Visoko Castle

The Old Town of Visoki is located at the top of 213 metre Visočica hill. It is positioned so that from it you have a brilliant view of the plains below. The entry to the castle is on the southwest side, with two lookout towers. Passing through the entry you enter to a part that is called Podvisoki, i.e. to the town that was quite small, measuring 60 meters by 25 meters, and has signs and remains of early medieval houses. The thickness of the castle town walls is about two meters.

The primary function of Old town Visoki]] was defense, but it was also a place where a lot of medieval Bosnian rulers wrote various documents and charters. The first mention of town itself was in a charter written by the young Ban Tvrtko named in castro nosto Visoka vocatum on September 1, 1335. The final document of importance signed there was by Tvrtko Borovinić in 1436, showing that it was also of high importance to Bosnian Nobility.

• 1335 – Tvrtko I Kotromanić writes charter in castro nostro Visoka vocatum.
• 1398 – Priboje Masnović, duke who was accepted as Ragusa citizen.
• 1402 – Bosnian king Stjepan Ostoja writes charter pod gradom Visoki (beneath town Visoki).
• 1404 – Bosnian king Ostoja writes charter pod Visokim (beneath Visoki).
• 1404 – Two papers were published which were subject of law dispute in Ragusa.
• 1420 – Big Bosnian duke Batić Mirković became very ill; he was buried in village of Kopošići.
• 1429 and 1436 – Duke Tvrtko Borovinić written papers na Visokom (on Visoki). These papers were last direct sources of old town of Visoki.