Detail of a historic facade in Vukovar with hundreds of bullet holes and shrapnel from the 1991 siege

A close-up detail of a historic facade in Vukovar documenting the intensity of the 1991 siege. The wall, once covered with yellow ochre plaster, shows hundreds of bullet holes and craters caused by artillery shrapnel. The windows with decorated frames in Habsburg style contrast with the surrounding devastation. This type of building, typical of Central European architecture, tells the story of a city that was for centuries part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before becoming the scene of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the late 20th century.

Vukovar, bullet holes, facade, siege, shrapnel, Habsburg architecture, wounds