Andrićgrad
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Andrićgrad ({{Lang-sr-cyr|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 the Yugoslav novelist and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Ivo Andrić.
Construction of Andrićgrad, also known as Kamengrad (Каменград, "Stonetown") started on 28 June 2011 (Vidovdan,{{Cite web|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/8/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0/915744/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0+%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%9A%D0%B0+%22%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%9B%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%22.html|title=Почела градња "Андрићграда"}} and was officially opened on 28 June 2014, on Vidovdan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6bdd13b8-fbaf-11e3-aa19-00144feab7de.html#slide0|title=The town that Emir Kusturica built|date=27 June 2014}} Andrićgrad is located several kilometers from Kusturica's first town, Drvengrad, in Serbia.
Andrićgrad was, in 2022, the venue used for the twelfth edition of Bina Mira, a youth festival that focuses on peace and equality between nations, that drew over 80 students from Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.
Overview
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. [https://jeftineaviokarte.rs jeftineaviokarte.rs] After Küstendorf ({{Langx|en|coastal village}}), this is the second village Kusturica created from scratch. Andrićgrad is to be used as a location for Kusturica's film adaptation of the novel The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}}{{needs update|date=July 2023}}
The town has a lot of shops and services for incoming guests, amongst them are a gift shop, a kneipe, a restaurant, a cinema, a book shop and a gallery. [https://www.andricgrad.com/en/]
Honorary citizens
Honorary citizens are people who have been awarded with Key to the City. They are:{{cite web|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/aktuelno.293.html%3A418183-Djokovicu-kljucevi-Andricgrada |title=Đokoviću ključevi Andrićgrada |publisher=Večernje Novosti |accessdate=16 November 2014}}
- 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
Gallery
File:Entrance of the Andricgrad.jpg|Main entrance of Andrićgrad.
File:Andricgrad.jpg|Main square of Andrićgrad.
File:Andricgrad during opening ceremony.jpg|Andrićgrad during opening ceremony on 28 June 2014.
File:Andricgrad street.JPG|Main street in Andrićgrad.
Andricgrad main square.jpg|Square in Andrićgrad.
File:Vizantija - Andrićgrad.jpg|Serbian medieval architecture
File:Turski trg - Andrićgrad.jpg|Oriental architecture
Andricgrad at night.jpg|Andrićgrad 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 Petrović Njegoš Square
References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://www.andricgrad.com/}}
- {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20120118070734/http://kamengrad.info:80/}} (under construction, under name Kamengrad)
- About Andricgrad at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120915091511/http://www.visegradturizam.com/openfile.php?dir=9_76_sr&page=1_77_sr.txt website of Tourist organization of Visegrad]
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