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This is a list of fortifications in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including fortresses and castles, arranged alphabetically.

Bosnian archaeologist and historian of the Middle Ages, Pavao Anđelić, posited that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a home of great number of forts, fortresses, castles, including a number of walled city-fortresses, in various degrees of preservation, and built in different stages of Bosnian history. According to his research he argued that at least 350 of these edifices exists on the territory of modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, [1] most of which was erected by or belonged to a medieval Bosnian state, while small number in its borderlands simply rests on the territories included into modern state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was largely unchanged, with few very minor exceptions, since 1878. In his book, the Medieval Towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina, historian of architecture of the Middle Ages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Husref Redžić, described 225 sites in manuscript and 147 in published book. [1]

List

The list is based on body of work in Bosnia and Herzegovinian historiography. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Castle Location Type Constructed/
earliest mention 		Notes Image
Bijela Tabija Vratnik (Sarajevo) c. 1550 Bijela Tabija (English: White Bastion) is an old fort overlooking the historic core of Sarajevo. It is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Blagaj Mostar
Bobovac Vareš/ Kraljeva Sutjeska
Bočac Fortress Bočac
Borač Castle Brčigovo Fortified town with noble court 1244 (13th century) [6] [3] Borač was noble court of Radinović-Pavlović and one of the largest and most important fortified towns of medieval Bosnia
Bosanska Krupa Fortress Bosanska Krupa
Bužim Castle Bužim
Branković Tower Trebinje
Captain's Citadel Bihać
Citadel Počitelj Počitelj 1383
Medieval Town of Dubrovnik (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Ilijaš
Daorson Ošanjići, Stolac
Drijeva Ćapljina 13th c.
Fazlagić Tower Gacko 1735
Fortress of Doboj Doboj 13th century
Glamoč Fortress Glamoč 14th century
Gradačac Castle Gradačac 1765
Gradina Pale 15th century
Greben Fort Krupa na Vrbasu
Hodidjed Sarajevo
Hutovo Fortress Hutovo Blato
Jajce Castle Jajce 14th century
Kamengrad Fort Sanski Most
Kamičak Fort Ključ
Kastel Fortress Banja Luka
Ključ Castle Gacko
Ključ Castle Ključ
Komotin Castle Jajce 14th century
Kotor Castle Kotor Varoš Hrvoje Vukčić's seat, before moving it to Jajce Castle
Kozograd Fojnica The royal summer-residence, King Tomaš office, Queen Katarina last refuge from Ottoman invasion
Kušlat Zvornik 1346 Bosnian royal demesne
Ljubuški Fortress Ljubuški
Maglaj Fortress Maglaj
Miljacka, Old Town Pale 15th century
Momčilo's Citadel Drvar
Old town of Visoki Visoko
Orašac Fort Kulen Vakuf
Ostrožac Castle Cazin 16th century
Ostrovica Castle Kulen Vakuf
Pavlovac Castle Prača (Pale-Prača) Fortified town with noble court 1392 (14th century) [6] [3] Pavlovac was noble court of Radinović-Pavlović and one of the largest and most important fortified towns of medieval Bosnia
Prusac Fortress Prusac
Prince Marko's Tower Višegrad
Smajilagić's Citadel, Upper Town Livno
Samobor Castle Hladila

Sokograd Gerzovo, Mrkonjić Grad 1357
Soko Fort [7] Soko, Gračanica
Sokolac Bihać
Srebrenica Srebrenica 1333
Srebrenik Fortress Srebrenik 1333
Stolac / Vidoški Stolac
Tešanj Castle Tešanj
Travnik Castle Travnik
Tuhaglia Tarčin
Velika Kladuša Castle Velika Kladuša
Vinac fortress Vinac
Visuć Citadel (Black Queen's Citadel) Drvar
Vranduk Fortress Vranduk
Vrnograč Castle Vrnograč, Velika Kladusa
Vujadin's Citadel Livno
Zvečaj Fortress Rekavice
Zvornik fortress Zvornik c. 12th century
Žuta Tabija Vratnik (Sarajevo) c. 1727-1739 Žuta Tabija (English: Yellow Bastion), built between 1727 and 1739, is an old fort overlooking the historic core of Sarajevo. It is a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Walled City of Jajce Jajce
Walled City of Počitelj Počitelj
Walled City of Vratnik Sarajevo c. 1727-1739 "Walled city of Vratnik" lies within wider eponymous Sarajevo neighborhood, fortified after brief 1697 terror-raid of Prince Eugene of Savoy. In 2005 it's designated national monument of BiH.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Redžić, Husref (2009). "RIJEČ UREDNIKA". Srednjovjekovni gradovi u Bosni i Hercegovini (in Bosnian). Sarajevo Publishing. ISBN  978-9958-21-511-7. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ Marko Vego (1957). Naselja bosanske srednjevjekovne države (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Svjetlost.
  3. ^ a b c Alija Bejtić (1966). Rogatica, Srednji vijek (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Svjetlost.
  4. ^ Desanka Kovačević-Kojić (1987). Gradska naselja srednjovjekovne Bosanske države (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Veselin Masleša.
  5. ^ Đurđević, Tihomir (1991). Srednjovekovni gradovi uz Vrbas i Sanu. Muzej Bosanske Krajine.
  6. ^ a b "Borak (Han-stjenički plateau) necropolis with stećak tombstones in the village of Burati, the historic site". Commission to preserve national monuments (in Bosnian). Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Mediaeval fort of Soko in Sokol, the architectural ensemble". old.kons.gov.ba (in English and Serbo-Croatian). Sarajevo: Commission to preserve national monuments (published 12 May 2003). 17 June 2020.

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