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The Bridge on the Drina

Ivo Andric, Winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote the famous book:
"The Bridge on the Drina".
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David S. Broida 14-Aug-2011 19:15
Just started Ivo's book - thought I'd get a look from photos -
Kirsten Holm 12-Jun-2011 18:05
Fantastic photoes, I really enjoy them all. is it possible to get your permission to use one of them for promotion of a tour in Bosnia/Herzegovina??
Kirsten Holm
Denmark
sparrydc 22-May-2011 13:44
Such beautiful photographs of this famous bridge! It looks just as I recall I saw it in my imagination after reading "The Bridge Over the Drina" which I read in 1961 after Andric was awarded his Nobel. It looks so peaceful now, but what strife it has seen.
sparrydc
An De Wilde08-Aug-2010 10:16
great bridge !
joseantonio28-May-2010 18:02
Wonderful bridges Nice reflections
Frank Kavanagh Photography30-Jan-2010 20:49
Super gallery.
Nita from the "antipodes" 27-Jan-2010 10:29
Thank you for the lovely photos which bring back a lot of memories.I read Andric's book in Czech translation while attending a Serbo-Croatian language class in Prague (then Czechoslovakia) in 1965. Our lecturer was prof. Togner, the man who translated it into Czech. Later I read some parts of it in original. When visiting friends in Sarajevo in August 1966, I expressed a wish to visit Visegrad and its "Na Drini Cuprija". We took an overnight trip by the "cira" train from Sarajevo and spent a day in Visegrad. I was amazed by the peaceful feeling of the valley and the silence only broken by sound of the river and the cicadas in the grass around. As I left Europe for the "antipodes" in 1969, I never had a chance to visit Visegrad again.
When the Balkan wars broke out, I was concerned should the Drina bridge suffer the same fate as another lovely old bridge, the one in Mostar. I am very glad it survived and is surrounded by peace once again.
Many thanks again.
Guest 20-Jun-2009 15:35
I am reading Andric's magnificent book, The Bridge on the Drina. Your photographs of the bridge are haunting and, as I look at them, I can imagine the characters acting, speaking. I have an enhanced understanding of the history of that extraordinary area.
Vojislav Ciric 11-Jan-2009 12:35
B R A V O
Dzimo17-May-2008 03:58
Vlado, these are beautiful photos of the Višegrad bridge! I want to thank you also for allowing the use of your surreal and gorgeous photo from Belgrade (relection in a puddle) to be the cover image of my novel, Drina Bridge (published 2006) which was inspired by the history of the bridge on the Drina and even more by Ivo Andrić's novel Na Drini Ćuprija.

I would like to be immodest here for a moment (for both of us) and urge your fans on this site to buy the book! The bridge and the town of Višegrad and Ivo Andrić himself all are part of the novel, along with two men (a Bosnian and a Canadian) whose lives are changed by the Bosnian war of 1992-1995. The book is about love and war and loss, the search for peace, the search for meaning in our lives. It can be purchased at amazon.ca, and is also available from other book sites. The amazon webpage is:http://www.amazon.ca/Drina-Bridge-Jim-Bartley/dp/1551929597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210995261&sr=1-1

Hvala Vlado! Sve najbolje želje!

Jim (Dzimo) Bartley

Vlada Marinkovic31-Mar-2008 10:49
Simo, the bridge is in Bosnia and Herzegovina, precisely in Republic of Srpska, and I have mentioned it when I have created this gallery.
Try to search photos from Bosnia and Herzegovina, then you will find photos from this gallery:

http://www.pbase.com/world/bosnia_and_herzegovina
Simo 31-Mar-2008 09:37
You never mentioned that this bridge is in Bosnia-Herzegovina, not in Serbia.
torg Anderson 09-Mar-2008 15:40
I was attracted to your site by the air museum pictures. But the other photographs are fantastic! Thanks for posting them. I really enjoyed looking through them.

Torg Anderson
Alexandra, Virgina
USA
Guest 09-Mar-2008 15:39
I was attracted to your site by the air museum pictures. But the other photographs are fantastic! Thanks for posting them. I really enjoyed looking through them.

