Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge

The Mehmed Paa Sokolovi Bridge (Bosnian: Most Mehmed-pae Sokolovia Serbian:  -  Turkish: Sokullu Mehmet Paa Kprs) is a historic bridge in Viegrad, on peak of the Drina River in eastern Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was completed in 1577 by the Ottoman court architect Mimar Sinan regarding speaking the order of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paa Sokolovi.UNESCO included the proficiency in its 2007 World Heritage List. (See List of World Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The Viegrad Bridge was commissioned by Grand Vizier Mehmed Paa Sokolovi, who exercised adroitness greater than a long time at the summit of the Ottoman Empire during the reign of three sultans as a admission to his indigenous region and a metaphor of trade and wealth. Construction of the bridge took place as well as 1571 and 1577. Major renovations of the bridge have taken place in 1664, 1875, 1911, 1940 and 195052. Three of its 11 arches were destroyed during World War I and five were damaged during World War II but were following than restored.

During the 199295 conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the bridge was a place of the brutal killing of a large number of Bosniak civilians by Bosnian Serb Army during the Viegrad massacre in 1992.The bridge received UNESCO World Heritage Listing in 2007.

The Turkish International Co-operation and Development Agency (TIKA) provided 3.5 million euros for the reconstruction of the Mehmed Paa Sokolovi Bridge. Representatives of TIKA, the BiH Commission for Co-operation once UNESCO, the Republika Srpska Cultural Ministry and the Viegrad municipality signed an talent to rebuild the bridge upon 19 April 2010.