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unusual facts about Zavala, Bosnia and Herzegovina


Vjetrenica

Located in Popovo Polje in Ravno municipality, village Zavala with its old architecture and stone masonry, together with Vjetrenica cave, constitute the natural and architectural ensemble, which is in the process of being protected as National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and as such it is already placed on UNESCO Tentative List.


1996 Sarajevo tram attack

The 1996 Sarajevo tram attack occurred on 9 January 1996 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

At the Drive-In discography

At the Drive-In formed in 1994 with an initial lineup of Cedric Bixler-Zavala (lead vocals), Jim Ward (guitar and backing vocals), Jarrett Wrenn (guitar), Kenny Hopper (bass guitar), and Bernie Rincon (drums).

Braco Dimitrijević

Slobodan “Braco” Dimitrijević was born on 18 June 1948 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia.

Carlos Zavala

In 1988, Zavala graduated from Saddleback High School where he played on the school’s football and soccer teams.

Colt Canada C7 rifle

The C7A1 was first issued to field units of Logcoy/Danbn/Dancon of the Danish International Brigade, in October–November 1995 shortly before the transition from UNPROFOR to IFOR in Bosnia.

Dinko Mulić

Dinko Mulić (born 8 September 1983 in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-born Croatian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s.

Džemal Hadžiabdić

Džemaludin "Džemal" Hadžiabdić, commonly known as Jamal Haji (born July 25, 1953 in Mostar), is a Bosnian left back who represented SFR Yugoslavia.

Eulogio Gillow y Zavalza

Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavala was the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca located in Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.

FIBA EuroBasket 2013 Group B

The group composed of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Gordan Vidović

Gordan Vidović (born 23 June 1968 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a former football player who played for the Belgium national team.

HKK Čapljina Lasta

Hrvatski košarkaški klub Čapljina is a professional basketball club from Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

IrfanView

--spelling & no accents per author's webpage-->, from Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, living in Vienna.

Ivan Fijolić

He has three realized public sculptures: Foundation Batta, Zlín, the Czech Republic, Black Foot,in the Park of Sculptures, Vrsar, Croatia, and the Mostar Bruce Lee statue, in the town of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ivana Ninković

Ivana Ninković (born 15 December 1995 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian swimmer who swims for Swimming Club ' Olymp ' Banja Luka and for Bosnia and Herzegovina national swim team.

İzmir Clock Tower

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers still exist and are called Sahat Kula (derived from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

İzmit Clock Tower

In the former Balkan provinces of the Ottoman Empire, particularly in present-day Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin towns such as Belgrade, Prijepolje, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Gradačac and Stara Varoš, similar Ottoman era clock towers are still named Sahat Kula (deriving from the Turkish words Saat Kulesi, meaning Clock Tower.)

Josip Iličić

Josip Iličić was born in Prijedor, present day Bosnia and Herzegovina and moved to Slovenia after the death of his father when he was only one year old, together with his mother Ana and brother Igor.

KK Igokea

Laktaši Sports Hall (Serbian Cyrillic: Хала спортова у Лакташима) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the city of Laktaši, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Kosovo Campaign Medal

The Air Campaign refers to any flight operations which are performed in the land area and air space of Serbia (including Kosovo), Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovenia, as well as the waters and air space of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea, provided such flight operations are in direct support of Kosovo peacekeeping actions.

Leyla Aliyeva

On February 24, 2012 Leyla Aliyeva attended opening ceremony of "Park of Friendship" and unveiled a monument to victims of Khojaly Massacre in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Livno cheese

Livno cheese is a cheese first produced in the 19th century in the area of Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina on the basis of French technology of making Gruyère cheese.

Márcio Sousa

In 2004 Sousa played for the under-19s in the 2005 European Championship qualifiers, netting against Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the country failed to ensure a place in the finals in Northern Ireland.

Marko Bruerović

In 1793 he was engaged for 4 years in diplomatic work in Travnik (Bosnia and Herzegovina) as merchant attaché, where he also helped the Jewish merchants (based in Sarajevo).

Mihajlo Orlović

Orlović Mihajlo, born in Bosanski Milanovac (Sanski Most) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a poet and author, and the author of several documentary films and television coverage.

