Bijakovići
Bijakovići is a village in the municipality of Čitluk, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Bijakovići | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Bijakovići | |
| Coordinates: 43°11′N 17°42′E | |
| Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Entity | Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Canton | Herzegovina-Neretva |
| Municipality | Čitluk |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The village is within the area served by the Franciscans of Medjugorje. In 1981, Mount Podbrdo in Bijakovići was the site of the initial alleged apparitions of the image the visionairies referred to as Gospa.[2]
References
- Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
- Herrero, Juan A. (1999). "Medjugorje: Ecclesiastical Conflict, Theological Controversy, Ethnic Division". In Joanne M. Greer, David O. Moberg (ed.). Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. Stamford, Connecticut: JAI Press. p. 139. ISBN 0762304839.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.