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Ten Days in Bosnia: the Fall and the Gate, Jajce, 1895. Creator: Unknown.

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Ten Days in Bosnia: the Fall and the Gate, Jajce, 1895. '...the road lays by the river Plevna for a few miles; then sweeps sharply to the left, and Jajce, white and old and sparkling in the sun, stands out upon the hill-side. Whatever be its claims upon the memory of Bosnians, the picturesqueness of its situation and its speaking antiquity cannot but fascinate all strangers. We have never seen a city whose very gateway conjured up in our minds so many romantic dreams; have never passed a rampart which had so well defied the march of ages...At the foot of the walls of this gem of towns there lies the great cascade which is the chief glory of the place. We were told that it is the deepest fall in Europe. Certainly it is one of the most beautiful and impressive. The waters of the Plevna and the Verbas here meet and dash down a ravine into a rock-strewn bed, where they foam and glisten with a hundred hues. The roar of the cascade is in your ears whatever street of the town you tread; at night, if you are lucky enough to persuade a prefect or other seat of authority to illuminate the fall, you may witness a spectacle which is difficult to surpass'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.

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53,3Mo (5,7Mo) / 31,6cm x 42,3cm / 3729 x 4995 (300dpi)

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