Tjentište

Tjentište

Tjentište

Village in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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.

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History

Museum of 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

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    "Tjentiste War Memorial".
  3. [3]
    Spomenik Database - Tjentište historic & informational resource


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