List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

The National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina include:

Below is the comprehensive list composed of Cultural-Historical National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina[2] and World Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This list (see list of all inscribed monuments in Commission's spread sheet for reference) is based on the commission's old website now maintained as an archive, which contains comprehensive data-base with Decision list, Petition list, Provisional and Tentative list, maps, images, together with other documents, descriptions, criteria and laws of all country's monuments, candidate monuments, rejected monuments, as well as those removed from list of protected properties, with browsable documents archive at:

Also, both old (archive) and new website maintains many other information and documents, the criteria, laws, news on activities, virtual exhibitions, galleries, etc., all browsable at:

For the UNESCO criteria see the Selection criteria.

Natural heritage sites and the tentative list of World Heritage Sites of Bosnia and Herzegovina are not included, instead these are elaborated within scope of separate lists, along with other specific lists created on the basis of monuments category, type or subject.

List of inscribed World Heritage Sites

The nameNameDate[3] CriteriaProvincesImages
Main list[4]
2005 VI
2007 II, IV Republika Srpska, Sarajevo macroregion
2016 II, III, VI Joint Cultural Heritage by four countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia).
2021 IX Transnational site in 18 European countries.

List of monuments

TypeNameLocationCreated
date/era
Declared monument
date
ImageNotes
Bridge C16 declared Spans the Miljacka.
Bridge 1585 declared Spans the Miljacka.
Bridge 1798 declared Spans the Miljacka.
Bridge 1886 declared Steel road bridge over the Miljacka.
Bridge 1887 declared Iron footbridge over the Miljacka.
Bridge 1893 declared Also called Ajfel as it was designed by Eiffel. Bridge spans the Miljacka.
Bridge 16th C declared Spans the Bosna.
Bridge declared Spans the Upper Neretva.
Bridge 1683 declared Spans the Upper Neretva, rebuilt in 2009.
Bridge 1567 declared Pedestrian bridge over the Neretva, rebuilt in 2004.
Bridge Kriva Ćuprijajust before 1567 declared Pedestrian bridge over the Radobolja, reconstructed in 2004.
Bridge Karađoz-begova Ćuprijadeclared Spans the Buna.
Bridge Inat Ćuprijadeclared Spans the Bregava in the center of Stolac.
Bridge Djevojačka Ćuprijadeclared Spans the Bregava.
Bridge Mustaj-begova Ćuprijadeclared Mustaj-begova Ćuprija, also Klepci Ćuprija, spans the Bregava.
Bridge Ćuprija na Šuicideclared Spans the Šuica (For better view open image).
Bridge Stara Ćuprija Dumandeclared Spans the Bistrica.
Bridge Ćuprija Studencideclared Spans the Studenci.
Bridge Veliki Mostdeclared Spans the Tihaljina/Trebižat.
Bridge declared Spans the Zalomka.
Bridge 17th c. 2006 Spans the Trebišnjica.
Bridge Bridge over Žepadeclared Spans the Žepa (river).
Bridge 1577 declared Spans the Drina.
Building 1891 declared Burned down by Serb incendiary shells at the beginning of the Bosnian War, reconstructed and reopened in 2014.
Building declared Damaged during Bosnian War, repaired afterwards.
Building declared Damaged during the Bosnian War, repaired afterwards.
Building 1551 declared Morića Han is the only surviving Ottoman era Inn in Baščaršija, Sarajevo.
Building declared Gazi Husrev-beg's Bezistan in Baščaršija, Sarajevo.
Building declared Brusa Bezistan in Baščaršija, Sarajevo.
Building 1888 declared Established in 1888, originally conceived around 1850, building expanded in 1913.
Building 1963 2012[5] Award-winning building designed in the 20th century by architect Boris Magaš.
Building 1921 declared Sarajevo National Theatre.
Religious-IslamicČelebića mosque in Donja BijenjaNevesinjeearly 16th centurydeclared
Religious-Islamic 16th century declared The mosque was dynamited at the start of the Bosnian War, repaired afterwards and reopened in 2016.
Religious-Catholic 1889 declared Sarajevo Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Religious-Catholic 1668 declared Fojnica Franciscan Monastery.
Religious-Catholic 1524 2003 Kreševo Franciscan Monastery.
Religious-CatholicTrappist Mariastern AbbeyBanja Luka18697 May 2004
Religious-OrthodoxChurch of St. George, SopotnicaGoražde14545 November 2008
Religious-OrthodoxDobrićevo MonasteryBileća15th-16t c.17 May 2006Built in the 15th or 16th century by the river Trebišnjica and then moved in 1964 upstream to Orah village
Religious-OrthodoxGomionica MonasteryBanja Luka16th century20 January 2006
Religious-OrthodoxRmanj MonasteryMartin Brod16th century2007
Religious-OrthodoxVozuća MonasteryVozuća16th century2004
Religious-Orthodox 1606 declared Destroyed during the Bosnian War, repaired afterwards.
