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 Bosnian kings during the

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(13771463). Mile is a protected national monument of

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History

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 1407 several historical sources mention Ragusan

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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 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 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 archaeological excavations. Mavro Orbini 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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