Suada and Olga bridge

Coordinates: 43°51′11.9″N 18°24′23.4″E / 43.853306°N 18.406500°E / 43.853306; 18.406500
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Suada and Olga Bridge
Coordinates43°51′11.9″N 18°24′23.4″E / 43.853306°N 18.406500°E / 43.853306; 18.406500
CarriesMotor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles
CrossesMiljacka
LocaleSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Characteristics
Total length42 m (138 ft)
Width32 m (105 ft)
Location
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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

In popular culture

Notes

  1. ^ "Most Suade i Olge". Sarajevo.travel. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Historija.ba - "Most Suade Dilberović" dobio novo ime". www.historija.ba. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ^ French humiliation sparks battle of Vrbanja bridge Archived 2020-11-21 at the Wayback Machine The Independent, 28 May 1995

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