Sunday 28 May 2017

Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Bosnia and Herzogovina.:
 Another flag card for my collection ..this one a swap Thank you Hermina for this swap..
Posted 25 April : Arrived Sydney 25 May.: Traveled 31 days..

Greetings from BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA...Pozdrav  iz Bosne i Hercegovine.
BOSNIA & HERZOGOVINA covers an area of some 51,197 KM2.
POPULATION  of B& H is 3,531,159 inhabitants.
LOCATION of B & H is in Eastern Europe (Balkans )
CAPITAL CITY  is Sarajevo
UNIQUE TO B& H is Perucica. one of the last Preserved primeval forests in Europe in Sutjetska National Park. This forest is considered to be around 20,000 years old.
STECCI - Middle Age tombstones  mystery of the Bosnian History ,
 Unesco World Heritage since 2016
FAMOUS. Ivo Andric 1961 won the Nobel Prize for literature for his novel"The Bridge of Drina."
BRIDGE.The old Bridge in Mostar a National symbol built in the 16th Century..destroyed in 1993 and reconstructed rebuilt and opened in 2004.
HISTORY First King 1353-1377 Tvrtko1 of Kotromonjic dynasty.
AUSTRO HUNGARIAN RULE.:1878-1919. 28th June 1914 assasination of Crown Prince  Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo..The beginning of the first World War.
INDEPENDENCE : Bosnian War 1992-1995


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