{"id":619,"date":"2014-09-11T08:10:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T08:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/web\/?page_id=619"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:34:38","slug":"tvrdava-stari-grad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/tvrdava-stari-grad\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The \u201cOld Town\u201d fortress is one of the most beautiful and best preserved medieval fortified buildings in Bosnia where historical periods left their distinctive characteristics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">There are no records in so far known historiographical sources of the year and duration of construction or its builder. Historians agree that the fortress was built in the second half of the 14<sup>th<\/sup> or the first half of the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century. Regarding its construction and other indications, it is assumed that it was built by King Tvrtko II Kotromani\u0107 but historians also believe that the possible builder was King Stefan Dabi\u0161a.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The present appearance of the walls and the fort itself is the result of interventions of Turkish masters of military fortifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-789\" src=\"http:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dscn0675.jpg\" alt=\"dscn0675\" width=\"434\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dscn0675.jpg 591w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dscn0675-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-787\" src=\"http:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_1633.jpg\" alt=\"img_1633\" width=\"215\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_1633.jpg 567w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_1633-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-783\" src=\"http:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_2149.jpg\" alt=\"img_2149\" width=\"330\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_2149.jpg 600w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_2149-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-782\" src=\"http:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_2143.jpg\" alt=\"img_2143\" width=\"320\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_2143.jpg 600w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_2143-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_2143-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_2143-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/img_2143-240x180.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #993300;\">OPENING HOURS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"> In the period from 1<sup>st<\/sup> April to 31<sup>st<\/sup> October, the \u201cOld Town\u201d fortress is open for visitors <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"> every day from 8:00 to 20:00 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"> In the period from 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0December to 31<sup>st<\/sup> March\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">every day from 10:00 to 16:00<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Information:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">030 \/ 518 &#8211; 140<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">061 \/ 711 &#8211; 700<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>ADMISSION FEE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Adults: 5.00 KM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Group visits (minimum 20 persons): 4.50 KM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Pupils of elementary and secondary schools, students and pensioners: 4.00 KM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Group visits (minimum 20 persons) for pupils, students and pensioners: 3.00 KM<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/?p=2041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2039 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kako_doci_tvrdjave-300x239.gif\" alt=\"Kako_doci_tvrdjave\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kako_doci_tvrdjave-300x239.gif 300w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kako_doci_tvrdjave-480x384.gif 480w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kako_doci_tvrdjave-320x256.gif 320w, https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Kako_doci_tvrdjave-240x192.gif 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cOld Town\u201d fortress is one of the most beautiful and best preserved medieval fortified buildings in Bosnia where historical periods left their distinctive characteristics. There are no records in so far known historiographical sources of the year and duration of construction or its builder. Historians agree that the fortress was built in the second<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/tvrdava-stari-grad\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-619","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2134,"href":"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619\/revisions\/2134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzejtravnik.ba\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}