Kraljeva Sutjeska is a

Bosnian Franciscan Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena (also ''Bosna Argentina''; officially la, Provincia OFM Exaltationis S. Crucis - Bosna Argentina) is a province of the Franciscan order of the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their headquarters a ...

monastery in

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. It is located near

Kakanj Kakanj ( sr-cyrl, Какањ) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 11,796 inhabitants, with 38,937 inh ...

, in the village of Kraljeva Sutjeska. It includes a museum in which it houses historical treasures, a library which keeps rare and valuable historical records. There are around 11,000 works in the library, including 31

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and works in Bosnian Cyrillic. The earliest parish register is preserved since 1641. There are also a number of

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documents. It also includes ''Grgurevo'', a site where the kings' castle from 1330 along with his remains are located. The historically important dwelling of Bosnian kings, Bobovac, is also a short distance from the castle remains and the monastery, as well as other sights of Kraljeva Sutjeska.

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* Kraljeva Sutjeska Christian monasteries established in the 14th century {{BosniaHerzegovina-struct-stub

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