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Partisan Memorial Cemetery

A haunting terraced landscape of stone by the architect Bogdan Bogdanović, honoring the city's partisans of the Second World War.

Photo: Fanny Schertzer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
45 minutes
Address
Bijeli Brijeg, 88000 MostarDirections
Getting There
A 20-minute walk west of the old town.

Why Go

Opened in 1965, the memorial climbs a hillside in terraces, paths and fountains, with hundreds of stone markers for the Mostar fighters who died against fascism. Neglected and damaged after the war, it's being slowly restored.

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