Dating from 1798 the structure is a fine example of Ottoman bridge design in itself, but that's not why it is world-famous. Latinska Ćuprija is best-known as the place where the heir to the Austrian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his pregnant wife were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by a Bosnian Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip.
Beyond a plaque at the site and a small museum nearby little fuss is made of its notoriety but standing here you are at the place where Princip fired his pistol and where the rest, as they say, is history.
