List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

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Location of UNESCO World Heritage Sites within Bosnia and Herzegovina (blue dots indicate the Stećci sites)
The name Name Date[3] Criteria Provinces Images
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

Type Name Location Created
date/era 		Declared monument
date 		Image Notes
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
Religious-Orthodox Church of St. George, Sopotnica Goražde 1454 5 November 2008
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
Religious-Orthodox Rmanj Monastery Martin Brod 16th century 2007
Religious-Orthodox Vozuća Monastery Vozuća 16th century 2004
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
Fortification Drijeva Gabela
Toll and market-town of the Kingdom of Bosnia, sometimes called Nerenta.
Fortification Klobuk fortress Trebinje
Fortification Ključ Castle Gacko
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

References

  1. ^ Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina nos. 2/02, 27/02 and 6/04/
  2. ^ "List of NATIONAL MONUMENTS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA". kons.gov.ba. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. ^ Date is the inscription date for the main list and submission date for the tentative list.
  4. ^ UNESCO Official page for main list
  5. ^ http://aplikacija.kons.gov.ba/kons/public/uploads/odluke_bos/Sarajevo_Historijski%20muzej%20kompl%20BOS.pdf[permanent dead link‍] [bare URL PDF]