Roman bridge - Rimski most

Roman bridge - Rimski most

Roman bridge (bos. Rimski most) is a old bridge located near Ilidza and Sarajevo not so far from the beginning of river Bosna. It is one of the four remaining old bridges in Sarajevo and now it doesn't have it's real function because the old road that leads to Roman bridge is not functional now.

It is not certain when this bridge was built, but famous writer Benedikt Kuripesic passed by this area in 1530 and didn't mention this bridge. Twenty years later another writer Katarin Zeno wrote about this bridge and says that there is a stone bridge with seven arches on river Bosna in this area. Based on those facts we could say that this bridge is built between 1530-1550. There is no written documents about who ordered it's building and who built it, but there is a document that the bridge was renewed in first half of 16th century following the order of Rustem-pasha Hrvat.

The bridge is made by stone blocks as a low structure with seven arches. It is long 40 meters and wide 4,5 meters. It is strange that this bridge is called Roman bridge due the fact that it is built in the time of Ottoman rule in this area, but some historians say that is possible that there was before an old bridge in Roman times. Some of the stones used in the building of the bridge has some antic carvings on it so the name "Roman bridge" stays until today.