Milan Radonjić

Consequently and especially after Serbian law prohibited TV card readings, he started working at five television stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including nationwide OBN television based in Sarajevo, and a number of television stations in Croatia, including nationwide Nova TV based in Zagreb.

Mirza Kapetanović

Mirza Kapetanović (born June 30, 1959 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.

Muamer Svraka

He got his international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina on 31 May 2012 in a friendly match against Mexico on Soldier Field in Chicago which Bosnia and Herzegovina lost 2–1 in the dying minutes of the match due to a catastrophic mistake by Stojan Vranješ.

Museum of the National Struggle for Liberation

The Museum of the National Struggle for Liberation is a museum located in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Mustafa Hajrulahović Talijan

Mustafa Hajrulahović Talijan (22 January 1957, Banja Luka, Bosnia - 8 March 1998, Hamburg, Germany) was a general of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Nataša Ninković

Ninković was born on 22 July 1972 in Trebinje (SFR Yugoslavia then, Bosnia and Herzegovina now) to father Branko and mother Milena.

Neda Ukraden

She grew up in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but she also lived in a few other Bosnian cities, mainly because of her father's professional commitments.

Nijaz Ferhatović

Nijaz Ferhatović pronounced: (Niyaz Ferhatovich) (born March 12, 1955 in Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.

Nino Bule

Nino Bule (born 19 March 1976 in Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a striker.

Obećana Riječ

"Obećana Riječ" (English: Promised Word) is a song by Bosnian rapper Edo Maajka, which details the life of Alan, an ex-soldier, who became an hitman after the war in Bosnia.

Obudovac

Obudovac is a village in the municipality of Šamac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Skakavac Waterfall, Perućica

Perućica primeval forest is situated underneath of the highest peak in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maglić (2386 m), and separated from the Zelengora mountain with the Sutjeska river and its impressive, deep and rugged canyon.

Srebrenik Fortress

Srebrenik Fortress (Bosnian: Utvrda Srebrenik) is a fortress located near the town of Srebrenik in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Suada Dilberović

Serb snipers in a Holiday Inn hotel under the control of the Serbian Democratic Party in the heart of Sarajevo opened fire on the crowd killing six people and wounding several more.

Sulejman Medenčević

Sulejman "Suki" Medenčević (born 29 October 1963, Derventa, Yugoslavia, presently in Bosnia and Herzegovina) is an internationally recognized cinematographer and producer, winner of Best Cinematography Award at 2005 Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema.

Sulejman Smajić

Sulejman Smajić (born 25 June 1984 in Jajce, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a winger for FK Željezničar Sarajevo and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

The File on H.

The expedition of the two scholars is an obvious allusion to the research of Milman Parry and Albert Lord in Bosnia, whose effect was to make the oral epic tradition in Serbo-Croatian far better known, at least in Western scholarship, than it had been before.

Tolj

Tolj is a Serbo-Croatian surname of a family originating from a small town called Greda in the district of Ljubuški in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Triplex Confinium

There was an actual place named the Triplex Confinium after the treaty of peace of Karlowitz (Sremski Karlovci) in 1699 and today it is a territory belonging to the Republics of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (the very point where empires met was Medveđak, today Medveđa Glavica, at the top of Debelo Brdo, a mountain northeast of Knin).

Vlado Zadro

Vlado Zadro (born 17 March 1987 in Mostar) is a professional Bosnian football player currently playing in Premier League club Široki Brijeg.

Zavala, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Zavala was part of the Serbian medieval župa (district) of Popovo, referred to in the Chronicles of the priest Dukljanin and in a deed of gift of prince Miroslav issued to the Church of St Peter in Lim at the end of the twelfth century.

Zavalaz

The roots of Zavalaz are found in Cedric Bixler-Zavala's solo project he started during the spare time from working on The Mars Volta's Noctourniquet: "It started off with me just having the courage to play my guitar again. My wife would listen to me play and be really encouraging".

Zvonimir Serdarušić

Zvonimir "Noka" Serdarušić (born 2 September 1950 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a former Bosnian Croat handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia.


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