Kreševo
Sign in to saveKreševo () is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kreševo is a mountainous town, located in a narrow valley of the Kreševka river, under the slopes of Mount Bitovnje. An old Franciscan monastery of St. Catharine is located in the town's outskirts.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kreševo
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- Town and municipality
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- Kreševo2.jpg
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- Town of Kreševo panorama
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- Kresevo_flag.gif
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- BiH municipality location Kreševo.svg
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- Location of the municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Country
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- Entity
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- Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Canton
- Settlement.leader_party
- HDZ BiH
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- Municipal mayor
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- Boris Marić
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- Metric
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- 149
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Kreševo () is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kreševo is a mountainous town, located in a narrow valley of the Kreševka river, under the slopes of Mount Bitovnje. An old Franciscan monastery of St. Catharine is located in the town's outskirts.
==History== ===Antique period=== The area of Kreševo was inhabited since the Neolithic period. Various material remains are indicating that a life in Kreševo was intensified during the Roman Empire, when the municipality was part of the Roman province of Illyrcicum, as well as during the Migration Period. Reason for this are the subsoil assets of the Kreševo Municipality area, where gold, silver, copper, iron and mercury where exploited.