POČITELJ TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INSCRIPTION ON UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE LIST

POČITELJ, Bosnia (April 7,2008) - The southern Bosnian town of Pocitelj has World Heritage aspirations. The Bosnian government has been pushing the case for inscribing Pocitelj on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

This fortified township with mediaeval and Ottoman elements is a fabulous spot, clinging to a sheltered hillside overlooking the Neretva river.

There is an exquisite mosque, a madrasa, hammam baths, an imaret (soup-kitchen) and a sahat-kula (Islamic clock tower). In the housing that tumbles down the hillside, Mediterranean and Oriental influences collide: a medley of hipped and gabled roofs on stone buildings with oriel windows that look out onto little courtyards that shelter fig trees.

Already well known among travellers in Bosnia, for it sits right beside the main road from Dubrovnik to Mostar and Sarajevo, Pocitelj is well aware of its potential appeal to tourists. If it makes it onto the UNESCO List, the crowds will surely come.
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