Višegrad

Višegrad is a South Slavic toponym meaning "the upper town/castle/fort".

Višegrad is located at the confluence of the Drina river and the Rzav river in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the road from Goražde and Ustiprača towards Užice, Serbia, which is part of the geographical region of Podrinje. It is also part of the historical region of Stari Vlah; the immediate area surrounding the town was historically called "Višegradski Stari Vlah",{{cite book|title=Biblioteka Nasi Krajevi|volume=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yIA6AQAAIAAJ|year=1963|pages=16–22}}{{cite book|author=Petar Vlahović|title=Serbia: the country, people, life, customs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dx4qAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Ethnographic Museum|isbn=978-86-7891-031-9|page=31}} noted as an ethnographic region{{cite book|title=Etnološki pregled: Revue d'ethnologie|volume=12-14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4snAQAAIAAJ|year=1974|page=83}} in which the population{{which|date=April 2017}} was closer to Užice, located on the Serbian side of the River Drina, than to the surrounding areas.

Višegrad has a temperate climate (Köppen: Cfb/Cfa) with cold winters, hot summers, and moderate precipitation year-round.

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| Jan high C = 4.7

| Feb high C = 8.3

| Mar high C = 13.2

| Apr high C = 18.4

| May high C = 23.2

| Jun high C = 27.2

| Jul high C = 29.4

| Aug high C = 29.9

| Sep high C = 24.2

| Oct high C = 18.5

| Nov high C = 11.1

| Dec high C = 5.1

| year high C = 17.8

| Jan mean C = 0.6

| Feb mean C = 2.5

| Mar mean C = 6.6

| Apr mean C = 11.4

| May mean C = 16.1

| Jun mean C = 20.0

| Jul mean C = 21.8

| Aug mean C = 21.6

| Sep mean C = 16.6

| Oct mean C = 11.7

| Nov mean C = 6.4

| Dec mean C = 1.7

| year mean C = 11.4

| Jan low C = -2.9

| Feb low C = -2.0

| Mar low C = 1.1

| Apr low C = 5.0

| May low C = 9.6

| Jun low C = 13.3

| Jul low C = 14.6

| Aug low C = 14.6

| Sep low C = 10.7

| Oct low C = 6.9

| Nov low C = 2.7

| Dec low C = -1.6

| year low C = 6.0

| Jan precipitation mm = 47.6

| Feb precipitation mm = 52.5

| Mar precipitation mm = 50.4

| Apr precipitation mm = 63.8

| May precipitation mm = 67.0

| Jun precipitation mm = 70.5

| Jul precipitation mm = 67.6

| Aug precipitation mm = 55.1

| Sep precipitation mm = 65.8

| Oct precipitation mm = 71.5

| Nov precipitation mm = 65.1

| Dec precipitation mm = 71.5

| year precipitation mm = 748.5

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 8.4

| Feb precipitation days = 8.8

| Mar precipitation days = 8.8

| Apr precipitation days = 10.7

| May precipitation days = 10.9

| Jun precipitation days = 10.8

| Jul precipitation days = 9.1

| Aug precipitation days = 7.3

| Sep precipitation days = 8.1

| Oct precipitation days = 8.3

| Nov precipitation days = 8.8

| Dec precipitation days = 9.8

| year precipitation days = 109.7

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The area was part of the medieval Serbian state of the Nemanjić dynasty; it was part of the Grand Principality of Serbia under Stefan Nemanja (r. 1166–96). In the Middle Ages, Dobrun was a place within the border area with Bosnia, on the road towards Višegrad. After the death of emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55), the region came under the rule of magnate Vojislav Vojinović, and then his nephew, župan (count) Nikola Altomanović.{{cite book|author=Синиша Мишић|title=Лексикон градова и тргова средњовековних српских земаља: према писаним изворима|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rkRSAQAAIAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Завод за уџбенике|isbn=978-86-17-16604-3|pages=73–|quote=У ово време Добрун је у саставу државе Немањића и то у пограничном подручју с Босном, на путу који води за Вишеград. После смрти цара Душана (1355) припадао је кнезу Војиславу Војиновићу, а затим његовом синовцу ...}}{{cite book|author=Etnografski institut|title=Zbornik radova Etnografskog instituta|volume=17-18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUCAAAAAMAAJ|year=1950|publisher=SANU|page=18}} The Dobrun Monastery was founded by župan Pribil and his family,{{cite book|author=Драгиша Милосављевић|title=Средњевековни град и манастир Добрун|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-eWPAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Дерета|isbn=978-86-7346-570-8|page=104|quote=Били су то жупан Прибил н>егови синови Петар и Стефан и једна ман>е позната лич- ност знатно вишег ранга - nротоовесrajар Стан - юуи је као такав и представл>ен у ктиторскоj поворци у Добруну.20 Вероватно пе временом ...}} some time before the 1370s. The area then came under the rule of the Kingdom of Bosnia, part of the estate of the Pavlović noble family.{{cite book|title=Историјски гласник: орган Друштва историчара СР Србије|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P49pAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Друштво|quote=... земље Павловића простирале су се од Добруна, на истоку, до Врхбосне на западу. ...}}

