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Sukijja -the Islamic legacy in the city of mist

Sukijja mosque in Maglaj

Sukijja -the Islamic legacy in the city of mist Sukijja, the name of the Maglaj mosque, symbolic connected to visual appearance... lead covered mosque

In the town, which is mentioned in the Charter of King Stjepan Ostoja in 1399, the Yusuf Pasha “Kuršumlija” mosque has been breathing for centuries. Mosque was built by Ali Pasha Kalauz in 1560. He had the Beglerbeg title at the Imperial Court. He served in Bosnia in 1583. The name of the Maglaj mosque, symbolic connected to visual appearance- mosque is lead covered.

The mosque was built of stone. According to the way and processing of the stone, today they are classified as the most valuable part of the Bosniak cultural identity. At the very entrance is a spacious porch, and its uniqueness is reflected in the harem, which is located very close of the mosque. The mosqe is rich in ornamental stalactite motifs, and is one of the best products of ornamental sculpture. At the time of its creation, it is believed that there was a school builder Sinan. It is located in the old part of the town of Maglaj, and near it is the oldest mosque, in a city coming up from the fog.

“Sukijja” was renovated several times in 1966, and the oldest imam is Atif ef. Dedukić. It is located under the Maglaj Fortress. Her most frequent visitors were high school students, who attended madrasa classes. Inside the mosque there is a stone slab written in Turkish, and you will discover its essence if you visit the beauties of the oldest Maglaj beauty.

Today, under the fortress walls, prayers are performing and tarawih- an evening prayer which performing during Ramadan.

 

Written by Emina Čamić

Translated by Alma Gadžo

Sukijja mosque in Maglaj

Sukijja -the Islamic legacy in the city of mist

Sukijja, the name of the Maglaj mosque, symbolic connected to visual appearance... lead covered mosque

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Kladopoljsko lake-The most beautiful lake in Bosnia

Kladipoljsko lake

Kladopoljsko lake-The most beautiful lake in Bosnia and Herzegovina The shallow is overgrown with water lilies, in summer, which is an ideal opportunity for fly fishing

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Kladopoljsko lake is also called Martin`s well, by the well who is situated about 500 m from the lake. Its specificity is reflected in the spatial orientation, but also in the specific beauty, which attracts tourist.

When it comes to the visual appearance of this lake, it is known that the altitude is 1,380m. The lake is 250m long, 100m wide and about 9 meters deep. This Bosnian and Herzegovinian attraction abounds in brown trout, the lake is owned by Sportfishing Society “Ulog” from Ulog.

The name of the lake comes from the fact that it is full of logs, which float inside it. Parts of the logs, which located in the lake, are considered to be preserved and in good condition. The shallow is overgrown with water lilies, in summer,  which is an ideal opportunity for fly fishing (a method of fishing that uses bait – called artificial fly).

Location of Kladopoljsko lake

The location of this amazing destination is the mountain Zelengora, more precisely the road to Kalinovik. Zelengora is located within the National Park “Sutjeska”. The approach is from the village of Obalj, and it is located towards Ulog. It is surrounded by the Muravska side (1602m) and Planinica (1583m).

You can travel by off-road vehicle, and you have 15-10 minutes to walk to the main destination. From a story told by connoisseurs of this area, this area was once covered with forest cover, and the road by the lake was used to transport logs. This scenario dates back to Roman times. In the environment, visitors can find mushrooms and untouched nature.

It is considered that this area is extremely preserved, since it is not constantly visited. In the quest to discover the secret that this intriguing treasure carries with you, you can meet cattle keepers. Many of them point out that animals are simply crazy about getting these mushrooms into their bodies. The water from this lake flows out and sinks. While not a much-talked-about destination, it’s definitely worth a visit.

Written by Emina Čamić

Translated by Alma Gadžo

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BISTRIK SWAMP NEAR KAKANJ: HOME OF SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES

Bistrik swamp near Kakanj

BISTRIK SWAMP NEAR KAKANJ: HOME OF SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES

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The Bistrik swamp is a protected area located a few kilometers away from Kakanj,more precisely, in the nearness of the settlement of Haljinići. It was created artificially as a result of the exploitation of an underground mine, composed of three water surfaces, of which only one, the largest one, survives throughout the year. It is a habitat for over 122 species of plants, 212 species of birds, 30 species of dragonflies, eight species of amphibians, seven species of reptiles and 13 species of mammals. In addition, several species of fish and insects also live here. In this place, migratory birds spend some time during their migrating journey, which is a unique opportunity for their more detailed study and observation.

