue |
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| Et'hem Bej Mosque |
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| Partisan Memorial |
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| Chunk of old "Justinian Walls" (??) |
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| New Mosque under construction |
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| Tanners' Bridge |
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| Hoxha-era “Pyramid” building |
Tirana: Familiar Faces
And, yes, lurking in the back of the building is Vladimir Ilyich, and not one, but two Stalins.
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Tirana: BUNK'ART 2
BUNK'ART 2 is former government bunker, turned into a museum/memorial on the Hoxha regime's security state.
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Tirana: House of Leaves
"House of Leaves" is the former Security Service Technical Directorate HQ and now a museum of surveillance.
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Albania: Berat
A rather dull small Albanian town, with a hilltop fortress.
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| "The town of a thousand windows" |
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| Route to Fortress |
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| Remains of Red Mosque |
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| Citadel cistern |
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| Ruins of old Citadel |
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| Citadel |
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| Holy Trinity Church |
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| View down to Berat |
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| Lead Mosque |
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| Sultan's Mosque |
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| Bachelors' Mosque |
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| Bachelors' Mosque details |
Kosovo: Prizren
An unexpectedly charming small Kosovar town.
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| Ottoman Bridge |
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| Sinan Pasha Mosque |
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| Sinan Pasha Mosque |
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| Sinan Pasha Mosque interior |
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| Sinan Pasha Mosque ceiling |
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| View to Church of our Savior |
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| View to Fortess |
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| Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš |
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| Under slow (?) restoration |
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| Ottoman Baths, under restoration |
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Kosovo: Prishtina
Just a very quick visit, as I was there just last year.
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| Skanderberg statue |
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