Rebuilding Destroyed Cities

Mostar, Bosnia, 1992-95
During the Bosnian war, a 1993 siege on the city of Mostar resulted in the total destruction of the the city's many historical buildings and bridges. When the war finally came to an end two years later, the city, once a cradle of classic 16th century architecture, lay in ruins, pockmarked and shattered from years of heavy artillery shelling. The city's ancient bridge, Stari Most, a 427-year-old structure that had given Mostar its name ("the bridge keepers"), had been completely destroyed.

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