Šeranić’s House, built in 1580, is one of the important cultural and historical monuments of Banja Luka. This house, which is number one in town on the Vrbas River, is the first built residential unit in the city.
It was built in Šeher settlement, and in 2003, it was proclaimed a national monument of Bosnia and…
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Catacombs or an underground church, carved into the rock more than 600 years ago, remained one of the most interesting monuments in the area of the Royal City of Jajce. The kings were changing, the authorities, the city was attacked, defended, conquered and changed ... However, Catacombs were interesting throughout the history.
At the end of…
Old Town Dubrovnik, Medieval fortress in the area of Višnjica settlement, in the municipality of Ilijaš. In the 13th century, the area between Sarajevo and Visoko field belonged to the old Bosnian parish of Vidogošće-Vogošća, in which Dubrovnik, together with the suburb, is the main political center of this parish.
The town was built on a…
There are few bridges in our country that can be compared with the beauty of lines and the imagination of shapes of this specific bridge. The Višegrad Bridge on the Drina is much larger and for the economic history it is much more significant, the famous bridge on the Neretva River in Mostar is visibly…
The old stone bridge in Konjic is one of the four most important in Bosnia and Herzegovina, next to the Old Bridge in Mostar, the Višegrad Bridge on Drina and the Trebinje Arslanagić Bridge. Beautiful BH monument, built in 1682, was also on the list of protected cultural and historical heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina,…
Through a macadam road, along the Krivaje canyon, and then along the river Oćevijica, a 30-minute drive from Olovo to Vareš, and one arrives in an unusual and faraway village on the Zvijezda Mountain - Oćevija.
Probably the last in Europe, which has, up to the present, in the time of modern techniques and factories, preserved…
Sarajevo Baščaršija is abundant with artisans who for several centuries have preserved ancient artisanship from oblivion and are visited by tourists coming to the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarači (masters who make leather items) are among the oldest and one of the most important crafts. They have been appearing in 1489 and have survived…
Thousands of tourists visit Travnik every year, primarily to see the birthplace of the literary Nobel Prize-winner Ivo Andrić, visit his birth house transformed into a memorial museum, and look for the features and symbols that the great writer mentions in his works, such as Bosnian Chronicle and The Vizier's Elephant.
The permanent exhibition at the…
For centuries, on the Mlađevac hill above Drina, the fortress has been countinuosly built. The legend says that cursed Jerina, the wife of the Serbian despot Đurđa Branković, built it and the famous dervish, Shaykh Hasan Kaimi also lived there. The fortress is known as Kula Grad or Đurđev Grad. It was one of the…
The Old Town Blagaj (Stjepangrad) is one of the most valuable national monuments of B&H, whose history testifies to the turbulent times of these areas. It was built on a high and hardly accessible karst hill, above the river Buna. The archaeological material scattered along the slopes of Blagaj Hill witnesses the existence of settlements…