Borač (fortress)
{{Infobox military structure
| name=Borač Castle
| native_name= Old Town Borač
| partof=
| location= Prača, Bosnia and Herzegovina
| image= Стари град Борач - Рогатица.jpg
| image_size= 250px
| caption=Walls of Borač castle
| pushpin_map=Bosnia and Herzegovina
| coordinates= {{coord|43.755189|18.964053|type:landmark|display=it}}
| map_size= 250
| type= Castle (residential, fortification)
| image_map = {{Infobox mapframe
|zoom=16
|marker=castle
|marker-color=#919090
|stroke-color=#525252
|stroke-width=3
|shape-fill=#dbdbdb}}
| height=
| ownership=Radinović-Pavlović family
| controlledby= {{plainlist|
- {{flagicon image|Radinovic-Pavlovic coat of arms.png}} Pavle Radenović 1381–d. 1415
- {{flagicon image|Radinovic-Pavlovic coat of arms.png}}Radislav Pavlović 1415–?
- {{flagicon image|Radinovic-Pavlovic coat of arms.png}}Petar Pavlović-Radinović 1415–?
- {{flagicon image|Banate of Bosnia-Bosna Banlığı.png}}Banate of Bosnia,
- {{flagicon image|Grb Kotromanica.jpg}}Kingdom of Bosnia,
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg}}Ottoman Empire
}}
| condition= Ruined
(National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
| built= around 1244
| builder=Radislav Pavlović, head of Radinović-Pavlović
| used=1244-1485
| materials= Limestone
| demolished=1485
| battles=
| events=
| past_commanders=Radinović-Pavlović
| garrison=
| occupants=
| footnotes= Site is protected as National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Government of BiH and its KONS
}}
The Borač Castle ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Борач}}) was a noble court and one of the largest and most important fortified towns of medieval Bosnia, situated on top of rugged slopes high above the Prača river canyon, between Mesići and Brčigovo, near modern-day Rogatica, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The fortified castle was a seat of the Pavlović noble family.{{cite web|title=Borak (Han-stjenički plateau) necropolis with stećak tombstones in the village of Burati, the historic site|url=http://old.kons.gov.ba/main.php?id_struct=6&lang=1&action=view&id=3054|website=Commission to preserve national monuments|publisher=Commission to preserve national monuments|accessdate=12 May 2015|language=Bosnian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030435/http://old.kons.gov.ba/main.php?id_struct=6&lang=1&action=view&id=3054|archive-date=3 February 2019|url-status=dead}}
Old and New structure
The family hailed and ruled from Borač. It is the first of two castles in their possession, which family used as a seat. Two castles were built in space of several decades and within few kilometers from each other, the second being Pavlovac, sometimes called New Borač or New Town.
=Pavlovac=
The new castle or New Town or New Borač is actually called Pavlovac, and is considered to be a new structure, also known simply as Novi ({{langx|en|New}}) or Novi Grad ({{langx|en|New Town}}), situated on top of rugged slopes above the Prača river canyon, near modern days Prača village, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Problem exist in correct dating of its construction, but some medieval charters suggest 1392, or late 14th century, as time of its construction, during Radislav Pavlović at the family's helm.{{cite book|author1=Marko Vego|title=Naselja bosanske srednjevjekovne države|date=1957|publisher=Svjetlost|location=Sarajevo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yoPRAAAAMAAJ&q=pe%C4%8Dati+Radoslav+Pavlovi%C4%87|accessdate=19 May 2015|language=Bosnian}}{{cite book|author1=Alija Bejtić|title=Rogatica, Srednji vijek|date=1966|publisher=Svjetlost|location=Sarajevo|language=Bosnian}}{{cite book|author1=Desanka Kovačević-Kojić|title=Gradska naselja srednjovjekovne Bosanske države|date=1987|publisher=Veselin Masleša|location=Sarajevo|language=Bosnian}}
=Old Borač=
However, historians are certain that another Radinović-Pavlović fortress, original and older Borač than usually described Borač castle, existed, which was built around 1244 in the 13th century and located just a few kilometers downstream Prača river from New Town, near the location of present-day village Borač at {{coord|43.738581|19.019926|type:landmark|display=inline}}.
See also
Pecat Pavlovica.JPG|Seal of Radoslav Pavlović, head of Radinović-Pavlović medieval Bosnian noble family, with depiction of their court, Borač or Pavlovac castle.
Pavlovic CoA.png|Borač or Pavlovac castle on Radinović-Pavlović family blazon.