Vrelo Bune

Vrelo Bune
Buna Spring with the Blagaj Tekija
Buna Spring (Vrelo Bune) with the Blagaj Tekke
Buna Spring (Vrelo Bune) with the Blagaj Tekija
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Name originLatin: 'Bona' means Good, fine;
(see also Latin names of rivers)
LocationBlagaj, Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coordinates43°15′26″N 17°54′13″E / 43.257266°N 17.903581°E / 43.257266; 17.903581
Elevation140
TypeKarst spring
Provides water forBuna river
Discharge30
Location of the Buna spring in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of the Buna spring in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of the Buna spring in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vrelo Bune (Врело Буне; transl. Buna Wellspring) is a natural and architectural ensemble located at the spring of the Buna River near Blagaj, a village-town, and is part of the wider "Townscape ensemble of the town of Blagaj — Historical and Natural Heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina" (featuring Ottoman Mediterranean architecture dating back to 1520), situated southeast of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The primary rationale behind the decision of the KONS to designate the site as protected and thus include it in the protected area of Blagaj as a historic urban area, lies in the harmonious coexistence of natural and architectural, cultural, and historical elements, as evidenced by the "distinctive quality of the coexistence of the natural and the man-made" and the "integration of the physical structure into the landscape".