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History of Fojnica


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Administratively, Fojnica is part of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Fojnica is a small, picturesque town in central Bosnia.

The most important cultural site in Fojnica is 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 large 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.

The last Queen of Bosnia, Katarina Kosaca-Kotromanic sought refuge from the Ottomans in the mountains near Fojnica, before making her way to Rome and making the Pope (and all future Pope's) sovereign of Bosnia.

Fojnica also has a prominent spa. The other most popular spa in Bosnia is in Olovo. A nearby agricultural co-operative grows about 20 tonnes of the potatoes annually. Ahdnama or Ahitname,which is "Ferman" by the Ottoman Sultan "Fatih Sultan Mehmet" and the first human rights declaration in the world was given in Fojnica in 1463 by the Ottoman Sultan "Fatih Sultan Mehmet" to Franciscan Christians in order to protect them and their religion against the others.Thanks to the Ahdnama or Ahidname,Franciscan Christians lived in their region with their own belief under the protection of the Ottoman Sultan "Fatih Sultan Mehmet"
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