Castles & Palaces
Počitelj citadel rising in tiers above the Neretva River

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Castles in Bosnia & Herzegovina

One of Europe's most underrated castle destinations, Bosnia & Herzegovina carries the imprint of every empire that crossed the Balkans. The Ottoman fortified towns of Počitelj and Mostar, the medieval citadels of the Neretva valley, and the Dervish monasteries perched above river springs make Herzegovina a concentrated castle landscape unlike anywhere else in Europe.

Jajce Fortress (Jajačka tvrđava) above the Pliva-Vrbas confluence, Central Bosnia — the medieval capital of the Kingdom of Bosnia with the Medvjed Tower and the Pliva Waterfall at its foot

bosnia · Central Bosnia Canton — Jajce, at the confluence of the Pliva and Vrbas rivers

Jajce Fortress

The last capital of the medieval Kingdom of Bosnia — a UNESCO-candidate fortress town with royal catacombs, a 22-metre urban waterfall, and 600 years of layered history at the Pliva-Vrbas confluence

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Počitelj Ottoman village and citadel tower on a limestone cliff above the Neretva River in Bosnia

bosnia · Herzegovina-Neretva Canton

Počitelj Citadel

A perfectly preserved Ottoman fortified village clinging to a limestone cliff above the Neretva

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Travnik Fortress on the ridge above the Ottoman-era old town of Travnik, Bosnia — the 15th-century Ottoman fortification that overlooked the seat of the Bosnian Viziers for over a century

bosnia · Central Bosnia, Travnik

Travnik Fortress

The seat of the Ottoman Bosnian Viziers — a fortress above Travnik's old town that served as the administrative capital of Ottoman Bosnia for over a century, paired with Plava Voda's turquoise spring and the Šarena Mosque

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Vranduk Fortress rising above the Bosna River gorge in central Bosnia — the medieval royal gateway fortress on its limestone rock spur, with the river channeled below the walls

bosnia · Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosna River gorge, between Zenica and Maglaj

Vranduk Fortress

Medieval Bosnia's gateway fortress in the Bosna River gorge — and the diplomatic hub where King Stjepan Tomaš received the world

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Srebrenik Fortress — the medieval clifftop citadel in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia, rising 70 metres above the surrounding terrain on three sheer cliff faces, with the stone bridge the only approach

bosnia · Tuzla Canton, Srebrenik

Srebrenik Fortress

Seventy metres of sheer cliff on three sides and a stone bridge the only way in — one of the most dramatically sited medieval fortresses in the Balkans

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Tešanj Castle rising above the Ottoman-era čaršija and the 1563 Ferhadija Mosque in central Bosnia — the medieval fortress that repelled Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1697

bosnia · Zenica-Doboj Canton, Tešanj

Tešanj Castle

The fortress that held when Sarajevo burned — one medieval citadel that Prince Eugene of Savoy could not take in 1697

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Bobovac Fortress ruins on the limestone ridge above the Bosna valley in central Bosnia — the medieval royal seat of the Bosnian Kings before the Ottoman conquest of 1463

bosnia · Central Bosnia, near Vareš / Kraljeva Sutjeska

Bobovac Fortress

The royal seat of the medieval Bosnian Kings — a limestone ridge fortress above the Bosna valley where the last Bosnian king was captured before the Ottoman conquest in 1463

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