List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina include:

Below is the comprehensive list composed of Cultural-Historical National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina and World Heritage Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

This list is based on the commission's old website now maintained as an archive, which contains comprehensive data-base with Decision list, Petition list, Provisional and Tentative list, maps, images, together with other documents, descriptions, criteria and laws of all country's monuments, candidate monuments, rejected monuments, as well as those removed from list of protected properties, with browsable documents archive at:

Also, both old (archive) and new website maintains many other information and documents, the criteria, laws, news on activities, virtual exhibitions, galleries, etc., all browsable at:

For the UNESCO criteria see the Selection criteria.

Natural heritage sites and the tentative list of World Heritage Sites of Bosnia and Herzegovina are not included, instead these are elaborated within scope of separate lists, along with other specific lists created on the basis of monuments category, type or subject.

List of inscribed World Heritage Sites

Location of UNESCO World Heritage Sites within Bosnia and Herzegovina (blue dots indicate the Stećci sites)
The nameNameDate[3]CriteriaProvincesImages
Main list[4]
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar2005VIHerzegovina-Neretva Canton
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge2007II, IVRepublika Srpska, Sarajevo macroregion
Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards2016II, III, VIJoint Cultural Heritage by four countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia).
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe2021IXTransnational site in 18 European countries.

