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Municipality of Čapljina - Općina Čapljina

 

 

Čapljina is a town and municipality in Herzegovina-Neretva County, Bosnia-Herzegovina, located in the lower river Neretva course, 20 km away from the Adriatic sea. It is surrounded by Late Antique monuments Mogorjelo and Gabela, the exotic landscape of Struga, ancient Počitelj - the famous stone complex of the medieval architecture and Hutovo blato - one of the richest wading bird reserves in Europe. 

The historic urban site of Počitelj is included (2007) on the Tentative list of UNESCO to be declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Municipality of Čapljina: http://www.capljina.ba/

Nature Park Hutovo blato: http://www.hutovo-blato.ba/

Tourist information: http://www.hercegovina.ba/index.php/bs/capljina-bs/item/139-capljina

Description of The historic urban site of Počitelj included on the Tentative list of UNESCO to be declared a UNESCO World Heritage site: http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5092/