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Kraljeva Sutjeska

One of the oldest Franciscan monasteries in Bosnia, below Bobovac.

From VELES
≈ 25 km
Duration
2 h
Season
Year-round
Old houses among meadows in a highland village.

Kraljeva Sutjeska grew up beside the royal town of Bobovac. Its Franciscan monastery keeps a library and a museum of rare books and objects.

The old village around it is worth a slow walk.

Route

Drive past Bobovac down to the village of Kraljeva Sutjeska.

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