The Latin Bridge, which crosses the shallow Miljacka River to
connect the old town with the Skenderija neighborhood, is the city's oldest. But as 16th-century bridges go, the structure itself isn't what stands out. On one end of this bridge in 1914, the heir to Hapsburg throne was assassinated by an 18-year-old Serbian, sparking World War I and leading to the extinction of two great empires, the Austro- Hungarian and the Ottoman. A modest museum at the northern end of the bridge tells the story how Gavrip Princip happened to see Archduke Franz Ferdinand's motorcade after other would-be assassins failed to kill him. The museum has changed with the evolving perception of Princip, who over the years has been seen as both a nationalist wing nut and a socialist hero. Now the museum focuses on the 40 years Sarajevo was ruled by Austria-Hungary, with particular attention for the end.