Visoki Castle, Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Old Town of Visoki 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 abandoned before 1503, because it is not mentioned in the Turkish-Hungarian treaty from the mentioned year. In 1626, Đorđić mentioned Visoki among abandoned towns.

The Old Town of Visoki is at the top of Visočica hill, 213 metres high. Its position provides an excellent view at the plains below. The entry to the castle is on the southwest side, with two lookout towers. Passing through the entry you enter to a part that is called Podvisoki, i.e. to the town that was quite small, measuring 60 by 25 metres, and has signs and remains of early medieval houses. The thickness of the castle town walls is about 2 metres. Its position provides an excellent view at the plains below bordered by mountains Romanija, Jahorina, Treskavica and Bjelašnica in the east and southeast, Bitovnja in the south, the mountain Zec and Vranica in the Southeast, Vlašić in the west, and Tajan and Zvijezda in the north. The entry to the castle is on the southwest side, with two lookout towers.

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Edin Kolenovic (10 months ago)
Beautiful place to visit with your family, and to get fresh air.

Karin Močnik (15 months ago)
Amazing view from the top and still a rare place to see if you like ruins. No entrance fee, no excavation, nothing. We camped overnight in the clearing at the top. It's a 5-10 minutes hike to the ruins from the clearing. There is a road to the clearing and also a restaurant and rooms for rent next to it.

Edwin Meurer (15 months ago)
This is also the top of the Bosnian piramid of the ☀️ Sun / Sunca. It's a 10 - 15 min climb so wear shoes and no slippers. The energy is great on top and the sunset magic!

Nijaz Hadzic (3 years ago)
The part of double history. Important point since Bosnian kingdom, and now very top of Pyramid of the Sun. Just be aware of reaching the place that last 500 meters are very steep in both ways. Very important is to have appropriate shoe's with non slippery soles.

Hamid Džafo (5 years ago)
Once royal town now neglected in ruins.

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