by bassania | Dec 31, 2025 | News
The book “From Bato to Kulin ban” by Emir Medanhodžić and Suad Haznadarević provides an overview of the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, based on the authors’ long-term field research. Covering a period of 1,200 years,...
by bassania | Dec 29, 2025 | News
By: Emir Medanhodžić I have followed Domagoj Nikolić and Vinko Klarić for a long time on the media scene and on social networks, and about ten years ago I realized that they are not connoisseurs of Bosnia and its history and heritage as they present themselves to be...
by bassania | Dec 24, 2025 | News
Above the village of Bučje, municipality Novo Goražde, at an altitude of 900 meters, lies an undocumented necropolis hidden in a young forest near a dirt road. The site contains 17 medieval tombstones (stećci) – two gabled (sljemenjaci) and fifteen chest-shaped...
by bassania | Dec 23, 2025 | News
When the team of the Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania”, accompanied by guide Halil, set out toward the hillfort above Podgorani, we had been informed that along the dirt road leading to the site, on both sides, there was a necropolis of about twenty medieval...
by bassania | Dec 20, 2025 | News
By: Emir Medanhodžić The team of the Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” visited Podgorani several times, where they heard local tales claiming that a fortress of herceg (Duke) Stjepan Kosača once stood atop Gradina (hillfort). According to legend, herceg...
