KraljevaSutjeska

Kraljeva Sutjeska

Arriving in Kraljeva Sutjeska feels like stepping through a time warp. As the industrial areas of Kakanj disappear as you near this tiny, ancient village with its large Franciscan church and monastery one will find well-kept houses, gardens in perfect shape and the reflection of the sun off the water is caused by the white stones and not a discarded can. The Dusper House in the village is the oldest house in central Bosnia, dating back to the early 18th century. The house has been designated a protected national monument.
Restoration has not yet begun but the house can still be visited and is an impressive example of authentic Bosnian architecture. One of the oldest mosques in Bosnia and Herzegovina is situated at the entrance of this village. It was built in a few days only, and has never required any maintenance since - or so the story goes. The mosque and its wooden minaret are open to visitors. You’ll enjoy the (local language) accounts of its past, told proudly and with a twinkle in the eyes by the lady who maintains this beautiful little place of worship.
Kraljeva Sutjeska Kraljeva Sutjeska and the citadel at Bobovac were once the seat of two Bosnian kings, Tomas and Tvrtko, of the Kotromanic Dynasty. The last Bosnian queen, Saint Katarina, is mourned today by the local townswomen who still wear black scarves as part of the traditional dress. When the Ottomans conquered the fortress at Bobovac, Queen Katarina either fled or was exiled to Rome, never to return to Bosnia. It was reported that her children were taken to Istanbul, where her son converted to Islam and became a major figure in the Ottoman administration.
	Bobovac Place that hold court of the Bosnian monarchs in the 14th and 15th century With primarily defensive and strategic significance, Bobovac was providing an efficient protection to the Bosnian monarchs, from Banus Stjepan II (1322-1353) and king Tvrtko I Kotromanic (1353-1391) up to Stjepan Tomasevic (1461-1463). It was built, as many other towns throughout Europe, in few phases, more than one century (early the 14th century – the first decade of the 15th century), Bobovac had 1100 metre of a defensive wall 100-150 cm thick, the Bosnian-royal court and four palaces,
out of which three were part of the court, town gates, church buildings, capitals, finds of a fresco painting and diversity of the handicrafts, church bells, royal mausoleum that stress the sacral and cultural character of the entire ensemble , with its striking eleven towers that witnessed about its eminent european identity and quality of life. By its primary purpose, way of architectural realization, and especially by its prominent political significance that crossed the borders of the Bosnian medieval state, Bobovac reached the same role and function that Stolni Biograd (Szekesfehervár) and Višegrad had for the then Hungary. The common archetype was Aachen of Charlemagne with cathedral and palace that was used as a model of the capital that expanded throughout the medieval Europe. Political function of Bobovac reflects in the fact that inside its walls was guarded the Bosnian crown due to which, in the early 15th century, in attempt to get hold of the crown, Sigismund Lexembourgian, at that period the most powerful European monarch, payed a visit to this fortress. Bobovac was occupied by Ottoman in May 1463, what characterized the end of its political glory as the capital of the Bosnian Kingdom. On 6.11.2002. Ancient Monuments Bord of BiH proclaimed the historical area of "Mediaeval Town Bobovac" in the national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Monastery – History (1385-1890) To be translated: Prvobitni samostan je podignut najvjerovatnije u prvoj polovini 14. vijeka. Prvi spomen o njemu nalazimo u popisu franjevačkog pisca Bartola Pisanskog iz 1385 godine. Nakon osmanlijskog osvajenja Bosne, samostan se spominje u jednom osmanlijskom popisu 1469. godine. U vrijeme progona 1524 god. samostan je nasilno porušen. Trebalo je proći duže vremena dok franjevci nisu isposlovali dopuštenje za gradnju novoga samostana. Budući su Osmanlije zabranjivali upotrebu trajnijeg materijala (kamen, opeka), novoizgrađeni bi samostan s vremenom brže propadao, a bio je podložan i lakoj zapaljivosti. Dopuštenje za popravke teško se dobivalo, a ako bi popravku i obavili bez odobrenja, franjevci bi bili kažnjeni i zatvarani. Zato su nove zgrade u takvim slučajevima premazivali čađu, da ne budu upadne. Godine 1658 izgorio je samostan sa svim dragocijenostima (arhiva, biblioteka). Novi je podignut 1664 godine. U vrijeme bečkog rata, krajem 17. vijeka, franjevci su ga morali, zbog velikih nameta, napustiti i živjeti po seoskim kolibama. Kada su se političke prilike smirile, ponovno su se vratili 1704 godine. Tokom 19. vijeka samostan je dvaput građen, posljednji put 1888-90. kada je sagrađen današnji samostan.
Monastery church (1385-1905) To be translated: Sličnu sudbinu kao i samostan imala je i crkva, posvećena sv. Ivanu Krstitelju. Porušena je 1524 godine, ali je uskoro obnovljena, jer se već 1530 spominje u jednom dokumentu: renovirana je 1596 g. Nju nije zahvatio požar u kojem je izgorio samostan 1658 godine. U 18. vijeku dvaput je obnavljana: 1728 i 1784/5 godine. Ipak je zbog dotrajalosti 1821 porušena i nanovo izgrađena, da bi opet 1858 na njenom mjestu bila podignuta nova. Tokom 17. i 18. vijeka nabavljeni su glavni i pet pobočnih oltara, koji su vjerovatno rađeni u stilu ranog baroka. Njih više nema, ali su postojali sve do rušenja crkve 1905 godine; 1865 za crkvu su nabavljene orgulje, koje su sačuvane i koje su još uvijek u funkciji (nedavno restaurirane).

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