Sokograd
Sokograd is a medieval fortress with a castle town in the Pliva river valley in Šipovo municipality, Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Svjetlopis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: fortress near Šipovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Also known as: “Soko Fortress”, “Soko Grad”, “Sokograd Fortress”, “Sokol Fortress”, “Sokol Grad”, “Sokolgrad”, and “Sokolgrad Fortress”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Šipovo.
Šipovo
Town
Photo: NMachiavelli77, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Šipovo is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the southern part of the Bosanska Krajina region. As of 2013, it has a population of 10,293 inhabitants, while the town of Šipovo has a population of 4,052 inhabitants. Šipovo is situated 4½ km east of Sokograd.
Sokograd
- Categories: fortress, heritage, cultural heritage, cultural property, historic site, historic, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.28456° or 44° 17′ 4″ northLongitude
17.03188° or 17° 1′ 55″ eastElevation
647 metres (2,123 feet)Open location code
8FPV72MJ+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1067449029OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
3262430Wikidata ID
Q13090499
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Swedish—“Sokograd” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Sokograd, Šipovo”
- Bosnian: “Sokograd”
- Catalan: “Fortalesa de Soko (Pliva)”
- Cebuano: “Soko Grad”
- Greek: “Φρούριο Σόκο”
- Serbian: “Соко Град (пливски)”
- Serbian: “Соко град”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Soko Grad kod Šipova”
- Spanish: “Fortaleza de Sokograd”
- Swedish: “Soko Grad”
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