Fazlagić Tower () is a ruined
tower
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located near
Gacko
Gacko ( sr-cyrl, Гацко) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the region of East Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina), East Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 5,784 inh ...
in eastern
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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.
Fazlagić Tower is approximately from Gacko, and is at the south periphery of Kuljsko Field. It was built in the 17th century by Ahmed Fazlagić.
Notes
*Fazlagića Kula had once been a
mosque
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Originally, mosques were si ...
in time but is not currently.
*Fazlagića Kula is also known as the last occupied territory of
NDH
The Independent State of Croatia (, NDH) was a World War II–era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, after the invasion by the Axis powers. Its territory cons ...
(Nezavisna Država Hrvatska,
Independent State of Croatia
The Independent State of Croatia (, NDH) was a World War II–era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, ...
).
*The whole area, in which there are nine villages, is called Fazlagića Kula.
See also
*
List of castles in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This is a list of fortifications in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including fortresses and castles, arranged alphabetically.
Bosnian archaeologist and historian of the Middle Ages, Pavao Anđelić, posited that Bosnia and Herzegovina is a home of great ...
References
External links
Kula Fazlagic
Tower houses in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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