The river of Bregava with the structures and equipment over it – buildings, bridges, mills and stamping mills – constitute the backbone of the town of Stolac.
A few bridges over the river have survived, the oldest of which is the Chuprija (Inat Chuprija). From the specific features of its building structure it could be assumed that it was built during the Middle Ages. It is believed to have been built in the early 18th century. The most recent bridge, the Sara Kashikovich bridge in Begovina, was built in 1896. This is the largest privately owned bridge – it has also gates to close it off. The other two bridges in the ensemble are the small bridge by the sarich summer residence and the bridge by the Ali-Pasha Mosque.
The mills are of fairly uniform character without major differences in the way they were built. In 1664 Evliya Chelebi wrote in his travelogue that there were ten water mills. In the 18th century there were 180 waterwheels on the Bregava River.
The mills were usually combined with stamp