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. The site was a medieval crowning and burial church of Bosnian kings during the Bosnian Banate and later Kingdom, between its construction in 1340 and the fall of the Kingdom in 1463. Mile is an inscribed as the National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2003 by KONS.

History

Mile held a great importance for Bosnian nobility and was one of the places for ''

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'', the most common name used to refer to the assembly of nobility in medieval Bosnia. Mile was first mentioned (in written sources: Mile, Sv. Nikola, Visoko, Mileševo) in 1244, as a place of the Church of

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. In 1340, Stephen II Kotromanić built the first Franciscan friary of Saint Nicholas. From 1367 to

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several historical sources mention Ragusan

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s who gave money contributions for the

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that was located in Mile, which is, according to sources from 1380 to 1390, identified as Stephen II Kotromanić ban's foundation, the Franciscan friary of

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of the Little Brothers.

Crowning and burial church

Mile was the crowning place of Bosnian kings, beginning with a crowning of the first Bosnian king Tvrtko I Kotromanić in 1377.Lovrenović, Dubravko, “Proglašenje Bosne kraljevinom 1377”, ''Forum Bosnae'', 3-4, Sarajevo, 1999, 227-290. The grave of Stephen II, who died in 1353, couldn't be identified in later archaeological excavations.

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and later authors cite that Stephen II built a church in Mile, and by his own will wanted to be buried there. Tvrtko I's, King of Bosnia, grave has been located and identified in the north wall of the church.

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Sources

* {{citation, title=Krunidbena i grobna crkva bosanskih vladara u Milima (Arnautovićima) kod Visokog, last=Anđelić, first=Pavao, year=1979 , volume=XXXIV, publisher=Zemaljski muzej Bosne i Hercegovine , journal=Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja , location=Sarajevo 1980 , language=sh , trans-title=Coronation and burial church of Bosnian rulers in Mili (Arnautovići) near Visoko * Lovrenović, Dubravko, “Proglašenje Bosne kraljevinom 1377”, ''Forum Bosnae'', 3-4, Sarajevo, 1999

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Tourism agency of Zenica-Doboj canton
History of Visoko National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina Kingdom of Bosnia Burial sites of Kotromanić dynasty Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina Archaeological sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina Populated places of the medieval Bosnian state

History

Crowning and burial church

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