Blagaj Fortress

Blagaj Fortress or Old Town of Blagaj (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: Stari grad Blagaj, Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Град Благај; pronounced [blaːgaj]), locally known as Stjepan-grad (Стјепан-град), or Stipan-grad, in classical times Bona (Бона), is a town-fortress complex near the town of Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The old Blagaj Fort was built on a high, inaccessible karst hill, at an elevation of 310 metres (1,020 ft) above sea level and 266 metres (873 ft) above the source of the river Buna. Blagaj Fort is 275 metres (902 ft) above sea level. Fortress is National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina, declared by KONS on 6 December 2003.

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Blagaj Fortress ranks #1,829 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 33 mapped in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,168 times in the last 60 days, more than 68% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Sarajevo, 78 km away. See how Bosnia and Herzegovina compares in the castle statistics.

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