The old city of Vidoški in Stolac was founded in the fifth and sixth century, during the time of the Byzantine emperor Constantine, who built a fort in Stolac with the aim of protecting his commercial caravans that went from the west to the east, towards the former Byzantium.
After Constantine, the city was abandoned, until…
Heritage
The old town of Tešanj was built on the top of a rocky hill, along the river Tešanjka. The fortress consists of two towers and the inhabitants of this small town in Central Bosnia call it Gradina, and it exists full three millennia in this place. The Tešanj fortress, after the one in Jajce, is…
The Roman bridge near Ustikoline, at the mouth of the Gabeoski stream in the Drina River, has been on the list of national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2005. The bridge in Kozetina was built on steep terrain and its present length is about ten meters. It was built of blocks of broken stone…
Open-air museum and the royal city are labels that Jajce rightfully wears. The beauty of the town in Central Bosnia leaves no one indifferent. Jajce is located at the mouth of Pliva and Vrbas rivers and is known for its lakes, waterfalls, watermills...
Jajce was the capital of the Bosnian kings, and and the last Bosnian…
Sarajevan goldsmiths and brothers Sead and Senad have been carrying out one of the projects with the National Museum, which is important for our cultural heritage, and those are replicas of jewelery worn by Bosnian queens and kings, as well as few members of wealthy merchant families who in those times wore top quality jewelry.
The…
Gradačac tower, Gradina, Tower of Husein-kapetan Gradaščević or Castel of the Dragon of Bosnia is the main characteristic of this town in the north of Bosnia. It dominates the landscape of Gradačac, erected at the highest point in this area where Posavina plain ends and Bosnian small hills start to rise.
Brother of the most famous…
The bridge of Mehmed-pasha Sokolović in Višegrad, a famous bridge on the Drina River, was built by one of the most famous architects and engineers of the classical Ottoman period, Mimar Koca Sinan, and by the order of the great Vizier Mehmed-pasha Sokolović.
The bridge was built in the period from 1571 to 1577 in the…
As an intersection of many civilizations, Bosnia and Herzegovina is rich in archaeological remains from the Neolithic, Roman, Illyrian, and medieval periods, which, besides tombstones, left numerous fortresses.
They were built during the independence of the Bosnian state, between the 12th and 16th centuries. Fortresses were mainly built on the natural avenue of approach to these…
No story of the tourism and beauty of Bosnia and Herzegovina would be complete without mentioning Blagaj. This oasis of peace and natural harmony is located three kilometers from Mostar Airport. The greatest attention of visitors is attracted by the spring of the river Buna, where there is a mysterious building - dervish' tekke, which…
Radimlja, a necropolis of tombstones called “stećci” is one of the most valuable monuments of medieval period in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in Vidovo polje (Vido’s field), three kilometres west of Stolac, on the Čapljina-Stolac road.
This is one of the most valuable and the most significant “stećak” necropolis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, due…