Borač (fortress) explained

Borač Castle
Native Name:Old Town Borač
Location:Prača, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pushpin Map:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates:43.7552°N 18.9641°W
Map Size:250
Type:Castle (residential, fortification)
Ownership:Radinović-Pavlović family
Controlledby:
Condition:Ruined
(National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Built:around 1244
Builder:Radislav Pavlović, head of Radinović-Pavlović
Used:1244-1485
Materials:Limestone
Demolished:1485
Past Commanders:Radinović-Pavlović
Footnotes:Site is protected as National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Government of BiH and its KONS

The Borač Castle (Serbian: Борач) was a noble court and one of the largest and most important fortified towns of medieval Bosnia, situated on top of rugged slopes high above the Prača river canyon, between Mesići and Brčigovo, near modern-day Rogatica, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The fortified castle was a seat of the Pavlović noble family.[1]

Old and New structure

The family hailed and ruled from Borač. It is the first of two castles in their possession, which family used as a seat. Two castles were built in space of several decades and within few kilometers from each other, the second being Pavlovac, sometimes called New Borač or New Town.

Pavlovac

The new castle or New Town or New Borač is actually called Pavlovac, and is considered to be a new structure, also known simply as Novi (English: New) or Novi Grad (English: New Town), situated on top of rugged slopes above the Prača river canyon, near modern days Prača village, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Problem exist in correct dating of its construction, but some medieval charters suggest 1392, or late 14th century, as time of its construction, during Radislav Pavlović at the family's helm.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Old Borač

However, historians are certain that another Radinović-Pavlović fortress, original and older Borač than usually described Borač castle, existed, which was built around 1244 in the 13th century and located just a few kilometers downstream Prača river from New Town, near the location of present-day village Borač at 43.7386°N 19.0199°W.[1] [2] [3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Borak (Han-stjenički plateau) necropolis with stećak tombstones in the village of Burati, the historic site. Commission to preserve national monuments. Commission to preserve national monuments. 12 May 2015. Bosnian. https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030435/http://old.kons.gov.ba/main.php?id_struct=6&lang=1&action=view&id=3054. 3 February 2019. dead.
  2. Book: Marko Vego. Naselja bosanske srednjevjekovne države. 1957. Svjetlost. Sarajevo. 19 May 2015. Bosnian.
  3. Book: Alija Bejtić. Rogatica, Srednji vijek. 1966. Svjetlost. Sarajevo. Bosnian.
  4. Book: Desanka Kovačević-Kojić. Gradska naselja srednjovjekovne Bosanske države. 1987. Veselin Masleša. Sarajevo. Bosnian.