Borač (fortress)

The Borač Castle (Serbian Cyrillic: Борач) was a noble court and one of the largest and most important fortified towns of medieval Bosnia, situated on top of rugged slopes high above the Prača river canyon, between Mesići and Brčigovo, near modern-day Rogatica, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The fortified castle was a seat of the Pavlović noble family.[1]

Borač Castle
Old Town Borač
Prača, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Walls of Borač castle
Borač Castle is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Borač Castle
Borač Castle
Coordinates43.755189°N 18.964053°E / 43.755189; 18.964053
TypeCastle (residential, fortification)
Site information
OwnerRadinović-Pavlović family
Controlled by
ConditionRuined
(National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Site history
Builtaround 1244
Built byRadislav Pavlović, head of Radinović-Pavlović
In use1244-1485
MaterialsLimestone
Demolished1485
Garrison information
Past
commanders		Radinović-Pavlović
Site is protected as National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Government of BiH and its KONS
Walss of Borač, National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Old and New structure

The family hailed and ruled from Borač. It is the first of two castles in their possession, which family used as a seat. Two castles were built in space of several decades and within few kilometers from each other, the second being Pavlovac, sometimes called New Borač or New Town.

Pavlovac

The new castle or New Town or New Borač is actually called Pavlovac, and is considered to be a new structure, also known simply as Novi (English: New) or Novi Grad (English: New Town), situated on top of rugged slopes above the Prača river canyon, near modern days Prača village, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Problem exist in correct dating of its construction, but some medieval charters suggest 1392, or late 14th century, as time of its construction, during Radislav Pavlović at the family's helm.[1][2][3][4]

Old Borač

However, historians are certain that another Radinović-Pavlović fortress, original and older Borač than usually described Borač castle, existed, which was built around 1244 in the 13th century and located just a few kilometers downstream Prača river from New Town, near the location of present-day village Borač at 43.738581°N 19.019926°E / 43.738581; 19.019926.[1][2][3][4]

See also
  • Seal of Radoslav Pavlović, head of Radinović-Pavlović medieval Bosnian noble family, with depiction of their court, Borač or Pavlovac castle.
    Seal of Radoslav Pavlović, head of Radinović-Pavlović medieval Bosnian noble family, with depiction of their court, Borač or Pavlovac castle.
  • Borač or Pavlovac castle on Radinović-Pavlović family blazon.
    Borač or Pavlovac castle on Radinović-Pavlović family blazon.

References
  1. "Borak (Han-stjenički plateau) necropolis with stećak tombstones in the village of Burati, the historic site". Commission to preserve national monuments (in Bosnian). Commission to preserve national monuments. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. Marko Vego (1957). Naselja bosanske srednjevjekovne države (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Svjetlost. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. Alija Bejtić (1966). Rogatica, Srednji vijek (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Svjetlost.
  4. Desanka Kovačević-Kojić (1987). Gradska naselja srednjovjekovne Bosanske države (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Veselin Masleša.
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