Torg Anderson
Alexandra, Virgina
USA
Milos Markovic03-Mar-2008 16:52
Cestitam Vlado, impresivno...
Terrific photography, Vlado.
My compliments and a big V!
Rosemarie Kusserow03-Mar-2008 08:24
Thanks for posting these beautiful pictures of the Bridge on the Drina, I like bridges a lot and this is a wonderful one, vote, Rosemarie :o)
FrankB26-Feb-2008 02:28
a beautiful book...even in English translation....and beautiful photos....V
Thomas25-Feb-2008 19:40
great collection of this bridge! V
Marco Valk25-Feb-2008 18:52
great gallery; wonderful reflections; gmv
Hans Chr. Sørensen05-Sep-2007 08:41
Very nice gallery! So many great shots.
Noor Khan24-Jul-2007 06:05
This is a really nice gallery. Beautiful shots of one bridge, all different moods. Very well done.
Rajesh K.P. 02-Jul-2007 09:25
The bridge is closely associated with my soul as i along with my friend Reghunathan translated the Novel The Bridge on the Drina to Malayalam, a regional Language in India
Rajesh K.P.
Aleksandar Djuric 09-Jun-2007 15:24
Veliko hvala na divnim fotografijama.
Pozdrav za sve ljubitelje Drine
bosko 03-Jun-2007 19:59
Svaka cast Majsdtore!!!
Slike su predivne. Koliko sam samo puta presao preko cuprije!?
Ehh, ta divna stara vremena!
Guest 09-May-2007 07:59
hvala za ove divne slike,vratio si me u detinjstvo bilja
begüm şahan 01-May-2007 09:21
The bridge, which I've paid a visit in February, was one of my ancestors' state-of-the-art works here on this paradise land until reading Andriç's book. Now the bridge is much more meaningful and impressive to me. I recommend you to visit the region in spring time, when the green spreads everywhere. This is a ''must-see'' country.
Regina Tassitano 10-Apr-2007 15:39
Thank you very much for the beautiful photos. I've just finished to read the book and your photos made the whole story more real for me. Many thanks, Regina Tassitano
Jeroen Bosman19-Mar-2007 21:00
what a beautiful place!
bekim 20-Sep-2006 10:08
thre are great photo...maintenant je doit visite Drina....vend i shkelqyeshem.tungi
Lale Eskicioglu 11-Sep-2006 16:55
Thank you for the photos. Our reading group (readliterature.com) is reading the book this month (September 2006) and the photos are of great help. Other readers are welcome to join us with the discussions of this book.

Lale
Alan in Texas 29-Jul-2006 06:19
Thanks for posting these wonderful photos. Like many others, it seems, I have only now just heard of the bridge due to reading the famous book. Your photos are great.
Lynne berman 09-Jun-2006 23:11
Just started the novel and couldn't continue until I saw an image of the bridge.
I just returned from B-H and kept imagining the bridge in Mostar.
This is quite different and truly impressive. I wish I had visited but hopefully
I'll have another opportunity.

Thanks!
Lynne Berman
Richard W. Wheeler 15-May-2006 00:47
We are so grateful for you pictures, because we are currently reading Ivo Andric's book, The Bridge on the Drina." Trying to visualize the kapia was getting to be too much. We needed to see a picture of it! You did it. All of them are marvelous!

Betty Ann and Rick Wheeler - Concord, Massachusetts
drina o.chour 02-Dec-2005 20:48
mi abuelo era checo vinno antes de la 2 guerra munidal a Guatemala se caso y tuvo 7 hijos su primer nieta mujer fui yo y me puso este nombre Drina ahora con 43 años entiendo la razon del nombre.
La familia de el se quedo en checoslovaquia nunca supimos de ellos......
Drina
Guest 07-Nov-2005 01:25
And famous Single in Turkey:Drina Bridge.As Drama köprüsü...
pep fernandez 12-Oct-2005 15:07
moltes gràcies
Guest 12-Sep-2005 13:40
more than just a bridge...

alem
Graham Tomlin09-Sep-2005 12:55
lovely picture
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