Yugoslav Spomeniks (Part 7-D): Republika Srpska Road Trip

11 – 16. July 2023. Bosnia & Herzegovina (Bosnian & Croatian: Bosna i Hercegovina / Serbian: Босна и Херцеговина).

Here’s a five-day road trip from Novi Grad (Нови Град), formerly Bosanski Novi (Босански Нови), through a bit of Republika Srpska (Република Српска) (one of two entities composing Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) with a focus on the socialist-era. Highlights include the Petrovdan celebration in Novi Grad and local food.

This video is the 4th of 7 presenting our 45-day summer drive around Bosnia for 2,189 miles (3,522 km) looking for Yugoslav-era spomeniks (monuments). I found (54) of them. The spomeniks are World War II memorial sculptures that were part of a grand project of Tito’s to unify socialist Yugoslavia (Југославија) in the aftermath of the National Liberation War (NOB). Estimates put the number of such spomeniks built at up to 40,000. These communist works of art are unique and beautiful and often abandoned.

The places we rolled through are (Part 7-A) Bratunac (Братунац), Srebrenica (Сребреница), Vlasenica (Власеница), Sokolac (Соколац), Foča (Фоча), Tjentište (Тјентиште) / Sutjeska National Park (Национални парк Сутјеска), Gacko (Гацко) / Klinje Lake (Језеро Клиње), Korita (Корита), Bileća (Билећа), Trebinje (Требиње), Neum (Неум), Kravica Waterfall (Слап Кравица), Počitelj (Почитељ), Hutovo Blato (Хутово Блато), Stolac (Столац), Radimlja (Радимља), Blagaj (Благај), Mostar (Мостар), (Part 7-B) Konjic (Коњиц), Sarajevo (Сарајево), Ilidža (Илиџа), Vogošća (Bогошћа), Igman (Игман), (Part 7-C) Visoko (Високо), Zenica (Зеница), Travnik (Травник), Turbe, Donji Vakuf (Доњи Вакуф), Jajce (Јајце), Bravsko, Medeno Polje, Una National Park (Национални парк Уна), Busovača (Бусовача), Bihać (Бихаћ), Ostrožac (Острожац), Grmuša ( Грмуша), (Part 7-D) Novi Grad (Нови Град), Dobrljin (Добрљин), Veliko Palančište, Čirkin Polje, Prijedor (Приједор), Kozara National Park (Национални парк Козара), Banja Luka (Бања Лука), Prnjavor (Прњавор), Pojezna

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The Spomenik Series:
Part 1 – Autumn in Slovenia: https://youtu.be/Qw8bkTqxzrA
Part 2 – Autumn in Croatia: https://youtu.be/h6AswZ9MnJo
Part 3-A – Winter in Serbia: https://youtu.be/Eg7CwaH_zIU
Part 3-B – Winter in Serbia: https://youtu.be/U–Tm7QocNA
Part 3-C – Winter in Serbia: https://youtu.be/VFZZVXplfhk
Part 3-D – Christmas in Serbia: https://youtu.be/9dQgeL0C2nQ
Part 4-A – Serbia’s Most Beautiful Towns & Villages: https://youtu.be/vR4durtn8Sc
Part 4-B – Serbia’s Most Beautiful Town’s & Villages: https://youtu.be/r6Vv-nyYWjg
Part 5 – Owl Capital of the World – Kikinda, Serbia: https://youtu.be/vyA8x4YlqDA
Part 6 – Đerdap National Park, Serbia: https://youtu.be/DLhyAxpQAIE
Part 7-A – Bosnia Beach Crawl – Bosnian Seaside: https://youtu.be/VMCbLqmW5tU
Part 7-B – Sarajevo: https://youtu.be/j2ysF_KVVpI?si=GRssjo5iDS4uPyqa
Part 7-C – Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Road Trip: https://youtu.be/hjkJK0i5LbM?si=p3l4vlvSONJeEYGb
Part 7-D – Republika Srpska Road Trip