Tjentište
| Tjentište | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Tjentište | |
| Coordinates: 43°20′54″N 18°41′26″E / 43.34833°N 18.69056°E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Republika Srpska |
| Municipality | Foča |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Tjentište (Serbian Cyrillic: Тјентиште) is a village in the municipality of Foča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It lies entirely within Sutjeska National Park, and is most well known as the location of two monuments commemorating the 1943 Battle of the Sutjeska; the Valley of Heroes (1971) by Miodrag Živković and the concrete Memorial House by Ranko Radović, which contains unfinished frescoes by famed Croatian artist Krsto Hegedušić.
Notable residents
- Halima Hrvo, singer
References
- ↑ Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
Coordinates: 43°20′54″N 18°41′26″E / 43.34833°N 18.69056°E
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