Mile ( cyrl, Миле) located in the

Visoko Visoko ( sr-cyrl, Високо, ) is a city located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality had a population of 39,938 inhabitants with 11,205 livi ...

basin was a medieval crowning and burial place of

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during the

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(13771463). Mile is a protected national monument of

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Mile held a great importance for Bosnian nobility, and was one of the places for

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, the most common name used to refer to the assembly of nobility in

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. From 1367 to

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several historical sources mention

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s who gave money contributions for the

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that was located in Mile, which is, according to sources from 1380 to 1390, identified as

Stephen II Kotromanić Stephen II ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Стефан II, Stjepan II) was the Bosnian Ban from 1314, but in reality from 1322 to 1353 together with his brother, Vladislav Kotromanić in 1326–1353. He was the son of Bosnian Ban Stephen I Kot ...

ban's foundation, the Franciscan friary of

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of the Little Brothers. Mile was first mentioned (in written sources: Mile, Sv. Nikola, Visoko, Mileševo) in 1244, as a place of church of Saint Kuzma and Damjan. The same year, Stephen II Kotromanić built the first Franciscan friary of Saint Nicholas. Mile was the crowning place of Bosnian kings, and possible place of crowning the first Bosnian king

Tvrtko I Kotromanić Stephen Tvrtko I ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Stjepan/Stefan Tvrtko, Стјепан/Стефан Твртко; 1338 – 10 March 1391) was the king of Bosnia, first king of Kingdom of Bosnia, Bosnia. A member of the House of Kotromanić, h ...

in 1377.Lovrenović, Dubravko, “Proglašenje Bosne kraljevinom 1377”, ''Forum Bosnae'', 3-4, Sarajevo, 1999, 227-290. The grave of Stephen II, who died in 1353, couldn't be identified in later

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Mavro Orbini Mavro Orbini (1563–1614) was a Ragusan chronicler, notable for his work '' The Realm of the Slavs'' (1601) which influenced Slavic ideology and historiography in the later centuries. Life Orbini was born in Ragusa (now Dubrovnik), the capital ...

and later authors cite that Stephen II built a church in Mile, and by his own will wanted to be buried there. Tvrtko I, King of Bosnia's grave has been located and identified in the north wall of the church.

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* {{citation, title=Krunidbena i grobna crkva bosanskih vladara u Milima (Arnautovićima) kod Visokog, last=Anđelić, first=Pavao, year=1979, language=hr * Lovrenović, Dubravko, “Proglašenje Bosne kraljevinom 1377”, ''Forum Bosnae'', 3-4, Sarajevo, 1999

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Tourism agency of Zenica-Doboj canton
History of Visoko National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina Kingdom of Bosnia Burial sites of Kotromanić dynasty Bosnia and Herzegovina culture Archaeological sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina Burial sites of Bosnian noble families

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