According to official data, that fund represents two thirds of their total number in our country. Although it is relatively close to populated areas and the city itself, coming to this locality gives a feeling of complete isolation, peace and harmony, and during the warmer days, especially weekends, you can often meet many citizens of Kakanj, lovers of nature and good rest, and lately more and more cyclists.

Recognizing the importance of this habitat, the competent authorities included it in the protected area. In order to get the most complete experience of the Bistrik swamp, the documentary :”I feel like I’m in paradise”, was made.

 

Written by Mirza Imamović

Translated by Alma Gadžo

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Meet Tušnica- a mountain which survived bombing

Meet Tušnica- a mountain which survived bombing

Meet Tušnica- a mountain which survived bombing This mountain is special, based on the legend from which its name originated

According to the orientation parameter, Tušnica is located in the southwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Spatially, it is located between the Livno and Duvno fields. Its vastness occupies the area of the municipality of Livno, but also Tomislavgrad. The highest peak is Viternik, with a height of 1697 m. The mountain is not large, but it is noticed and characteristic for that part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Tušnica is also known for its numerous deposits of brown coal, which stand out from the mine founded in 1888. That mine employed about 300 residents of the surrounding towns. Today, the mine is threatened with closure, and Vladimir Nazor wrote: “I peeked into the mine. Good coal… In this area, the country still offers us lignite, bitumen, sulfur, bauxite, and even iron ore… What all lies neglected and unused in the depths of our people! Just like the treasure in the Tušnica mine! ” The biggest rise of the mine reached in the sixties, when the number of employees exceeded 600 people. Also, the mine was noticed for the biggest accident that happened in 1955. The accident happened in the pit “Martinovac”, and six miners were died.

This mountain is special based on the legend from which its name originated. Namely, according to all sources, there were five brothers and two sisters, who were taken to the shores of the Adriatic, during one of the migrations. The brothers were called Klukas, Lobel, Muhlo, Kosjenc and Hrvat, and the sisters were called Tuga and Buga. One of the conspiracy theories says that Duvno and the mountain belonged to Tuga, after which the mountain was named Tušnica, while the other sister Buga belonged to the field on the southwest side of the mountain all the way to Livno.

Today, there are TV and radio transmitters on Tušnica, while during the last war in BiH they were completely destroyed. As the mountain, in addition to its beauty, also owned a mine, in ancient times a mining settlement was formed. It is called “Kolonija”, and it consisted of a wooden house and residential buildings, of which there were eight. In 1960, they installed the first TV set in the Livno field, and because of that it was necessary to build a pillar, which exceeds a height of 20 m.

Written by Emina Čamić

Translated by Alma Gadžo

Meet Tušnica- a mountain which survived bombing

Tušnica mountain

According to the orientation parameter, Tušnica is located in the southwestern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Have you visited Homeland museum in a town on the Sava river?

Have you visited Homeland museum in a town on the Sava river? If you come to Gradiška, for at least one day, and not visit the Homeland Museum, as if you had never been to the city on the Sava

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If you come to Gradiška, for at least one day, and not visit the Homeland Museum, as if you had never been to the city on the Sava. This year, the Gradiška Homeland Museum celebrates a valuable jubilee – 50 years of successful work. Motive more for you to come to the beautiful building of the former hotel ‘Kaiser’ (Kaiser), where this institution has been located since 2005. With two permanent exhibits, historical and archaeological and a very lively cultural and documentary program in the large gallery, the Homeland Museum is recognized as a center of cultural events.

The first museum exhibition was organized by the Gradiška Homeland Museum in 1970. It is a permanent museum exhibit ‘Ways of Victory’. It covered the period from the Bosnian Uprising of 1875-1878. until the fall of 1970. It is interesting that the exhibition was opened by the President of the Assembly of BiH, Džemal Bijedić. The exhibition was accompanied by a photo-monograph printed in 9000 copies. Simultaneously with this exhibition, work was done on collecting archeological material. The research in Donja Dolina in 1974 and 1975, under the leadership of archaeologist Zdenko Žeravica, was very fruitful.

A handful of finds from Donja Dolina, in which archeological research was started by Ćiro Truhelka at the beginning of the 20th century, including a monoxyl – a boat carved in a tree trunk found in 1904, ended up in the National Museum in Sarajevo. ‘Lower Valley in Prehistory’ is the name of a permanent archeological exhibition, authored by archaeologist Milan Đurđević, and was set up in 1980. A year later, Đurđević began excavations in the town of Vrbaški, popularly known as Marija’s town, which is located on the hill Pavetnjak above Gornji Podgradac.

