Herzegovina is the southern and smaller of two main geographical regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being Bosnia. It has never had strictly defined geographical, cultural or historical borders, nor has it ever been defined as an administrative whole in the geopolitical and economic subdivision of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Town of Novi, founded by the King Tvrtko I, today Herceg Novi, was winter residence of Kosača
Refugees from the Herzegovina Uprising by Uroš Predić
Herzegovina in spring at Ivan Sedlo, mountain pass between Ivan and Bjelašnica mountains.
Western slopes of Čvrsnica, as seen from the Blidinje Plateau.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a 20 kilometres long coast on the Adriatic Sea, with the town of Neum being its only access to the sea. Bosnia has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, the smaller, southern region, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city.
Iron Age cult carriage from Banjani, near Sokolac
Mogorjelo, an ancient Roman suburban Villa Rustica from the 4th century, near Čapljina
Hval's Codex, illustrated Slavic manuscript from medieval Bosnia
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo, dating from 1531