Kraljeva Sutjeska | |
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Village | |
.jpg')) The Trstionica river runs through Kraljeva Sutjeska | |
)  Kraljeva Sutjeska | |
| Coordinates: 44°07′N 18°12′E / 44.117°N 18.200°E | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Municipality | Kakanj |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Kraljeva Sutjeska (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљева Сутјеска) is a village in the municipality of Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
The village hosts a number of important historical sites:
- Ruins of the medieval Bosnian Court
- A 14th century Catholic Franciscan monastery in Kraljeva Sutjeska
- Bobovac, the residency of the Bosnian kings during medieval times and the site of the mausoleum of the royals and remnants of the Kotromanić dynasty castle
- An old Bosnian house with the original architecture from the 18th century
- The Mehmed II Fatih mosque from 15th century, claimed to be the oldest in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Famous people
- Croatian footballer Dejan Lovren was raised here until he fled durning the war
References
- ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.