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The culture and artistic heritage of Yugoslavia is as varied as its peoples. The ruins of Stobi, the ancient city in Macedonia, provide evidence that there was civilization dating back 2,000 years. The Roman amphitheater in Croatia is one of the worlds finest. Many works of art demonstrate the originally of Serbian religious art and architecture under the Ottoman Empire. Yugoslavia’s Ottoman heritage is represented by many mosques and well as a stone bridge in Mostar. The bridge and many mosques and churches were destroyed during the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995. The principal ethnic majority is the Serbs who account for 61% of the population while 15% are Albanians, 3.7% are Magyar (Hungarian), 3.6% are Montenegrins and just less than 1% are Slav Muslims. Other ethnic minorities include the Croats, Slovaks, Ukrainians, Czechs, Poles, Russians, Romanians and Germans. Most are Christians of the Orthodox Church. Other religious minorities include Muslims, Protestants, Greek or Uniate Catholics and a small number of Jews. (Simo