List of fortifications in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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.^{[1][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

• List of castles
• List of World Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

1. 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. 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. "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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