Bosnia and Herzegovina · 14th century
Old town of Visoki ranks #3,812 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #13 of the 39 mapped in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded c. 1350, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Sarajevo, 23 km away. See how Bosnia and Herzegovina compares in the castle statistics.
The Old town of Visoki (Serbo-Croatian: Stari grad Visoki, Стари град Високи, pronounced [ʋǐsoki:]) was a medieval royal castle town built during the 14th century on the top of the hill overlooking town of Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first mention of the town was on 1 September 1355, in the charter "in castro nosto Visoka vocatum" written by Tvrtko I of Bosnia while he was a young ban. The town was presumably abandoned before 1503, as it is not mentioned in the Turkish-Hungarian treaty from the mentioned year. In 1626, Đorđić mentioned Visoki among abandoned towns.
Text adapted from “Old town of Visoki” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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