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Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
The Mehmed Pasha Sokolović Bridge spans the Drina River in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina and was built by the court architect Mimar Koca Sinan at the end of the 16th century on the orders of Grand Vizier Mehmed Pasha Sokolović. The bridge is a symbol of the heyday of the Ottoman Empire. The bridge is a landmark of architecture and civil engineering with 11 masonry arches spanning 11 to 15 meters and an entrance ramp at right angles to the four arches on the left bank of the river. The bridge is 179.5 meters long and is a masterpiece of Sinan, one of the greatest architects and engineers of the classical Ottoman period and a contemporary of the Italian Renaissance, whose works can be compared to those of the latter. The unique elegance of proportions and the grandeur of the entire site bear witness to the great architecture of this style.
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
These places in Saxony-Anhalt are closely connected to the lives of Martin Luther and his fellow reformer Melanchthon. They include Melanchthon's house in Wittenberg, the house in Eisleben where Luther was born in 1483 and died in 1546, his rooms in Wittenberg, the local church and the castle church where, on October 31, 1517, Luther published his famous "95 Theses", thus launching the Reformation and a new era in the religious and political history of the Western world.