The National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina include:
- sites, places, immovable and movable heritage of historical and cultural importance, as designated by the Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the basis of Annex 8 to the Dayton Agreement;[1] and
- world heritage sites in accordance to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.
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:
- Archive – Commission's old website maintained as an archive – in English (also available in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian).
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:
- New website – Commission to preserve national monuments – in English;
- also available in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian – choose language here: Commission – Language;
- Archive – Commission to preserve national monuments – old website maintained as an archive, available in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and English.
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
[edit]The name | Name | Date[3] | Criteria | Provinces | Images |
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Main list[4] | |||||
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar | 2005 | VI | Herzegovina-Neretva Canton | ![]() | |
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge | 2007 | II, IV | Republika Srpska, Sarajevo macroregion | ![]() | |
Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards | 2016 | II, III, VI | Joint Cultural Heritage by four countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia). | ![]() | |
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe | 2021 | IX | Transnational site in 18 European countries. | ![]() |
List of monuments
[edit]Type | Name | Location | Created date/era |
Declared monument date |
Image | Notes |
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Bridge | Goat's Bridge | Sarajevo | C16 | declared | Spans the Miljacka. | |
Bridge | Šeher-Ćehaja Bridge | Sarajevo | 1585 | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Miljacka. |
Bridge | Latin Bridge | Sarajevo | 1798 | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Miljacka. |
Bridge | Ćumurija Bridge | Sarajevo | 1886 | declared | ![]() |
Steel road bridge over the Miljacka. |
Bridge | Čobanija Bridge | Sarajevo | 1887 | declared | ![]() |
Iron footbridge over the Miljacka. |
Bridge | Skenderija Bridge | Sarajevo | 1893 | declared | ![]() |
Also called Ajfel as it was designed by Eiffel. Bridge spans the Miljacka. |
Bridge | Roman bridge in Ilidža | Ilidža | 16th C | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Bosna. |
Bridge | Stara Ćuprija Glavatičevo | Glavatičevo | declared | Spans the Upper Neretva. | ||
Bridge | Stara Ćuprija | Konjic | 1683 | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Upper Neretva, rebuilt in 2009. |
Bridge | Stari Most | Mostar | 1567 | declared | ![]() |
Pedestrian bridge over the Neretva, rebuilt in 2004. |
Bridge | Kriva Ćuprija | Mostar | just before 1567 | declared | ![]() |
Pedestrian bridge over the Radobolja, reconstructed in 2004. |
Bridge | Karađoz-begova Ćuprija | Blagaj | declared | Spans the Buna. | ||
Bridge | Inat Ćuprija | Stolac | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Bregava in the center of Stolac. | |
Bridge | Djevojačka Ćuprija | Stolac | declared | Spans the Bregava. | ||
Bridge | Mustaj-begova Ćuprija | Klepci | declared | ![]() |
Mustaj-begova Ćuprija, also Klepci Ćuprija, spans the Bregava. | |
Bridge | Ćuprija na Šuici | Šujica | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Šuica (For better view open image). | |
Bridge | Stara Ćuprija Duman | Livno | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Bistrica. | |
Bridge | Ćuprija Studenci | Ljubuški | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Studenci. | |
Bridge | Veliki Most | Perići, Grude | declared | Spans the Tihaljina/Trebižat. | ||
Bridge | Ovčiji Brod | Nevesinje | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Zalomka. | |
Bridge | Arslanagić Bridge | Trebinje | 17th c. | 2006 | ![]() |
Spans the Trebišnjica. |
Bridge | Bridge over Žepa | Žepa | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Žepa (river). | |
Bridge | Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge | Višegrad | 1577 | declared | ![]() |
Spans the Drina. |
Building | Vijećnica | Sarajevo | 1891 | declared | ![]() |
Burned down by Serb incendiary shells at the beginning of the Bosnian War, reconstructed and reopened in 2014. |
Building | Gimnazija Mostar | Mostar | declared | ![]() |
Damaged during Bosnian War, repaired afterwards. | |
