The document discusses the famous Drina Bridge in Visegrad, Bosnia. It was built in the late 16th century to link Bosnia and Constantinople, and was destroyed during wars in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The bridge gained further fame when writer Ivo Andric won the Nobel Prize in 1961 for his work about the bridge. Today it remains an important tourist attraction, often depicted by painters seeking new images.

1. A FAMOUS PLACE
By: Njegos Pantic

2. Bridge in Visegrad
• The bridge was built in the period from
1571 to 1577, at the place where the road
links Bosnia with Constantinople over the
Drina River, it was built by the Grand
Vizier Mehmed Sokolovic.

3. A Nobel Prize
The writer Ivo Andric won the Nobel Prize in
1961 for work on the Drina Bridge

4. The Bridge
• Destroyed during the wars of 1875, 1911
and 1939, and 1940
The bridge is today a
major tourist attraction with many visitors
from foreign countries.

5. The work of the painter
• Most attractive painters come for a new
image

6. The work of the painter
• Most attractive painters come for a new
image