Great places to visit

Near to Kakanj are located Kraljeva Sutjeska and Bobovac. Kraljeva Sutjeska and Bobovac are treasuring exceptional cultural-historical legacy and therefore are particularly interesting for historians, architects, archeologists, writers and especially tourists.

                                             The Franciscan monastery 

The Franciscan monastery and church are situated at very periphery of Kraljeva Sutjeska, under the hill of Tesevo. For more then six centuries, the monastery is cultural and religious center. The first monastery was probably built in the early 14th century, since it was placed by the Franciscan writer Bartol Pisanski in a document dating back from 1358. The present monastery was built between 1888 and 1990, but it was destroyed and restored on several occasions. 








                                                         Bobovac 

Bobovac was built on cliffs of Dragovske and Mijakovske Poljice hills, southeast from the town of Vares. Due to its geographical position, it was the most well known and fortified city of medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina, first mentioned in a document dating from 1349. The city was built during the reign of the Ban Stephen II Kotromanic and after him it was the seat of rulers of Bosnia, until it was invaded by the Ottomans in 1463. Remains show that Bobovac consisted of an upper city with rectangular tower and a lower city with backyard and well.
Due to its geo-strategic, military and political position Bobovac was often target of conquerors. Since it was, together with Kraljeva Sutjeska, an administrative centre of the Bosnian kings, but much better fortified, it was more important. There were crown jewels in Bobovac, as well as the king’s chapel and mausoleum where three Bosnian kings were buried - Stjepan Ostoja, Tvrtko II and Stjepan Tomas.