Building | Sarajevo main railway station | Sarajevo | declared | ![]() |
Damaged during the Bosnian War, repaired afterwards. | |
Building | Morića Han | Baščaršija | 1551 | declared | Morića Han is the only surviving Ottoman era Inn in Baščaršija, Sarajevo. | |
Building | Bezistan | Baščaršija | declared | ![]() |
Gazi Husrev-beg's Bezistan in Baščaršija, Sarajevo. | |
Building | Brusa bezistan | Baščaršija | declared | ![]() |
Brusa Bezistan in Baščaršija, Sarajevo. | |
Building | National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 1888 | declared | Established in 1888, originally conceived around 1850, building expanded in 1913. | |
Building | Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 1963 | 2012[5] | ![]() |
Award-winning building designed in the 20th century by architect Boris Magaš. |
Building | Sarajevo National Theatre | Sarajevo | 1921 | declared | Sarajevo National Theatre. | |
Religious-Islamic | Čelebića mosque in Donja Bijenja | Nevesinje | early 16th century | declared | ||
Religious-Islamic | Ferhat Pasha Mosque | Banja Luka | 16th century | declared | ![]() |
The mosque was dynamited at the start of the Bosnian War, repaired afterwards and reopened in 2016. |
Religious-Catholic | Sacred Heart Cathedral | Sarajevo | 1889 | declared | ![]() |
Sarajevo Sacred Heart Cathedral. |
Religious-Catholic | Fojnica Franciscan Monastery | Fojnica | 1668 | declared | ![]() |
Fojnica Franciscan Monastery. |
Religious-Catholic | Kreševo Franciscan Monastery | Kreševo | 1524 | 2003 | ![]() |
Kreševo Franciscan Monastery. |
Religious-Catholic | Trappist Mariastern Abbey | Banja Luka | 1869 | 7 May 2004 | ![]() |
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Religious-Orthodox | Church of St. George, Sopotnica | Goražde | 1454 | 5 November 2008 | ![]() |
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Religious-Orthodox | Dobrićevo Monastery | Bileća | 15th-16t c. | 17 May 2006 | ![]() |
Built in the 15th or 16th century by the river Trebišnjica and then moved in 1964 upstream to Orah village |
Religious-Orthodox | Gomionica Monastery | Banja Luka | 16th century | 20 January 2006 | ![]() |
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Religious-Orthodox | Rmanj Monastery | Martin Brod | 16th century | 2007 | ![]() |
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Religious-Orthodox | Vozuća Monastery | Vozuća | 16th century | 2004 | ![]() |
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Religious-Orthodox | Žitomislić Monastery | Čapljina | 1606 | declared | ![]() |
Destroyed during the Bosnian War, repaired afterwards. |
Religious-Judaic | Sarajevo Synagogue | Sarajevo | 1902 | declared | The Sarajevo Synagogue remains the only functioning synagogue in Sarajevo today. | |
Religious-Judaic | Il Kal Grande | Sarajevo | 1930 | declared | ![]() |
Heavily damaged in World War II, reconstructed as a culture center and theater afterwards. |
Religious-Judaic | New Temple, Sarajevo | Sarajevo | 19c.? | declared | ![]() |
New Sephardic synagogue,today art gallery. |
Religious-Judaic | Old Temple, Sarajevo | Sarajevo | 1587 | declared | ![]() |
Old Sephardic synagogue, today Museum of Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
Fortification | Blagaj Fortress | Blagaj | 6 December 2003 | ![]() |
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Fortification | Drijeva | Gabela | ![]() |
Toll and market-town of the Kingdom of Bosnia, sometimes called Nerenta. | ||
Fortification | Klobuk fortress | Trebinje | ![]() |
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Fortification | Ključ Castle | Gacko | ![]() |
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Fortification | Ljubuški Fortress | Ljubuški | ||||
Fortification | Počitelj Citadel | Počitelj | ||||
Fortification | Srebrenica Fortress | Srebrenica | Market-town (trg) and mines of Srebrenica were defended by the fortress of Srebrenica | |||
Fortification | Stolac fortress | Stolac | 2003 | ![]() |
Stolac fortress, also known as "Vidoški Grad". | |
Clock Tower | Počiteljska sahat-kula | Počitelj | declared | ![]() |
Počitelj Clock Tower is a part of architectural ensemble. | |
Towers and odžaks | Redžep-pasha's odžak | Žepa | declared | ![]() |
Tower and/or odžak. | |
Towers and odžaks | Smajilagić odžak | Livno | declared | Tower and/or odžak. | ||
Towers and odžaks | Šurković odžak | Glavatičevo, Župa Komska, Upper Neretva | declared | Tower and/or odžak. | ||
Towers and odžaks | Fazlagića odžak | Gacko | declared | Tower and/or odžak. | ||
Towers and odžaks | Gradaščević odžak | Bijela, Brčko | 18C | declared | Citadel, tower and/or odžak. | |
