Bosnian Castles
Stories about Bosnian castles, people and landscapes, grounded in historical sources.
History & heritage
Srebrenik appears in a charter from 1333; Tešanj has two well-known references from 1461. Neither date establishes when all the buildings now standing were constructed.
History & heritage
Three fortresses in the Bosna valley stood beside routes used by traders, townspeople and armies. Their histories extend into the settlements and approaches below the walls.
History & heritage
A royal portal, artillery positions and later service buildings survive within these fortresses. The structures belong to different periods of occupation and repair.
History & heritage
Bobovac housed royal government, a decorated palace and the graves of rulers. Its surviving stonework records connections with Central European workshops that are harder to see in the ruined walls alone.
History & heritage
Hrvoje’s commissions survive in a rock-cut church in Jajce and richly illustrated manuscripts now held abroad. They belong to the career of a Bosnian magnate whose authority also extended to the Dalmatian coast.
History & heritage
Ostrožac's courtyard contains work made centuries apart. Medieval records, Ottoman building campaigns, the Berks residence and the sculpture colony explain how such different uses came to share one enclosure.
History & heritage
The houses below Počitelj's towers matter as much as the skyline. Their construction, wartime destruction and subsequent repair explain why conserving this place involves an entire settlement.
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