Podvisoki ( cyrl, Подвисоки) was a

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settlement, a

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(in ), as part of wider area just beneath of the fortress Visoki, located on the Visočica hill above modern-day

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 liv ...

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 ...

History

Podvisoki was main trading center over course much of the history of Bosnian medieval state from the mid 14 century. The first direct mention was in 1363. It was located along river Fojnica, in the foothills of Visočica hill,

. Podvisoki was one of the early examples of medieval urban settlement in Bosnia region. Podvisoki had a colony of

Ragusan Ragusan may refer to: * citizen of the Republic of Ragusa ** List of Ragusans Here follows a list of notable Ragusans and Rectors of the Republic of Ragusa (also known as the Republic of Dubrovnik), a maritime republic centered on the city of Dub ...

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s. They remained there until 1430s, when they moved to Fojnica. Notable local merchant from Visoko in 14th century was Milaš Radomirić. Ragusan sources cite biggest caravan trade between Podvisoki and Ragusa in 1428. That year, on 9 August,

Vlachs "Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Easte ...

committed to Ragusan lord Tomo Bunić, that they will with 600 horses deliver 1500 modius of

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. Delivery was meant for Dobrašin Veseoković, and Vlachs price was half of delivered salt. At the end of 14. century merchants from Podvisoki took part in

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. It was recorded, that on November 1389 Bogovac Vukojević (''Bogaueç Vochoeuich Bossinensis de Souisoch)'' traded small boy Milko, a Bosnian (''de genere et nactione Bossinensium''), for the price of 4

ducat The ducat () coin was used as a trade coin in Europe from the later Middle Ages from the 13th to 19th centuries. Its most familiar version, the gold ducat or sequin containing around of 98.6% fine gold, originated in Venice in 1284 and gained ...

s.„Ego quidem Bogaueç Vochoeuich Bossinensis de Souisochi confiteor quod sponte et ex certa scientia dedi, vendidi et tradidi magistro Johanni condam magistri Marchi de Papia unum meum seruum puerulum etatis annorum nouem vel circha nomine Milcho de genere et nactione Bossinensium, pro precio ducatorum auri quatuor, quos confiteor integre recepisse” (9. November 1389.), State archive Ragusa Republic, Series: Diversa Notariae, Number: X, Foil: 77.

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* Pavao Anđelić, Srednji vijek – Doba stare bosanske države, „Visoko i okolina kroz historiju I, Visoko 1984. *{{citation, last=Redžić, first=Husref, title=Srednjovjekovni gradovi u Bosni i Hercegovini , year=2009, publisher=Sarajevo Publishing, language=bs , isbn=978-9958-21-511-7 History of Visoko Medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina Medieval Bosnian state Kingdom of Bosnia Economic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina Castles in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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