Šeher-Ćehaja’s Bridge is one of the four oldest standing bridges in Sarajevo. It was the first bridge built during Ottoman period and put under state protection and listed as an important monument of the Ottoman period culture since 1962. Today it has the status of a national monument in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Not much is known about the construction of the original bridge itself, but according to the only written document, a transcript of the chronogram found in the City Archive of Mostar (located south of Sarajevo), it was built in 1585/86. The name itself indicates that a šeher-ćehaja (city governor) of Sarajevo had it built.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:05:39 +0000
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