Andrićgrad – Višegrad Bosnia and Herzegovina / photo experience

Andricgrad is a city, cultural center and a type of ethno-village located at the mouth of the mouth at the mouth of the Drina and Rzav rivers in Visegrad. Andricgrad was created as an idea by prof. Kusturice about a stone medieval town inspired by the works and characters of Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić. It is, in fact, a vision of how Visegrad might have looked as if it had not been bypassed by the Renaissance and other historical periods.

Stonetown inspired by the literary works and characters of Nobel prize winner Ivo Andric. However, architecture is a mix of different eras as well as styles that passed throughout the history of Visegrad: the Byzantine style, the Ottoman period, the Renaissance, the Classicism.

Some of the main objects of Andrictown are: Ivo Andric’s institute with a centre for Slavic languages, Fine arts Academy, Town hall, the Church of Saint Lazar, renaissance theatre, multiplex cinema, accommodation objects and much more. Andrictown attracts tourists from all over the world, as well as people from public life, some of them are: Novak Djokovic, world number one tennis player, Jose Mujica, ex president of Uruguay, Monica Bellucci, an Italian actress, etc.
Nowadays, Andrictown is one of the most significant visitor attraction in the region, together with Mehmed pasha bridge, the Drina river boat cruise, and reconstructed narrow gauge tourist railway Visegrad – Mokra Gora.