Tjentište
Appearance
Tjentište | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 43°20′54″N 18°41′26″E / 43.34833°N 18.69056°E | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Entity | Republika Srpska |
Municipality | Foča |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Tjentište (Serbian Cyrillic: Тјентиште) is a village in the municipality of Foča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It lies entirely within Sutjeska National Park, and is most well known as the location of two monuments commemorating the 1943 Battle of the Sutjeska; the Valley of Heroes (1971) by Miodrag Živković and the concrete Memorial House by Ranko Radović, which contains unfinished frescoes by famed Croatian artist Krsto Hegedušić.
Notable residents
- Halima Hrvo, singer
References
- ^ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tjentište.
- Spomenik Database - Tjentište historic & informational resource