Kotor Castle

Kotor Castle
Hrvojev grad, also Kotorgrad
Kotor Varoš, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Kotor Castle is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kotor Castle
Kotor Castle
Coordinates44°36′25″N 17°22′14″E / 44.607007°N 17.370635°E / 44.607007; 17.370635
TypeCastle (residential, fortification)
Site information
OwnerHrvoje Vukčić, Bosnian noble family of Hrvatinić
ConditionRuined
(National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Site history
Builtbefore 1382 (14th century)
In useearliest 1382 to at least 1853
MaterialsLimestone
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Hrvatinić noble family
Site is protected as National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Government of BiH and its KONS

Kotor or Kotorgrad (transl. Kotor town), was a medieval fortress above the present settlement of Kotor in Kotor Varoš, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Srpska entity, municipality of Kotor Varoš. During the medieval Kingdom of Bosnia, the fortress is developed to be a first and favorite seat of Hrvoje Vukčić, lord of Donji Kraji, parish Vrbanja, along of other two, Ključ and Jajce.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kreševljaković H. (1953): Stari bosanski gradovi. Naše starine, I: 7-44.
  2. ^ Pelidija E. (2002): Banjalučki boj iz 1737 - Uzroci i posljedice. El-Kalem, Sarajevo.