Tjentište
Tjentište | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 43°20′54″N 18°41′26″E / 43.34833°N 18.69056°ECoordinates: 43°20′54″N 18°41′26″E / 43.34833°N 18.69056°E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Republika Srpska |
Municipality | Foča |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Tjentište (Serbian Cyrillic: Тјентиште) is a village and a valley in the municipality of Foča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It lies entirely within Sutjeska National Park.
History[]
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Memorial for the Battle of the Sutjeska
The village was known for the war memorials commemorating the 1943 Battle of the Sutjeska (Operation Fall Schwarz); the Valley of Heroes (1971) by Miodrag Živković and the concrete Memorial House by Ranko Radović, which contains unfinished frescoes by famed Croatian artist Krsto Hegedušić.[2] [3]
References[]
- ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
- ^ "Tjentiste War Memorial".
- ^ Spomenik Database - Tjentište historic & informational resource
Categories:
- Villages in Republika Srpska
- Populated places in Foča
- Foča geography stubs