Castles and Forts

Castles & Forts

Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a country famous for its castles, but this is quite unfair because it houses a number of architecturally and geographically fascinating medieval castles. However, many of them are in ruins and only a few are still standing proud like they did in the past. Still, that doesn’t keep people from visiting them and discovering the medieval tale of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Castles were built of stone, so many still survive today. Spanning a period of 900 years during the middle ages, castles come in many styles of architecture and design. Despite their differences though, they all have one feature in common– they are fortified. The most famous and preserved castles and fortifications in Bosnia& Herzegovina include:

• Ostrožac Castle (16th century)
• Vranduk Fort (15th century)
• Gradačac Castle (1765-1821)
• Jajce Castle (end of 13th century)
• Travnik Fort (14th century)
• Tešanj Fort (15th century)
• Velika Kladuša Castle (13th century)
• Srebrenik Fort (1333)

• Bijela Tabija (White Fort), Sarajevo (1550)
• Žuta Tabija (Yellow Fort), Sarajevo (1729)
• Bjagaj Fort (Stjepan Grad) (952)
• Doboj Fort (13th century)
• Maglaj Fort (14th century)
• Zvornik Fort (12th century)
• Stolac Fort (1444)
• Bobovac Fort (14th century)
• Kastel Fort, Banja Luka (1463)
• Počitelj Fort (15th century) – UNESCO
• Bosanska Krupa Fort (13th century)
• Gradačac Fort & Captain’s Tower (1765)
• Ostrovica Fort (15th century)
• Strač Fort (19th century)
• Ključ Fort (13th century)
• Ljubuški Fort (1444)
• Old Town Visoki, Visoko (14th century)