Couvent franciscain de Fojnica
Le couvent franciscain de Fojnica est un couvent de franciscains situé à Fojnica et dans la municipalité de Fojnica en Bosnie-Herzégovine. Il a été construit à partir de 1864. L'église du couvent, dédiée au Saint Esprit, ainsi que les collections musée et de la bibliothèque sont inscrites sur la liste des monuments nationaux de Bosnie-Herzégovine.
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Fojnica is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located west of the capital Sarajevo, in the valley of the Fojnička River, tributary of the river Bosna. Fojnica is a small town in central Bosnia and is also a balneological resort.
Cultural sites in Fojnica include the Holy Spirit Franciscan Monastery which houses an important part of the nation's cultural heritage maintained by the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena.
The Franciscan monastery in Fojnica has a library of philosophical and theological works printed from the 16th to the 19th centuries, with some dating back to 1481. The monastery is currently under renovation.
Queen Catherine of Bosnia sought refuge from the Ottomans in Kozograd, royal summer-residence in the mountains near Fojnica at the time, before making her way to Rome.
Fojnica also has a spa center with thermal water, Reumal Fojnica. The Prokoško Lake is located in the west of the municipality.
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