Fortress walls
Views over the town.
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A medieval fortress overlooking Travnik, built in the second half of the 14th or first half of the 15th century, most likely by one of the Bosnian kings before Ottoman rule. Travnik later became the capital of the Ottoman governors of Bosnia from 1699 to 1850, and it is still known as the town of the viziers. The fortress now holds a tower and a gunpowder magazine with permanent exhibitions, craft workshops, and plays and festivals; its walls look over the town, its minarets, clock tower and mountains. Right below it rises the Plava Voda (Blue Water) spring, gushing from a wide cleft in the mountainside to form a clear stream about 350 metres long that runs between cafés, restaurants and water wheels into the Lašva river. It is the town's main source of drinking water and one of the prettiest corners of old Travnik. The fortress opens daily from 8:00 to 20:00 from April to September and from 9:00 to 16:30 from October to March; tickets are 5 KM for adults and 4 KM for students and pensioners, according to the Travnik museum's site.
Views over the town.
Clear blue water.
And water wheels.
Plava Voda quarter, above Travnik old town
It opens daily 8:00-20:00 from April to September and 9:00-16:30 from October to March; tickets are 5 KM for adults, according to the Travnik museum's site.
