Vrhbosna ( Serbian Cyrillic: Врхбосна, pronounced [ʋř̩x.bo.sna]) was the medieval name of a small region in today's central Bosnia and Herzegovina, centered on an eponymous settlement ( župa) that would later become part of the city of Sarajevo. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The meaning of the name of this Slavic župa is "the peak of Bosnia". The only known fortification in the area at the time was Hodidjed. [3] The existence of a significant individual settlement of Vrhbosna was recorded in the 14th and 15th centuries. [4] Vrhbosna was first attacked by the Ottoman Empire in 1416, [4] and it was finally taken in 1451. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Vrhbosna persisted shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia in the name of local vilayet, but soon the name went out of use. [3] [4] In 1550, a Venetian traveller Caterino Zeno was the first westerner to use the term Sarraglio (Italianized form of Sarajevo) instead of Vrhbosna to describe the place. [4]
It is nowadays known as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, which is the archdiocese that currently serves the Catholics of Sarajevo.
Vrhbosna ( Serbian Cyrillic: Врхбосна, pronounced [ʋř̩x.bo.sna]) was the medieval name of a small region in today's central Bosnia and Herzegovina, centered on an eponymous settlement ( župa) that would later become part of the city of Sarajevo. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The meaning of the name of this Slavic župa is "the peak of Bosnia". The only known fortification in the area at the time was Hodidjed. [3] The existence of a significant individual settlement of Vrhbosna was recorded in the 14th and 15th centuries. [4] Vrhbosna was first attacked by the Ottoman Empire in 1416, [4] and it was finally taken in 1451. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Vrhbosna persisted shortly after the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia in the name of local vilayet, but soon the name went out of use. [3] [4] In 1550, a Venetian traveller Caterino Zeno was the first westerner to use the term Sarraglio (Italianized form of Sarajevo) instead of Vrhbosna to describe the place. [4]
It is nowadays known as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, which is the archdiocese that currently serves the Catholics of Sarajevo.