Bridge over the River Tara Aug 31, 2021

Bridge over the River Tara

In northern Montenegro, the Đurđevića Tara Bridge is the fastest passage between the villages of Budečevica and Trešnjica. The five-arch concrete bridge was completed in 1940 just as World War II was spreading across Europe. By 1941, Italian forces from the Axis powers had invaded this region. Local guerrilla fighters took an extreme measure to keep the Italian army from crossing the Tara River Valley: They blew up one of the arches, making the bridge unpassable and slowing the advancement of the invading forces. The bridge was rebuilt in 1946, and though it retains its original name, some still call it the anti-fascist bridge. And now you know an awesome story about a bridge in Montenegro.

© Hike The World/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Aug 31, 2018Let’s have a ball
Aug 31, 2019Walk the line
Aug 31, 2020At the shore of an inland sea
Aug 31, 2022Blue linckia sea stars in Papua New Guinea
Aug 31, 2023Saguaro cacti, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona
Aug 31, 2024Tassili n’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
Aug 31, 2025Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 23, 2018Happy World Meteorological Day
Jul 27, 2019Longer days mean warmer sand
May 3, 2023Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya
Oct 17, 2023Spreadsheet Day
Dec 2, 2018Winter in Old Nuuk
Jul 5, 2021How green is my valley
Dec 1, 2023Antarctica Day
May 8, 2022Mother s Day
Dec 9, 2022Muskoxen in Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway
Apr 12, 2020Who created the Easter Bunny?
Aug 27, 2025World Lake Day in the Faroe Islands
Jan 4, 2024Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
Feb 3, 2026Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe, California
Jul 19, 2025National Moth Week
May 21, 2024International Tea Day
Jul 23, 2019A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
Nov 4, 2022A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
Aug 28, 2021Relationship status: It s complicated
Oct 21, 2022Bald cypress trees in Georgia
Jul 14, 2021A different view of sharks
Oct 31, 2021Happy Halloween!
Jan 10, 2019‘You should see the one that got away!’
Dec 31, 2020Goodbye, 2020!
Jul 16, 2020Summertime in Alaska
Oct 12, 2023Farmers Day
Aug 18, 2018Is that a buzzing sound?
Mar 2, 2023Negratín Reservoir, Granada, Spain
Mar 23, 2024World Meteorological Day
May 29, 2024World Otter Day
Mar 11, 2021Welcome to the drainpipe of the Pacific