The Gradiška Homeland Museum received the status of a public institution in 2003, and that is when the staff strengthening of this institution began. Curator and historian Bojan Vujčić has organized a series of historical exhibitions since 2012, and the book ‘Bosnian Gradiška and its surroundings in the First World War’, which was presented at the Belgrade Fair in 2019, and the album ‘Civil Gradiška’ stand out with pride. In 2019, the Museum published the book ‘Gradiški mostovi na Savi’, author Bojan Vujčić, and at the end of the same year, the director of the Homeland Museum Bojan Vujinović published the book ‘Manastirište u Gornji Kijevci’. The Cyrillic inscription from 1301 is one of the most valuable exhibits of the Homeland Museum of Gradiška, and this year the Post of the Republika Srpska will present it on a postage stamp on the occasion of the jubilee.

Although of local importance, the Homeland Museum often performed archeological excavations in Skelani, Bakinci, Derventa, Srbac, Žitomislić, Prijedor, Šušnjari near Slatina, Laktaši and other locations. The final works on the shooting of a documentary-feature film about Veljko Čubrilović are in progress. And along with the film, Čubrilović Square is being built, on the site where the house of Čubrilović, the most famous Gradiška family, used to be.

Written by Boško Grgić 

Translated by Alma Gadžo

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Discover the unique beauty on the slopes of the Prenj mountain

Boračko lake

Discover the unique beauty on the slopes of the Prenj mountain It is a favorite picnic spot and resort, for both foreign and domestic tourists

Boracko Lake is located on the slopes of Mount Prenj,  surrounded by green coniferous and deciduous forestst. It is a favorite picnic spot and resort, for both foreign and domestic tourists. It is one of the natural pearls of Herzegovina, which leaves no one indifferent with its unusual beauty. The lake attracts a large number of tourists, athletes, fishermen who enjoy the beauties of this place. Also, within dense vegetation it is possible to see chamois moving freely. Enjoy the beautiful shots we have recorded for you.

Boračko lake

Boračko lake

Discover the unique beauty on the slopes of the Prenj mountain

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Small wooden water mills on the Pliva river called Mlinčići – guardians of the tradition several hundred years old

Pliva water mills

Small wooden water mills on the Pliva river called Mlinčići - guardians of the tradition several hundred years old They are over 400 years old and are an example of traditional local carpentry skills.

The royal town of Jajce is located at the confluence of the rivers Pliva and Vrbas. Although the valleys of the Pliva and Vrbas have been inhabited since ancient times, this royal city began to develop in the Middle Ages, and its founder was Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvantić. The city itself was the capital of the Bosnian kings, and therefore bears the epithet of a royal city.

There are numerous sights in this city that are worth visiting, due to their historical, natural and archaeological beauty. One of these attractions are the little mills called mlinčići. They are located between the Great and Small Pliva Lakes, and they are built of oak wood. They are over 400 years old and are an example of traditional local carpentry skills.

Data from 1562 say that there were 24 mills at that time, of which only six were not in function. In the 17th century, the number of little mills increased to 26. They were then owned by landowners, and were given for use to the local population, who paid landowners a tax on flour.

Although they have not been in function for a long time, the little mills in Jajce attract a large number of tourists, but they are mostly targeted by foreign and domestic photographers. In 2009, the little mills/ mlinčići was declared a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In May 2011, unknown perpetrators set fire to four grinders, which burned to the ground. Two years later, the burning mills were rebuilt as part of the 14th Regional Restoration Camp.

Translated: Alma Gadžo

Written by: Samra Raković

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Lake Nula – a beautiful pearl of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which beauty will take your breath

Lake Nula - a beautiful pearl of Bosnia and Herzegovina , which beauty will take your breath

Lake Nula or better known as lake Smreka is located not so far from Vareš.The Lake was formed on the surface burrow of the former iron ore mine „Smreka“, in the early 1990s. This lake is the largest well of drinking water in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The depth of the lake is 107 meters, its length is 610 meters, while its width is 320 meters. The water in the lake itself comes from nearby streams and groundwater. The lake can be accessed from a local road.

It is most often used by anglers and swimmers. In the period from January and February, the lake is frozen by an average of 40 cm of ice. It is surrounded by the hill Kota, on the north side, and the hill Vekovac, on the south side. Surrounded by mountains, in the lake itself it is still possible to find machines used in the former mine. Also, in front of the lake there are other mining facilities, so you can see, after 30 years that it used to be a mine.

The lake itself, take a breath away every visitor, with his beauty. Lake lovers and nature lovers, we definitely recommend you to visit this beautiful pearl of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With its greenish-blue color, the lake has an amazing and relaxing effect on every visitor. Therefore, if you are thinking about where you could travel and relax, then we definitely recommend that you visit Vareš first, and than this beautiful lake Nula.

                                                                                                                

       Written by Dalila Šečić

                                                                                                   Translated by Alma Gadžo

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