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Embroidered calligraphy, Kajtaz House, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Embroidered Arabic calligraphy, Ottoman period, from Kajtaz House, a traditional Islamic home, originally the harem of a larger homestead built for a 16th century Turkish judge, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Stari Most or Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Embroidered Arabic calligraphy, Ottoman period, from Kajtaz House, a traditional Islamic home, originally the harem of a larger homestead built for a 16th century Turkish judge, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Stari Most or Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen