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Grmeč ( sr-cyrl, Грмеч) is a mountain in north-western
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ...
. It is more than 60 kilometres long, stretching between the city of
Bihać Bihać ( cyrl, Бихаћ) is a city and the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovi ...
and the town of Ključ. The highest peak of Grmeč is ''Crni vrh'' ("Black Peak") at above sea level. Grmeč is surrounded by the city of Bihać and towns Bosanski Petrovac, Ključ,
Sanski Most Sanski Most ( sr-cyrl, Сански Мост, ) is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of the Sana River in northwes ...
, and Bosanska Krupa. Grmeč is the best-known place of bullfights or Bull wrestling in the Balkans. They are called the ''Corrida of Grmeč'' (''Grmečka korida'') and have been organised on every first Sunday in August for over 200 years, attracting thousands of visitors. These are fights between bulls themselves and there is no death of a bull. Fights happen in an empty field. The Corrida of Grmeč was depicted by the sculptor Slobodan Pejić. The sculpture of two bulls in a fight, made in bronze in 2004, has been compared to a confrontation of the oppressor and the oppressed or of the Bosnian people and the Austrian Emperor. Vanda Mušič (ed). Bassin, Aleksander. Kokot, Staša. ''Slobodan Pejić''. Self-published by Vanda Mušič Chapman. 2007. .


See also

* List of mountains in Bosnia and Herzegovina


References

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