Ključ on the river Sana

Ključ on the river Sana is one of the most famous old Bosnian towns, whose medieval history is primarily marked by an incident from 1463, when the Ottoman invaders captured the last Bosnian king Stjepan Tomašević. The town is located on steep cliffs on the left bank...

Greben

Greben’s medieval history was for a long time subject to inaccurate assumptions in historiography about its identification and location. These misconceptions ranged from the fact that there were two towns named Greben in Bosnia, one in the Vrbas valley and one near...

Dubrovnik near Ilijaš

An introductory note about the Bosnian town of Dubrovnik can start with a statement about the scarcity of source materials, which is common in medieval history. According to what is known, this town was only mentioned once during the medieval Bosnian state, on June...

Cazin

Almost nothing is known about the medieval history of Cazin (Zasyn, Zasin). There is no written record of medieval man living in the area of this town prior to the end of the 15th century. As an overview of Cazin’s history up to the end of the 15th century, it can...

Bočac

The town of Bočac is located on the left bank of the river Vrbas, midway between Banja Luka and Jajce. It is today home to an artificial lake and a village of the same name on the opposite side of the river. There is no doubt that this fortification was a typical...

Ključ near Gacko

The medieval town of Ključ is mentioned in historical sources for the first time in the document of Sandalj Hranić Kosača dated 28.12.1410 (in castro Cluz) by which he authorized archdeacon Teodor to sign the agreement in Zadar on the cession of Ostrovica to the...