Commissioned by the Ottoman emperor Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557, this arch bridge over the Neretva River in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina stood for more than 400 years until it was destroyed in the Balkans War in 1993. It was rebuilt after the war ended, and re-opened in 2004.Most of the historic Bosnian town of Mostar, including the 16th-century-era Stari Most (translated, "Old Bridge"), was destroyed by artillery fire in the Balkans War of the early 1990s. It wasn't until several years later that reconstruction began in this multicultural city where a variety of nationalities and ethnic groups – including Ottoman, western European and Mediterranean – have lived for centuries. Book-ended by two towers often called the "bridge keepers," the bridge is made of stone and limestone and built into the cliffs along the Neretva River that flows through Mostar. Today, Stari Most is as famous for its history as for the annual diving competition held from its arch every summer, which usually draws only the bravest local divers willing to plunge into the Neretva's icy waters.

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