List of monuments

TypeNameLocationCreated
date/era
Declared monument
date
ImageNotes
BridgeGoat's BridgeSarajevoC16declared Spans the Miljacka.
BridgeŠeher-Ćehaja BridgeSarajevo1585declared Spans the Miljacka.
BridgeLatin BridgeSarajevo1798declared Spans the Miljacka.
BridgeĆumurija BridgeSarajevo1886declared Steel road bridge over the Miljacka.
BridgeČobanija BridgeSarajevo1887declared Iron footbridge over the Miljacka.
BridgeSkenderija BridgeSarajevo1893declared Also called Ajfel as it was designed by Eiffel. Bridge spans the Miljacka.
BridgeRoman bridge in IlidžaIlidža16th Cdeclared Spans the Bosna.
BridgeStara Ćuprija GlavatičevoGlavatičevodeclaredSpans the Upper Neretva.
BridgeStara ĆuprijaKonjic1683declared Spans the Upper Neretva, rebuilt in 2009.
BridgeStari MostMostar1567declared Pedestrian bridge over the Neretva, rebuilt in 2004.
BridgeKriva ĆuprijaMostarjust before 1567declared Pedestrian bridge over the Radobolja, reconstructed in 2004.
BridgeKarađoz-begova ĆuprijaBlagajdeclaredSpans the Buna.
BridgeInat ĆuprijaStolacdeclared Spans the Bregava in the center of Stolac.
BridgeDjevojačka ĆuprijaStolacdeclaredSpans the Bregava.
BridgeMustaj-begova ĆuprijaKlepcideclared Mustaj-begova Ćuprija, also Klepci Ćuprija, spans the Bregava.
BridgeĆuprija na ŠuiciŠujicadeclared Spans the Šuica (For better view open image).
BridgeStara Ćuprija DumanLivnodeclared Spans the Bistrica.
BridgeĆuprija StudenciLjubuškideclared Spans the Studenci.
BridgeVeliki MostPerići, GrudedeclaredSpans the Tihaljina/Trebižat.
BridgeOvčiji BrodNevesinjedeclared Spans the Zalomka.
BridgeArslanagić BridgeTrebinje17th c.2006 Spans the Trebišnjica.
BridgeBridge over ŽepaŽepadeclared Spans the Žepa (river).
BridgeMehmed Paša Sokolović BridgeVišegrad1577declared Spans the Drina.
BuildingVijećnicaSarajevo1891declared Burned down by Serb incendiary shells at the beginning of the Bosnian War, reconstructed and reopened in 2014.
BuildingGimnazija MostarMostardeclared Damaged during Bosnian War, repaired afterwards.
BuildingSarajevo main railway stationSarajevodeclared Damaged during the Bosnian War, repaired afterwards.
BuildingMorića HanBaščaršija1551declared Morića Han is the only surviving Ottoman era Inn in Baščaršija, Sarajevo.
BuildingBezistanBaščaršijadeclared Gazi Husrev-beg's Bezistan in Baščaršija, Sarajevo.
BuildingBrusa bezistanBaščaršijadeclared
Brusa Bezistan in Baščaršija, Sarajevo.
BuildingNational Museum of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1888declared Established in 1888, originally conceived around 1850, building expanded in 1913.
BuildingHistorical Museum of Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo19632012[5] Award-winning building designed in the 20th century by architect Boris Magaš.
BuildingSarajevo National TheatreSarajevo1921declared Sarajevo National Theatre.
Religious-IslamicČelebića mosque in Donja BijenjaNevesinjeearly 16th centurydeclared
Religious-IslamicFerhat Pasha MosqueBanja Luka16th centurydeclared The mosque was dynamited at the start of the Bosnian War, repaired afterwards and reopened in 2016.
Religious-CatholicSacred Heart CathedralSarajevo1889declared Sarajevo Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Religious-CatholicFojnica Franciscan MonasteryFojnica1668declared Fojnica Franciscan Monastery.
Religious-CatholicKreševo Franciscan MonasteryKreševo15242003 Kreševo Franciscan Monastery.
Religious-CatholicTrappist Mariastern AbbeyBanja Luka18697 May 2004
Religious-OrthodoxChurch of St. George, SopotnicaGoražde14545 November 2008
Religious-OrthodoxDobrićevo MonasteryBileća15th-16t c.17 May 2006
Built in the 15th or 16th century by the river Trebišnjica and then moved in 1964 upstream to Orah village
Religious-OrthodoxGomionica MonasteryBanja Luka16th century20 January 2006
Religious-OrthodoxRmanj MonasteryMartin Brod16th century2007
Religious-OrthodoxVozuća MonasteryVozuća16th century2004
Religious-OrthodoxŽitomislić MonasteryČapljina1606declared Destroyed during the Bosnian War, repaired afterwards.
Religious-JudaicSarajevo SynagogueSarajevo1902declared The Sarajevo Synagogue remains the only functioning synagogue in Sarajevo today.
Religious-JudaicIl Kal GrandeSarajevo1930declared Heavily damaged in World War II, reconstructed as a culture center and theater afterwards.
Religious-JudaicNew Temple, SarajevoSarajevo19c.?declared New Sephardic synagogue,today art gallery.
Religious-JudaicOld Temple, SarajevoSarajevo1587declared Old Sephardic synagogue, today Museum of Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
FortificationBlagaj FortressBlagaj6 December 2003
FortificationDrijevaGabela
Toll and market-town of the Kingdom of Bosnia, sometimes called Nerenta.
FortificationKlobuk fortressTrebinje
FortificationKljuč CastleGacko
FortificationLjubuški FortressLjubuški
FortificationPočitelj CitadelPočitelj
FortificationSrebrenica FortressSrebrenicaMarket-town (trg) and mines of Srebrenica were defended by the fortress of Srebrenica
FortificationStolac fortressStolac2003
Stolac fortress, also known as "Vidoški Grad".
Clock TowerPočiteljska sahat-kulaPočiteljdeclared Počitelj Clock Tower is a part of architectural ensemble.
Towers and odžaksRedžep-pasha's odžakŽepadeclared Tower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaksSmajilagić odžakLivnodeclaredTower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaksŠurković odžakGlavatičevo, Župa Komska, Upper NeretvadeclaredTower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaksFazlagića odžakGackodeclaredTower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaksGradaščević odžakBijela, Brčko18CdeclaredCitadel, tower and/or odžak.
Towers and odžaksRustempašić TowerOdžak, BugojnoCitadel, odžak and/or tower, historical building
FortificationCaptain's TowerBihać16Cdeclared Citadel, tower and/or odžak.
Underground
structure
ARK/D-0Konjiccca 1950–80declared
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Konjic Municipality.
NecropolisRadimljaStolac15th to 16th centurydeclared
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Stolac Municipality
NecropolisStećak necropolis RičinaPosušje15th centurydeclared
Posušje Municipality
NecropolisBatalo's MausoleumTravnikdeclaredBatalo's stećak.
NecropolisHrvoje Vukčić cryptJajcedeclaredHrvoje Vukčić's crypt.
CemeteriesMoshe Danon's shrineStolacdeclared Moshe Danon chief Rabbi of Sarajevo (1815–1830) tombstone in a shape of stećak.
CemeteriesOld Jewish cemetery, SarajevoSarajevo163030 August 2004
It is the largest Jewish cemetery in SE Europe, and second largest sepulchral complex in Europe
Cultural landscapePlava VodaTravnikdeclared 26 April 2013 Plava Voda wellspring with Old Town of Travnik.
Architectural ensemble
public buildings complex
Gazi Husrev-beg LibrarySarajevo1537declared year? Gazi Husrev-beg Library as part of a Faculty of Islamic Sciences.
Architectural ensemble
residential complex
VratnikSarajevo2005 Fortified city Old Town Vratnik, built between the 17th and 18th cen AD, is modern-days Vratnik neighborhood of Sarajevo.
Architectural ensemble
residential complex
PočiteljPočiteljdeclared Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Čapljina Municipality.
Architectural ensemble
residential complex
DžidžikovacSarajevo1946–19592008 Sarajevo Canton, Centar Municipality.
Natural-architectural
ensemble
Vjetrenica & architectural ensemble of ZavalaZavaladeclared Ravno Municipal, west end of Popovo polje.
Natural-architectural
ensemble
JajceJajcedeclared Jajce municipality.
Natural-architectural
ensemble
BlagajBlagajdeclared Blagaj – Mostar municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton.
Natural-architectural
ensemble
StolacStolac2003 Stolac – Stolac municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton (county).
Traditional household/
residential complex
Despić HouseSarajevo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
Svrzo's HouseSarajevo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
Muslibegović HouseMostar Mostar, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
Biščević HouseMostarMostar, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
BegovinaStolac Stolac municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Traditional household/
residential complex
VelagićevinaBlagaj Blagaj-Mostar municipality, Hercegovina-Neretva kanton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Industrial
architectural ensemble
Old Marijin Dvor power stationMarijin Dvor1895Old electric power station at Hiseti, Marijin Dvor neighborhood in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, opened on 3 April 1895.
Industrial
architectural ensemble
Old Hrid power stationSarajevo1918Old Hrid hydro-electric power station in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Movable propertySarajevo HaggadahNational Museum of BiH Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Movable propertyZmijanje embroideryZmijanje Zmijanje embroidery – Zmijanje village, Manjača mountain i Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Movable propertyPortrait of Bishop fra Grgo IlićFranciscan monastery Kreševo Kreševo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Intangible cultural heritagePicking of Iva Grass on Ozren MountainOzren mountain Ozren mountain, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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