Kraljeva Sutjeska
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Kraljeva Sutjeska Краљева Сутјеска |
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| State : | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Entity : | Federation of BiH | ||
| Canton : | Zenica-Doboj | ||
| Municipality : | Kakanj | ||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 7 ' N , 18 ° 12' E | ||
| Height : | 490 m. i. J. | ||
Kraljeva Sutjeska ("King's Gorge") is a Bosnian village near the industrial city of Kakanj .
description
In the Middle Ages it was also named under the Latin place name Curia Bani . This naming was derived from the Franciscan monastery of the same name from the 14th century. In addition, the Franciscan monastery is a landmark of the place. There was once a castle in Kraljeva Sutjeska.
The all nearby fortress Bobovac was the seat of Bosnian kings from the Kotromanić - dynasty . Among other things, the Bosnian King Tvrtko II resided in Bobovac . The last king of the Kingdom of Bosnia , Stjepan Tomašević , was beheaded by the Ottomans in Ključ in 1463 after his flight from Bobovac via Jajce . His wife Katarina Kosača-Kotromanić was the last Bosnian queen; after the Ottomans took the royal residence in 1463, she was able to flee into exile in Rome .
gallery
Franciscan monastery of Kraljeva Sutjeska
The altar in the Franciscan monastery was declared a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Library and museum of the Franciscan monastery
population
In the 1991 census, around 92% of the population described themselves as Croats and 2.9% each as Bosniaks and Yugoslavs .
Historical buildings in Kraljeva Sutjeska
- The Dusper House is the oldest house of Kraljeva Sutjeska and a national monument in central Bosnia. It dates from the early 18th century.
- The local mosque was built by Mehmed II Fatih in the 15th century . It is one of the oldest Islamic churches in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- The Franciscan monastery of the same name Kraljeva Sutjeska was built in the middle of the 14th century and is still the spiritual and cultural center of this area today.