The Old town Vranduk, for centuries known as the hardest part of Bosnia, the gate of Bosnia, is placed 14 kilometres on the west of Zenica, on a route to Doboj (44° 17′ 34.08″ N, 17° 54′ 14.04″ E). It was built on a sheer rock above the river Bosnia.
Vranduk represents one of many medevial Bosnian towns with intensive political, economic and cultural life. Vranduk is composed of a citadel with the main tower and a protective wall, surrounding the interior of the medevial town. Vranduk had got a crafting and trading settlement on the spot where the village Varošište is placed nowadays (3 kilometres downstream from Vranduk).
Damaged by time, Vranduk was forgotten until 1999. In 1999., Zenica City Museum in co-operation with the government and some local communities begins with the conservation and restoration works on the Old town Vranduk. In 2005., Old town Vranduk has been declared a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Nowdays, Vranduk is a place where you have a possibility to be introduced with the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina visiting a museum collection set up in a great tower, where you can taste some traditional Bosnian meals (natural food without genetic modification), where you can spend your time hiking on the nearby hills that offer you view of the scenary, and to rest and relieve your soul and senses on the nearby creeks and water-mills.
During the summertime, you can enjoy the rich cultural life in Vranduk. There are event "Vrandučka ašlama", festival "Bosnian Kingdom Trails", theatre performances, concerts, creative workshops (traditional weaving, lace and souvenir handcraft), painting, photography, scientific symposiums and conferences, or you can spend your time with local fishermen in nice ambiance by the river Bosnia.
The Old town Vranduk, for centuries known as the hardest part of Bosnia, the gate of Bosnia, is placed 14 kilometres on the west of Zenica, on a route to Doboj (44° 17′ 34.08″ N, 17° 54′ 14.04″ E). It was built on a sheer rock above the river Bosnia. Vranduk represents one of many medevial Bosnian towns with intensive political, economic and cultural life. Vranduk is composed of a citadel with the main tower and a protective wall, surrounding the interior of the...
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