Kriva Ćuprija (the Crooked Bridge)
Kriva Ćuprija (the Crooked Bridge) is one of the narrated stops on the self-guided Mostar audio walking tour in Gingerguide. Plan about ~15 min here. Press play at the spot for its two to three minute story, or ask the AI guide anything about it.
- Type bridge
- Suggested visit ~15 min
- Mostar Mostar guide
About Kriva Ćuprija (the Crooked Bridge)
A small single-arch Ottoman bridge over the Radobolja stream, the oldest in Mostar, often called a miniature of the Old Bridge and said to be its trial run.
Kriva Ćuprija, the Crooked Bridge, is a small single-arch stone bridge over the Radobolja stream a short way west of the Old Bridge, and is often described as its miniature. The oldest single-arch stone bridge in Mostar, it is dated to about 1558, in the Ottoman period; the builder is variously given as the architect Ćejvan-ćehaja or left unknown. Its semicircular arch spans about eight and a half metres, reached by stepped stone ramps, and it belongs to the UNESCO-listed old town and is a national monument.
A local tradition holds that the Crooked Bridge was built as a trial run before the great Old Bridge, a rehearsal in miniature; it is a charming story, told only as 'it is said'. The little bridge sits among the old stone houses of the Donja Mahala quarter, with café terraces built out over the Radobolja, a spring-fed stream that once drove watermills and served the town's tanneries before it joins the Neretva. Floods destroyed the bridge in 2000 and it was rebuilt soon afterwards.
Did you know? The Crooked Bridge is reckoned the oldest single-arch stone bridge in Mostar, dated to about 1558, a few years older than the great Old Bridge it resembles in miniature.
How long should you spend at Kriva Ćuprija (the Crooked Bridge)?
Plan about ~15 min at Kriva Ćuprija (the Crooked Bridge). That is enough to take it in and hear its narrated story; stay longer if it grabs you. The tour is self-guided, so there is no rush.
Is Kriva Ćuprija (the Crooked Bridge) worth visiting?
Kriva Ćuprija (the Crooked Bridge) is one of the 13 sights the Gingerguide team researched and narrated in Mostar, so it earns a place on a self-guided walk. Its story explains why it matters, and you can ask the AI guide anything the story leaves open.
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