Andrićgrad Explained

Andrićgrad
Native Name:Андрићград
Native Name Lang:sr
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Bosnia and Herzegovina#Balkans#Europe
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates:43.7864°N 19.2941°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Subdivision Type1:Division
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Višegrad
Founder:Emir Kusturica
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1

Andrićgrad (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,[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.

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.[3] After Küstendorf, 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.

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. [4]

Honorary citizens

Honorary citizens are people who have been awarded with Key to the City. They are:[5]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Почела градња "Андрићграда".
  2. Web site: The town that Emir Kusturica built. 27 June 2014.
  3. http://www.vecernjenovosti.info/vesti/kultura.71.html:313705-Uz-cupriju-novi-Kusturicin-grad Uz ćupriju novi Kusturicin grad
  4. https://www.andricgrad.com/en/
  5. Web site: Đokoviću ključevi Andrićgrada . Večernje Novosti . 16 November 2014.