Suada and Olga bridge
Suada and Olga Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 43°51′11.9″N 18°24′23.4″E / 43.853306°N 18.406500°E |
Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles |
Crosses | Miljacka |
Locale | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 42 m (138 ft) |
Width | 32 m (105 ft) |
Location | |
Suada and Olga Bridge (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Most Suade i Olge / Мост Суаде и Олге), also known by its old name Vrbanja Bridge (Vrbanja most / Врбања мост) is a bridge across the Miljacka river in Sarajevo.
Name
The oldest name of this bridge is Ćirišhana bridge, named after Turkish word for
Olga Sučić, the first victims shot by Bosnian Serb's Democratic Party militia at the beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo, while a group of civilians was peacefully demonstrating.[3]
History
On 19 May 1993, the couple Admira Ismić and Boško Brkić, a
Troupes de Marine of the United Nations Protection Force and militiamen from the Army of Republika Srpska.[4]
In popular culture
- Up with People - sang the song "Last Embrace", inspired by Bosko and Admira's story as part of their show The Festival
- Bill Madden - "Bosko and Admira", from the 2008 album Child of the Same God
- Jill Sobule - "Vrbana Bridge"
- "薩拉熱窩的羅密歐與茱麗葉", exact translation in Chinese of "Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo", from Sammi Cheng's 1994 album Ten Commandments
Notes
- ^ "Most Suade i Olge". Sarajevo.travel. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Historija.ba - "Most Suade Dilberović" dobio novo ime". www.historija.ba. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ISBN 0415229057
- ^ French humiliation sparks battle of Vrbanja bridge Archived 2020-11-21 at the Wayback Machine The Independent, 28 May 1995
External links
- Media related to Suada and Olga Bridge at Wikimedia Commons