The town of Maglaj was built on high magmatic cliff in a dominant position that falls steeply towards the right bank of the Bosna River. The natural complex on which the town is positioned is located on Mount Ozren’s slopes, separated by a valley. The origin of the...

The first written reference to Kozograd appears in a document from Ragusa dated January 17, 1434. On that occasion, the Ragusans sent a summons to the court to their citizen Vukosav Kopilić, who was staying in Kozograd (in Cosao) at the time. After this mention and...

Tešanj is one of Bosnian towns whose medieval history is poorly known. There are only two written records of this town dating from the medieval Bosnian state, both dated from 1461, towards the end of the Bosnian independence period. The oldest historical source that...

Srebrenik is one of the most famous and significant medieval Bosnian towns. Located on the slopes of the Majevica mountain massif, it is situated on a steep and rough mountain cliff approximately 500 meters high. Due to the terrain configuration, the builders were...

While Počitelj is now considered one of the Bosnia’s most famous old towns, little is known about its medieval history primarily due to the lack of historical sources. Until 1463 and the collapse of the Bosnian state, only three mentions of the town were preserved in...

Ostrožac today represents one of the symbols of Bosanska krajina and is certainly one of the most famous old towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina. An insight into its tumultuous past shows that even during the Middle Ages, this town had great importance in the processes...

The town of Kučlat is located south of Zvornik, on a cliff about one hundred meters high that falls almost at a right angle towards the mouth of the Jadar in Drinjača. There is no doubt that this is one of the most inaccessible Bosnian towns, whose builders made full...

Until now, it has not been reliably determined where the town of Glaž was located, nor the county of the same name to which it belonged and whose center it was. Given that it was a town that throughout the Middle Ages played a significant role in the economic and...

First written records of Dobrun date from March 16, 1407 and were preserved in a Ragusan contract for the transportation of goods. Sixteen years later, in 1423, the Ragusan envoys informed their superiors that Duke Radoslav Pavlović was heading towards Dobrun, for...

The medieval town of Dobor is located along the left bank of the Bosna River, on a small hill, with an average height of 39 meters, which represents the rim of the Vučjak mountain. Across the river lie the slopes of Mount Trebava, while four kilometers upstream lies...

The town of Bjelaj is located on the edge of the Bilajsko polje along the road that leads from Bosanski Petrovac to Kulen Vakuf. The archaeological remains of Bjelaj, which are well preserved, indicate that the town had a majestic appearance during the Middle Ages....

The town of Kozara has a marginal role in the history of the medieval Bosnian state, considering that it is a town that was under the rule of the Bosnian kings for a relatively short time, so its medieval history is primarily related to the territory of the Kingdom of...

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’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...

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...

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...

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...