Marko Vego (8 January 1907 – 26 February 1985) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav

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and

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Biography

Vego was born in

Čapljina Čapljina ( cyrl, Чапљина, ) is a city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the border with Croatia a mere from the Adriatic Sea. The rive ...

(

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

) to father Jozo who was a worker at a tobacco station. Vego finished a

Široki Brijeg Široki Brijeg () is a city and the regional capital of West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. the town itself had a population of 6,149 and the municipality of 28,929. Name ...

classical gymnasium, the Faculty of Theology at the

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) and the

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(

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also at the University of Zagreb and a professorial exam in

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. He wrote a

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titled "History of

Zachlumia Zachlumia or Zachumlia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Zahumlje, Захумље, ), also Hum, was a medieval principality located in the modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia (today parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, r ...

from the coming of Slavs to uniting with Bosnia in 1322" () at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. He did not present it due to some unexplained circumstances. Vego worked as a history teacher at the State Real Gymnasium in

Nikšić Nikšić (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Никшић, ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 32,046 (2023 census) located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Trebjesa ...

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from 1938 to 1944. He also took part in the

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in the

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. He was a professor at the first Teacher Course in

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...

and advanced to the status of the Trebinje Partisan Gymnasium principal on February 22, 1945. In 1946 and 1947 he was the principal of the State Real Gymnasium in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and since September 9, 1947 he worked as a professor at the Teacher Course in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

. In 1949–50 he was the principal of the Teacher School in Sarajvo. From August 28, 1950 to December 9, 1957 he was the director of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. Marko Vego retired in 1965. He received several awards in Bosnia and Herzegovina for his work (the most important one is the " 27. juli award"). Vego's subject of focus were mostly

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and he was best known for his work in archaeology,

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and

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history of

medieval Bosnia The history of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages refers to the time period between the Roman era and the 15th-century Ottoman conquest. The Early Middle Ages in the Western Balkans saw the region reconquered from barbarians (Ostrogot ...

. He published more than 300 works. He died in

Bibliography

*Povijest Humske zemlje (Hercegovine),

Samobor Samobor () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area. Administratively it is a part of Zagreb County. Geography Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills (), the eas ...

, 1937 *Ljubuški. Srednjovjekovni nadgrobni spomenici Bosne i Hercegovine VI,

, 1954 *Don Ivan Musić i Hrvati u Hercegovačkom ustanku 1875.–1878. godine, Sarajevo, 1955 (self-published) *Naselja srednjovekovne bosanske države, Sarajevo, 1957 *Historijska karta srednjovjekovne bosanske države, Sarajevo, 1957, 1978 *Historija Broćna od najstarijih vremena do turske okupacije, Sarajevo, 1961 *Zbornik srednjovjekovnih natpisa Bosne i Hercegovine I, Sarajevo, 1962 *Zbornik srednjovjekovnih natpisa Bosne i Hercegovine II, Sarajevo, 1964 *Zbornik srednjovjekovnih natpisa Bosne i Hercegovine III, Sarajevo, 1964 *Bekija kroz vijekove, Sarajevo, 1964 *Zbornik srednjovjekovnih natpisa Bosne i Hercegovine IV, Sarajevo, 1970 *Iz istorije srednjovjekovne Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo, 1980 *Historija Brotnja od najstarijih vremena do 1878. godine, Čitluk, 1981 *Postanak srednjovjekovne bosanske države, Sarajevo, 1982

References

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vego, Marko 1907 births 1985 deaths People from Čapljina Epigraphers Bosnia and Herzegovina medievalists Historians of Bosnia and Herzegovina 20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina historians Yugoslav historians Bosnia and Herzegovina archaeologists Yugoslav archaeologists 20th-century archaeologists Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni University of Freiburg alumni