''Via Narenta'', sometimes also ''Via Bosna'' or ''neretvanski put'', was a medieval
trade route
A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. The term can also be used to refer to trade over bodies of water. Allowing goods to reach distant markets, a sin ...
through the
Dinaric Alps
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that connected
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranea ...
(
Republic of Ragusa
hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world"
, population_estimate = 90 000 in the XVI Century
, currency = ...
) through the
Neretva
The Neretva ( sr-cyrl, Неретва, ), also known as Narenta, is one of the largest rivers of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. Four Hydroelectricity, HE power-plants with Dam, large dams (higher than 150,5 metres) provide flood protecti ...
river valley with the
Bosna river valley, and from there to various places in
medieval Bosnia
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Early Middle Ages
The western Balkans had been reconquered from "barbarians" by Byzantine Emperor Justinian (r. 5 ...
and the rest of the
Balkans.
The route went through
Drijeva
Drijeva known in Venetian as ''Narenta'', was a medieval customs town and marketplace located in what is today the village of Gabela, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was held by the Kingdom of Serbia until the War of Hum (1326–29), when it was pass ...
(an intersection near today's
Gabela), following the river up to
Prenj
Prenj ( sr-cyrl, Прењ) is a mountain range in the Dinaric Alps of southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in eastern Herzegovina near Mostar, Jablanica and Konjic. The highest peak is ''Zelena glava'' at . Prenj massif has at least 11 peaks ...
and
Konjic
Konjic ( sr-Cyrl, Коњиц) is a city and municipality located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in northern Herzegovina, around southwest of Sarajevo. ...
, where it turned northward to
Visoko.
It was one of the two main routes from
Bosnia
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to Dubrovnik; the other was
Via Drine that reached the
Drina
The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long Balkans river, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps ...
.
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* {{cite journal , journal = Anali Zavoda Za Povijesne Znanosti Hrvatske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti U Dubrovniku , publisher =
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Croatica, hr, Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, abbrev. HAZU) is the national academy of Croatia.
HAZU was founded under patronage of the Croatian bishop J ...
, number = 49 , year = 2011 , page = 56 , url = http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=105506&lang=en , language = Croatian , title = Kermes, crvac - i još neka crvena bojila , trans-title= The Semantic World of Tints and Dyes: Crvac in Fifteenth-Century Dubrovnik , first = Srećko , last = Lorger
Former trade routes
Economy of the Republic of Ragusa
Medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina
Medieval roads and tracks
Economic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina