List of World Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO
) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Below is the list and the tentative list of sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina
.(For the criteria see the Selection criteria)
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Below is the list and the tentative list of sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
.(For the criteria see the Selection criteria)
The name | Name | Date | Criteria | Provinces | Images |
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Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge is a historic bridge in Višegrad, over the Drina River in eastern Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was completed in 1577 AD by the Ottoman court architect Mimar Sinan on the order of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović... |
2007 | II,IV | Republika Srpska, Sarajevo Macro Region | |
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar Stari most Stari Most is a 16th century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina that crosses the river Neretva and connects two parts of the city. The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on November 9, 1993 during the Croat-Bosniak War... |
2005 | VI | Herzegovina-Neretva Canton |
Tentative list
The name | Name | Date | Criteria | Provinces | Images |
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Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city (N.I.) Sarajevo Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.... |
1997 | V | ||
Vjetrenica cave Vjetrenica Vjetrenica is the largest and most important cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and one of the most interesting caves in the Dinaric Alps mountain range, which is famous worldwide for its karstic and speleological riches. Its entrance it not far from the village of Zavala in southern Herzegovina... |
2004 | VII,X | Ravno Municipal, west end of Popovo polje | |
The natural and architectural ensemble of Jajce Jajce Jajce is a city and municipality located in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity... |
2006 | II,III,IV,V,VI,VII | Jajce municipality | |
The historic urban site of Počitelj | 2007 | II,III,IV,V,VI | Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Čapljina Municipality | |
The natural and architectural ensemble of Blagaj Blagaj Blagaj is a village-town in the south-eastern region of the Mostar basin, in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It stands at the edge of Bišće plain and is one of the most valuable mixed urban and rural structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina, distinguished from other similar... |
2007 | II,III,IV,V,VI,VII | : Blagaj - Mostar municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton | |
The natural and architectural ensemble of Blidinje Blidinje Blidinje is a Nature park in Bosnia and Herzegovina, established on 30 April 1995.- Geography and hydrology :It is a spacious valley, 3–5 km long, situated at an elevation of 1.150-1.300 meters a.s.l., between Čvrsnica and Vran mountains with a total area of 364 km² and 3 municipalities... |
2007 | I,III,IV,VI,VII,VIII,IX,X | Posušje, Tomislavgrad, Jablanica, Prozor and Mostar municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton (county) | |
The natural and architectural ensemble of Stolac Stolac Stolac is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the southern part of Herzegovina. Administratively, it is part of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.... |
2007 | II,III,IV,V,VI,VII | Stolac - Stolac municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton (county) | |
The natural monument Vjetrenica cave Vjetrenica Vjetrenica is the largest and most important cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and one of the most interesting caves in the Dinaric Alps mountain range, which is famous worldwide for its karstic and speleological riches. Its entrance it not far from the village of Zavala in southern Herzegovina... with architectural ensamble of village Zavala Zavala, Bosnia-Herzegovina Zavala is a village in southern Herzegovina near the Vjetrenica cave system.... |
2007 | VII,X | ||
Stećaks - Mediaeval Tombstones Stećci The Stećci , are monumental medieval tombstones that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the border parts of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. An estimated 60,000 are found within the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the rest of 10,000 are found in Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro... |
(2011 | II,III,VI | Joint Cultural Heritage by the four countries in 2009. |