The Guča Gora Monastery is a Roman Catholic Franciscan monastery in a small village Guča Gora east of Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the mid-19th century Bosnian Franciscans decided to build the monastery in the area of Travnik.
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We don’t really share the enthusiasm of many other reviewers for this place. The drive up is pretty enough but the monastery itself, apart from the front of the building, is really quite modern and cold. The church door was locked but we did gain access through a side door and found it stark and a bit uninspiring inside. We never saw a soul and there was no signage to welcome or inform. There was an interesting statue of, presumably St Francis, that bore the signs of war and a beautiful wild flower meadow but other than that not much. Also, frankly, not entirely sure why the village was selected as one of the 14 most beautiful in Bosnia. We have seen much...
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Franjevački samostan Guča Gora je glavna centralna katolička točka Središnje Bosne. Oduvijek je ovaj samostan bio i centar vjerskih događanja, te centar kulture. I u najtežim vremenima po katolike u Gučoj Gori se nije prestao odvijati vjerski život, a fratri sa različitih župa su svojim različitostima doprinosili širini vjere i suživota u cijeloj Središnjoj Bosni. Kako su u Samostanu smješteni stari svećenici, tako oni svoja iskustva prenose mladim. U ovome samostanu su svoj kako radni tako i životni vijek završila poznata imena franjevačkog reda, a fra Ivo Marković (stariji) je dobio orden zasluga za narod. Uz samostan je i crkva sv. Franje gdje se svake godine 4.10. na dan sv. Franje održava prigodna misa propracena narodnim teferićem uz posebne gučegorske pjesme, a nadaleko poznate gučegorske haljine upotpunjuju sliku. Samostan posjeduje veliki fundus kulturnog blaga; knjige, slike, pismena...., iako je u zadnjem ratu zbirka dobrano raznesena ipak zahvaljujući vrijednim fratrima, obnavlja se. Posebno moram spomenuti moga prijatelja fra Branka Neimarevića, dobrog čovjeka i u najgorim vremenima. U Samostanu su i dnevnici i matične knjige koje govore o vremenu od nastanka Samostana. Samostan organizira i likovnu koloniju, pa slikari i skulptori doprinose povećanju samostanskog umjetničkog fundusa. Kao nekada i danas je Samostan centar kulture i vjere...
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Main attraction of Guča Gora is the Franciscan Monastery, built in the 19th-century style. This historic site was frequently visited by Nobel Prize laureate Ivo Andric, a testament to its...
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