Andrićgrad

Andrićgrad (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрићград, lit. "Andrić's town") is the name of a construction project located in Višegrad, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina by film director Emir Kusturica. The town is dedicated to Yugoslav novelist and Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić.

Andrićgrad
Андрићград
Town
Andrićgrad
Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates: 43°47′11.2092″N 19°17′38.817″E
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
MunicipalityVišegrad
Founded byEmir Kusturica
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Websiteandricgrad.com

Construction of Andrićgrad, also known as Kamengrad (Каменград, "Stonetown") started on 28 June 2011,[1] and was officially opened on 28 June 2014, on Vidovdan.[2] Andrićgrad is located several kilometers from Kusturica's first town, Drvengrad, in Serbia.

Overview
Main entrance of Andrićgrad

Andrićgrad is located near the Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and stretches from the bridge up to the confluence of the Rzav River.[3] After Drvengrad (English: Woodentown), this is the second village Kusturica created from scratch. Andrićgrad is to be used as a location for Kusturica's new film Na Drini ćuprija, based on the novel The Bridge on the Drina by Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Ivo Andrić.

Honorary citizens

Honorary citizens are people who have been awarded with Key to the City. They are:[4]

See also
  • Main square of Andrićgrad.
  • Andrićgrad during opening ceremony on 28 June 2014.
  • Main street in Andrićgrad.
  • Square in Andrićgrad.
  • Serbian medieval architecture
  • Oriental architecture
  • Andrićgrad at night.
  • Petar II Petrović-Njegoš monument
  • Tourist boat
  • Mural
  • Petar II Petrović Njegoš Square
  • Andrićgrad and Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge

References
  1. "Почела градња "Андрићграда"".
  2. "The town that Emir Kusturica built". 27 June 2014.
  3. Uz ćupriju novi Kusturicin grad
  4. "Đokoviću ključevi Andrićgrada". Večernje Novosti. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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