Pocitelj - Eine osmanische Perle an der Narenta

share
0

Recent videos from bosnawi

6 videos see all

what people are saying

add a comment

2000 characters left.
First collected by bosnawi
Sep 15, 2007
join Your favorite videos on the web, in one place. Start your collection now.

related videos

tags

collected by 1 person

details

312 views

original description

Pocitelj Old Bosnian Town www.hiddenbosnia.com 3 min - May 6, 2007 Poitelj occupies a natural amphitheatre on a bend in the strategically critical Neretva river a little way west of Mostar. The first fortress was built here by the Hungarians in 1444 but was soon taken by the Ottoman Empire in 1471. They set about re-fortifying the Castle and built a standard Ottoman town in the valley below, with a mosque, medresa, hamam and clock tower - all required by Ottoman law. The strategic importance of Poitelj began to grow as the Neretva river became one of the few easy routes through the mountains and the Ottoman Turks began to extract tolls from any vessels passing. This they continued to do for around 400 years until the Austro-Hungarian Empire swallowed up Bosnia and Hercegovina in the 18th Century (an event which would lead indirectly to World War I when the Serb Activist Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, thereby finishing the Hapsburg succession and tipping Europe into conflict).
Flag this Video as inappropriate or broken