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The walled town of Počitelj climbs a rocky slope above the Neretva, about thirty kilometres south of Mostar. Its fortress was probably built by the Bosnian…
The walled town of Počitelj climbs a rocky slope above the Neretva, about thirty kilometres south of Mostar. Its fortress was probably built by the Bosnian king Tvrtko I around 1383 and was strengthened in the 1460s, before the Ottomans took it in 1471 and held it until 1878. Its tallest tower, the Gavrankapetanović tower, still crowns the upper town. Below the walls lies a complete Ottoman town of stone houses, with a mosque, madrasa, hamam, clock tower and han, and the whole site is protected as a national monument and an open-air museum. A steep path leads up to the tower, which gives a sweeping view of the river valley, and in summer the town hosts a well-known art colony.