Emir Kusturica to build stone city of 12 million euros
Baku, March 1 (AZERTAC). Famous Serbian director Emir Kusturica presented on Monday in the Bosnian town of Visegrad project of Stone Town, which will serve as a backdrop for his new film, and subsequently become a tourist center. Erection of a so-called Stonegrad begin on June 28 this year in Visegrad near the stone bridge over the River Drina, which was built in the XVI century. Now this bridge - one of the major tourist attractions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cost of construction of the city is estimated at 10-12,5 million euros. Stonegrad will become a decoration to the future Kusturica film on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andric ”Bridge on the Drina. “ The novel covers more than four centuries since the time of flowering of the Ottoman Empire, when the Bosnian territory was part of it, and before the beginning of XX century.
It is assumed that Stonegrad will be built on the area of 1.4 hectares and will consist ofmore than 50 buildings - stone houses, churches, city hall, hotels, theaters, shops, markets, restaurants and a small marina. ”All the houses we build the most modern building materials, but overlay them withstones of old or abandoned houses Herzegovina”, - explained the director.
According to him, the style Stonegrad involves blending the spirit of the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, and a special Greek-Serbian neoclassicism. The director admitted that it is the largest project that he had started.
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