Tjentište
Tjentište | |
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Village | |
.jpg/1280px-Pohled_z_Kamziciho_vrchu_na_Tjentiste_(bazen).jpg) View of Tjentište. | |
  Tjentište | |
| Coordinates: 43°20′54″N 18°41′26″E / 43.34833°N 18.69056°E / 43.34833; 18.69056 | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Foča |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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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
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
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