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Medjugorje
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Medjugorje (, ) is a village in the municipality of Čitluk in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 1981, it has become a popular site of Catholic pilgrimage due to Our Lady of Medjugorje, a purported series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, to six local children, which some people believe are still happening to this day.
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Place details
- Locality
- Međugorje
- Region
- Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine
- Country
- Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина
- Population
- 2,265
- Timezone
- Europe/Sarajevo
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Key facts
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- Village
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Location of Međugorje within 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
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- Municipality
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- Čitluk
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- 11.83
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- 2013
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- 2265
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- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Located in
- Čitluk Municipality
- Elevation
- 158
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.medjugorje.hr
- Image
- Medugorje panoramic view from Podbro.JPG
- Dialing code
- 036
- Patron saint
- St. James the Elder
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- twinned administrative body
- Poggio San Marcello
- Commons category
- Međugorje
- postal code
- 88266
- Commons gallery
- Međugorje
- native label
- [ˈmɛdʑu.ɡɔːrjɛ]
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Travel guide
Understand
thumb|280px|right|The Saint James Church thumb|280px|right|Exterior altar of the Saint James Church. Međugorje, with the villages of Bijakovići, Vionica, Miletina and Šurmanci, forms a Roman Catholic parish with about 5,000 inhabitants. The parish is run by priests of the Herzegovinian Franciscan Province of the Assumption of Mary. The village's name is of Slavic origin, and signifies a region between mountains.
Get around
thumb|280px|right|Panoramic view of Međugorje from the Krizevac mountain. thumb|280px|right|The cross of Krizevac mountain. Međugorje is not a large town, and it is possible to walk. Taxis are available for hire if necessary.
Sleep
It is rumoured that there are as many accommodation beds in the town of Međugorje as there are in the rest of Bosnia and Hercegovina, therefore it should be almost impossible not to find accommodation: although during the Youth Festival it's almost impossible to find accommodation unless you book in advance.
, 500 m from St Jacob's Church in the centre of Međugorje is one of a few hotels in town and offers very good full board for €25-30.
Go next
Fátima – place of pilgrimage where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared in a vision Vatican – centre of Catholicism San Giovanni Rotondo – home to the shrine dedicated to Saint Pius of Pietrelcina
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- 19th and early 20th centuries
- The Medjugorje pilgrimage site
- Medjugorje during the Bosnian War
- Development after the war
- Demographics
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- External links
Medjugorje (, ) is a village in the municipality of Čitluk in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 1981, it has become a popular site of Catholic pilgrimage due to Our Lady of Medjugorje, a purported series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, to six local children, which some people believe are still happening to this day.
The name Medjugorje literally means "between mountains". At an altitude of above sea level it has a mild Mediterranean climate. The town consists of an ethnically homogeneous Croat population of 2,306. The Catholic parish includes four neighbouring villages: Bijakovići, Vionica, Miletina and Šurmanci. Since 2019, pilgrimages to Medjugorje have been authorized by the Vatican as long as there is no assumption the events are confirmed to have a supernatural origin. In September 2024, the Vatican formally endorsed "prudent devotion" to Mary at Medjugorje but made no declaration that the purported apparitions actually took place.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medjugorje” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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