Andrićgrad

Andrićgrad Андрићград
Town
Andrićgrad town center during construction Andrićgrad town center during construction
Andrićgrad Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates:
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Division	Republika Srpska
Municipality	Višegrad
Founded by	Emir Kusturica
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
Website	andricgrad.com

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

Construction of Andrićgrad, also known as Kamengrad (Каменград, "Stonetown") started on 28 June 2011, and was officially opened on 28 June 2014, with the grand opening marking the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip. Andrićgrad is located several kilometers from Kusturica's first town, Drvengrad, in Serbia.

Overview

Main entrance of the Andricgrad

Andrićgrad is located near the Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and streaches from the bridge up to the confluence of Rzav River. 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 Bridge on the Drina novel 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:

• Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska
• Vuk Jeremić, President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly
• Matija Bećković, writer
• Novak Đoković, tennis player

See also

• Drvengrad

Gallery

• Andricgrad.jpg

  Main square of the Andricgrad.

• Andricgrad during opening ceremony.jpg

  Andricgrad during opening ceremony on 28.06.2014.

• Andricgrad street.JPG

  Main street in Andricgrad.

• Andricgrad main square.jpg

  Square at Andricgrad.

• Vizantija - Andrićgrad.jpg

  Serbian medieval architecture

• Turski trg - Andrićgrad.jpg

  Oriental architecture

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  Andricgrad at night.

• Spomenik Petru II Petroviću Njegosu, Andricgrad.JPG

  Petar II Petrović-Njegoš monument

• Crkva svetog kneza Lazara.jpg

  Tourist boat

• Editing Wikipedia Workshop in Visegrad - 14.JPG

  Mural

• CRKVA POSVEĆENA SVETOM LAZARU.jpg

  Petar II Petrovic Njegos Square

• Andricev spomenik Andricgrad.JPG

  Ivo Andric statue

External links

• Official website
• Official website (under construction, under name Kamengrad)
• About Andricgrad at website of Tourist organization of Visegrad

• [1] (Serbian)
• Uz ćupriju novi Kusturicin grad