Towers and odžaks | Rustempašić Tower | Odžak, Bugojno | Citadel, odžak and/or tower, historical building | |||
Fortification | Captain's Tower | Bihać | 16C | declared | ![]() |
Citadel, tower and/or odžak. |
Underground structure |
ARK/D-0 | Konjic | cca 1950–80 | declared | ![]() |
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Konjic Municipality. |
Necropolis | Radimlja | Stolac | 15th to 16th century | declared | ![]() |
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Stolac Municipality |
Necropolis | Stećak necropolis Ričina | Posušje | 15th century | declared | ![]() |
Posušje Municipality |
Necropolis | Batalo's Mausoleum | Travnik | declared | Batalo's stećak. | ||
Necropolis | Hrvoje Vukčić crypt | Jajce | declared | Hrvoje Vukčić's crypt. | ||
Cemeteries | Moshe Danon's shrine | Stolac | declared | Moshe Danon chief Rabbi of Sarajevo (1815–1830) tombstone in a shape of stećak. | ||
Cemeteries | Old Jewish cemetery, Sarajevo | Sarajevo | 1630 | 30 August 2004 | ![]() |
It is the largest Jewish cemetery in SE Europe, and second largest sepulchral complex in Europe |
Cultural landscape | Plava Voda | Travnik | declared 26 April 2013 | ![]() |
Plava Voda wellspring with Old Town of Travnik. | |
Architectural ensemble public buildings complex |
Gazi Husrev-beg Library | Sarajevo | 1537 | declared year? | ![]() |
Gazi Husrev-beg Library as part of a Faculty of Islamic Sciences. |
Architectural ensemble residential complex |
Vratnik | Sarajevo | 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 |
Počitelj | Počitelj | declared | ![]() |
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Čapljina Municipality. | |
Architectural ensemble residential complex |
Džidžikovac | Sarajevo | 1946–1959 | 2008 | ![]() |
Sarajevo Canton, Centar Municipality. |
Natural-architectural ensemble |
Vjetrenica & architectural ensemble of Zavala | Zavala | declared | Ravno Municipal, west end of Popovo polje. | ||
Natural-architectural ensemble |
Jajce | Jajce | declared | ![]() |
Jajce municipality. | |
Natural-architectural ensemble |
Blagaj | Blagaj | declared | ![]() |
Blagaj – Mostar municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton. | |
Natural-architectural ensemble |
Stolac | Stolac | 2003 | ![]() |
Stolac – Stolac municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton (county). | |
Traditional household/ residential complex |
Despić House | Sarajevo | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |||
Traditional household/ residential complex |
Svrzo's House | Sarajevo | ![]() |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
Traditional household/ residential complex |
Muslibegović House | Mostar | ![]() |
Mostar, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
Traditional household/ residential complex |
Biščević House | Mostar | Mostar, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |||
Traditional household/ residential complex |
Begovina | Stolac | ![]() |
Stolac municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
Traditional household/ residential complex |
Velagićevina | Blagaj | ![]() |
Blagaj-Mostar municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
Industrial architectural ensemble |
Old Marijin Dvor power station | Marijin Dvor | 1895 | 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 station | Sarajevo | 1918 | Old Hrid hydro-electric power station in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
Movable property | Sarajevo Haggadah | National Museum of BiH | ![]() |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
Movable property | Zmijanje embroidery | Zmijanje | ![]() |
Zmijanje embroidery – Zmijanje village, Manjača mountain i Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
Movable property | Portrait of Bishop fra Grgo Ilić | Franciscan monastery Kreševo | ![]() |
Kreševo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | ||
Intangible cultural heritage | Picking of Iva Grass on Ozren Mountain | Ozren mountain | ![]() |
Ozren mountain, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
See also
[edit]- List of World Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- List of fortifications in Bosnia and Herzegovina
References
[edit]- ^ Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina nos. 2/02, 27/02 and 6/04/
- ^ "List of NATIONAL MONUMENTS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA". kons.gov.ba. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ Date is the inscription date for the main list and submission date for the tentative list.
- ^ UNESCO Official page for main list
- ^ http://aplikacija.kons.gov.ba/kons/public/uploads/odluke_bos/Sarajevo_Historijski%20muzej%20kompl%20BOS.pdf [bare URL PDF]