Short stop in Počitelj.
Short stop in Počitelj.
The historic urban site of Počitelj is located on the left bank of the river Neretva, on the main road to Mostar.
In the Middle Ages, Počitelj was the administrative centre and the centre of governance of Dubrava župa (county) and its westernmost point, which gave it major strategic importance. It is supposed that the fortified town and its attendant settlements were built by Bosnia's King Stjepan Tvrtko I in 1383.
The walled town of Počitelj evolved over the period from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Architecturally, the surviving stone-built parts of the town are a fortified complex, in which two stages of evolution may be observed: Mediaeval and Ottoman.