Fojnica
Fojnica is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located west of the capital Sarajevo, in the valley of the Fojnička River, tributary of the river Bosna.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Franciscan Friary of the Holy Spirit and Kozograd castle.
Franciscan Friary of the Holy Spirit
Monastery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Franciscan monastery of the Holy Spirit is a Bosnian Franciscan monastery, first built in 16th century in Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena.
Kozograd castle
Heritage site
Kozograd or Old town of Kozograd is the name of a medieval fortress whose remains are located in the municipality of Fojnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an archeological site of significant historical value. Kozograd castle is situated 3½ km south of Fojnica.
Fojnica
- Type: Town with 3,570 residents
- Description: town and municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Categories: municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.96344° or 43° 57′ 48″ northLongitude
17.89902° or 17° 53′ 57″ eastPopulation
3,570Elevation
578 metres (1,896 feet)United Nations Location Code
BA FOJOpen location code
8FMVXV7X+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 315878397OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Fojnica” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Fojnica”
- Arabic: “فوينيتسا”
- Arabic: “فوينيكا”
- Belarusian: “Фойніца”
- Bosnian: “Fojnica”
- Cebuano: “Fojnica”
- Chinese: “福伊尼察”
- Croatian: “Fojnica”
- Czech: “Fojnica”
- Danish: “Fojnica”
- Dutch: “Fojnica”
- Esperanto: “Fojnica”
- French: “Fojnica”
- German: “Fojnica”
- Hebrew: “פויניצה”
- Italian: “Fojnica”
- Japanese: “フォイニツァ”
- Lombard: “Fojnica”
- Macedonian: “Фојница”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fojnica”
- Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): “فوینچه”
- Polish: “Fojnica”
- Russian: “Фойница”
- Serbian: “Fojnica”
- Serbian: “Фојница”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fojnica”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hvojnica”
- Slovenian: “Fojnica, Bosna in Hercegovina”
- Slovenian: “Fojnica”
- Spanish: “Fojinica”
- Spanish: “Fojnica”
- Swedish: “Fojnica”
- Tatar: “Фойнитса”
- Turkish: “Foyniçe”
- Turkish: “Foynitsa”
- Ukrainian: “Фойниця”
- Ukrainian: “Фойніца”
- Upper Sorbian: “Fojnica”
- Urdu: “فوینیتسا”
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