Ruin
Observatory Bistrik kula
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Observatory Bistrik kula above Sarajevo was the only observatory in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is today a ruin. It stands on the hilltop of Bistrik Kula (1004 m) on the slope of Trebević south of Sarajevo, on the site of a former fortress.
Machine-translated from “Observatorium Bistrik kula” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Observatory Bistrik kula ranks #5,052 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #25 of the 38 mapped in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Sarajevo, 3 km away. See how Bosnia and Herzegovina compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Observatory Bistrik kula?
Observatory Bistrik kula stands in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 43.84224°, 18.43799°.
How famous is Observatory Bistrik kula?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,052 of 8,134 worldwide, and #25 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Observatory Bistrik kula?
Ješua D. Salom Mansion, about 2 km away.
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