Religious-Judaic 1902 declared The Sarajevo Synagogue remains the only functioning synagogue in Sarajevo today.
Religious-Judaic 1930 declared Heavily damaged in World War II, reconstructed as a culture center and theater afterwards.
Religious-Judaic New Temple, Sarajevo19c.? declared New Sephardic synagogue,today art gallery.
Religious-Judaic Old Temple, Sarajevo1587 declared Old Sephardic synagogue, today Museum of Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
FortificationBlagaj FortressBlagaj6 December 2003
FortificationDrijevaGabelaToll and market-town of the Kingdom of Bosnia, sometimes called Nerenta.
FortificationKlobuk fortressTrebinje
FortificationKljuč CastleGacko
FortificationLjubuški Fortress
FortificationPočitelj CitadelPočitelj
FortificationSrebrenica FortressSrebrenicaMarket-town (trg) and mines of Srebrenica were defended by the fortress of Srebrenica
Fortification 2003 Stolac fortress, also known as "Vidoški Grad".
Clock Tower declared Počitelj Clock Tower is a part of architectural ensemble.
Redžep-pasha's odžakdeclared Tower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaks Smajilagić odžakdeclared Tower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaks Šurković odžakGlavatičevo, Župa Komska, Upper Neretvadeclared Tower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaks declared Tower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaks Gradaščević odžak18C declared Citadel, tower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaksRustempašić TowerOdžak, BugojnoCitadel, odžak and/or tower, historical building
Fortification Captain's Tower16C declared Citadel, tower and/or odžak.
Underground
structure
cca 1950–80 declared Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Konjic Municipality.
NecropolisRadimljaStolac15th to 16th centurydeclaredHerzegovina-Neretva Canton, Stolac Municipality
NecropolisStećak necropolis RičinaPosušje15th centurydeclaredPosušje Municipality
Necropolis Batalo's Mausoleum Travnikdeclared Batalo's stećak.
Necropolis declared Hrvoje Vukčić's crypt.
Stolac declared Moshe Danon chief Rabbi of Sarajevo (1815–1830) tombstone in a shape of stećak.
CemeteriesOld Jewish cemetery, SarajevoSarajevo163030 August 2004It is the largest Jewish cemetery in SE Europe, and second largest sepulchral complex in Europe
Cultural landscape declared 26 April 2013 Plava Voda wellspring with Old Town of Travnik.
Architectural ensemble
public buildings complex
1537 declared year? Gazi Husrev-beg Library as part of a Faculty of Islamic Sciences.
Architectural ensemble
residential complex
2005 Fortified city Old Town Vratnik, built between the 17th and 18th cen AD, is modern-days Vratnik neighborhood of Sarajevo.
Architectural ensemble
residential complex
declared Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Čapljina Municipality.
Architectural ensemble
residential complex
Džidžikovac1946–1959 2008 Sarajevo Canton, Centar Municipality.
Natural-architectural
ensemble
declared Ravno Municipal, west end of Popovo polje.
Natural-architectural
ensemble
declared Jajce municipality.
Natural-architectural
ensemble
Blagaj declared Blagaj – Mostar municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton.
Natural-architectural
ensemble
2003 Stolac – Stolac municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton (county).
Traditional household/
residential complex
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
Mostar, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
Mostar, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
Stolac municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
VelagićevinaBlagaj-Mostar municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Industrial
architectural ensemble
Old Marijin Dvor power station1895 Old electric power station at Hiseti, Marijin Dvor neighborhood in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, opened on 3 April 1895.
Industrial
architectural ensemble
Old Hrid power station1918 Old Hrid hydro-electric power station in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Movable property Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Movable property Zmijanje embroidery – Zmijanje village, Manjača mountain i Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Movable property Kreševo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Intangible cultural heritage Picking of Iva Grass on Ozren MountainOzren mountain, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina nos. 2/02, 27/02 and 6/04/
  2. Web site: List of NATIONAL MONUMENTS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA . kons.gov.ba . 31 May 2018.
  3. Date is the inscription date for the main list and submission date for the tentative list.
  4. https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/ba UNESCO Official page for main list
  5. http://aplikacija.kons.gov.ba/kons/public/uploads/odluke_bos/Sarajevo_Historijski%20muzej%20kompl%20BOS.pdf