Borač (fortress)

Borač Castle
Prača, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Borač Castle on Radinović-Pavlović family blazon
Borač Castle
Coordinates 43°45′06″N 18°46′42″E / 43.751690°N 18.778236°E / 43.751690; 18.778236
Site information
Owner Radinović-Pavlović family
Site history
Built 14th century (1392)
Built by Radoslav Pavlović, head of Radinović-Pavlović
Demolished 1485
Garrison information
Past
commanders		 Radinović-Pavlović

The Borač Castle was a noble court and one of the largest and most important fortified towns of medieval Bosnia, situated on top of rugged slopes high above the Prača river canyon, near modern days Prača village, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fortified castle was a seat of medieval Bosnian noble family Radinović-Pavlović.[1]

New Borač

Seal of Radoslav Pavlović, head of Radinović-Pavlović medieval Bosnian noble family, with depiction of their court, Borač castle.

Castle is also known as Pavlovac, sometimes Novi (English: New) or Novi Grad, (English: New Town). Problem exist in correct dating of its construction, but some medieval charters suggest 1392, or late 14th century, as time of its construction, during Radoslav Pavlović under family's helm.[1][2][3][4]

Old Borač

However, historians are certain that another Radinović-Pavlović fortress, original and older Borač castle, which was built around 1244 in 13th century and located just a few kilometers downstream Prača river, near village Mesići, between villages of Borač i Brčigovo.[1][2][4][2][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Borak (Han-stjenički plateau) necropolis with stećak tombstones in the village of Burati, the historic site" (html/jpg). Commission to preserve national monuments (in Bosnian). Commission to preserve national monuments. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Marko Vego (1957). Naselja bosanske srednjevjekovne države (html) (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Svjetlost. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 Alija Bejtić (1966). Rogatica, Srednji vijek (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Svjetlost.
  4. 1 2 Desanka Kovačević-Kojić (1987). Gradska naselja srednjovjekovne Bosanske države (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Veselin Masleša.
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