Mostar is
a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the biggest and the
most important city in Herzegovina and the center of the Herzegovina-Neretva
Canton of the Federation. Mostar is situated on the Neretva river and
is the fifth-largest city in the country. Mostar was named after its Old
Bridge (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: "Stari Most") and the
towers on its sides, "the bridge keepers" (natively: mostari).
The bridge was destroyed by Croatian Defence Council units during the
Bosnian War, on November 9, 1993 at 10:15 am. Slobodan Praljak, the commander
of the Croat forces, is on trial at the ICTY for ordering the destruction
of the bridge, among other charges.
