Tjentište | |
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Village | |
.jpg.webp) View of Tjentište. | |
  Tjentište | |
| 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 and a valley in the municipality of Foča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It lies entirely within Sutjeska National Park.
History
Museum of the Battle of the Sutjeska
The village was known for the war memorials commemorating the 1943 Battle of the Sutjeska (Operation Fall Schwarz); 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.[2][3]
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.
- ↑ "Tjentiste War Memorial".
- ↑ Spomenik Database - Tjentište historic & informational resource
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