Kraljeva Sutjeska

Kraljeva Sutjeska is a Bosnian Franciscan monastery in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located near Kakanj, in the village of Kraljevska Sutjeska. 

For the past six and a haft centuries the Monastery has been a spiritual and cultural center of the region. The first Monastery was built most probably in the first half of the 14th century. It was destroyed many times, but finally thoroughly repaired between 1982 and 1988. 

Near the Monastery there are foundations of the ancient Royal Court from the time before the Ottoman rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition to the Royal Palace, there are the remains of Church (Royal Chapel) that was probably built in the Gothic style. Not far from Sutjeska, a medieval town Bobovac, the seat of Bosnian kings dynasty Kotromanić, Tomas and Tvrtko is located. 

Also, there is the Museum in the Franciscan monastery which has rich cultural and historical archive material and the Dusper house which is the oldest house in central Bosnia dating from the early XVIII century. In this very important museum, the anagraphical archive is located, dating back to 1600 (the oldest one in Bosnia Herzegovina), as well as the library (with 31 incunabula dating back earlier than 1500, and thousands of books from 1600 and on).

The little town Kraljeva Sutjeska has one of the oldest mosques in Bosnia. It was built in 1463 by Turkish conqueror Mehmed II Fatih, and is claimed to be the oldest in Bosnia and Herzegovina.