The settlement of Višegrad was mentioned in 1407, but started to be mentioned more often after 1427.{{cite book|author=Desanka Kovačević-Kojić|title=Agglomérations urbaines dans l'état médiéval bosniaque|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DHIEAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Veselin Masleša|page=99}} In the period of 1433–37, a relatively short period, caravans crossed the settlement many times. Many people from Višegrad worked for the Republic of Ragusa. Srebrenica, Višegrad and their surroundings were again in Serbian hands in 1448 after the despot Đurađ Branković defeated the Bosnian forces.{{cite book|author=Milan Vasić|title=Bosna i Hercegovina od srednjeg veka do novijeg vremena: međunarodni naučni skup 13-15. decembar 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m2MtAQAAIAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Istorijski institut SANU|pages=98–99|isbn=9788677430078}}

According to Turkish sources, in 1454, Višegrad was conquered by the Ottoman Empire led by Osman Pasha. The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge was built by the Ottoman architect and engineer Mimar Sinan for Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. Construction of the bridge took place between 1571 and 1577. It still stands, and it is now a tourist attraction, after being inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1260|title=Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad|date=2007|website=whc.unesco.org|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|access-date=12 September 2016}}

In 1875, the Serbs from the area between Višegrad and Novi Pazar revolted and formed a volunteer military corps, which fought in the valley of the River Ibar in 1876.{{cite book|author=Gale Stokes|title=Politics as development: the emergence of political parties in nineteenth century Serbia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pokNAQAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Duke University Press|page=335|isbn=9780822310167}} In 1882, a Jewish cemetery was established in Višegrad{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Warren |title=Jewish Heritage Sites of Bosnia-Herzegovina |date=2011 |publisher=United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad |location=Washington D.C |url=https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=rel |access-date=11 April 2024}} while in 1905, the first Jewish synagogue was built in the town.{{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Francine |title=Like Salt for Bread. The Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina |date=2021 |publisher=Koninklijke Brill |location=Netherlands |isbn=978-9004471047 |page=227}} Višegrad remained under Ottoman rule until the Berlin Congress (1878), when Austria-Hungary took control of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Bosnian Eastern Railway from Sarajevo to Uvac and Vardište was built through Višegrad during the Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Construction of the line started in 1903. It was completed in 1906, using a {{RailGauge|760mm|lk=on}} track gauge. Having costed 75 million gold crowns, which is approximately 450 thousand gold crowns per kilometer, it was one of the most expensive railways in the world built at the time.{{cite web|url=http://www.visegradturizam.com/english/narrow-gauge-railway-visegrad-vardiste|title=Narrow-gauge railway in Višegrad|website=visegradturizam.com|publisher=Tourist organization of Višegrad|access-date=12 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917020046/http://www.visegradturizam.com/english/narrow-gauge-railway-visegrad-vardiste|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} This line was eventually extended to Belgrade in 1928.{{cite web|url=http://www.zeljeznice.net/forum/index.php?/topic/7715-grafikoni/|title=Uskotračne željeznice - Grafikoni|website=zeljeznice.net|access-date=17 September 2016|language=hr|trans-title=Narrow-gauge railways - Graphs|url-access=registration }} Višegrad is today part of the narrow-gauge heritage railway Šargan Eight.

{{See also|Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia|Chetnik war crimes in World War II}}

On 18 April 1941 Ustashe murdered ten Serbs including Dragiša Jakšić, the president of the Dobrun municipality.Милутин Живковић - НДХ У СРБИЈИ Усташки режим у Прибоју, Пријепољу, Новој Вароши и Сјеници (април–септембар 1941, Последице усташке управе НДХ и рецидиви њене политике према муслиманима, Publishers: ДРУШТВО ИСТОРИЧАРА СРБИЈЕ „СТОЈАН НОВАКОВИЋ“, ИНСТИТУТ ЗА СРПСКУ КУЛТУРУ ПРИШТИНА-ЛЕПОСАВИЋ, Belgrade 2017 p.176" Many Serbs were executed by the fascist Ustashe regime along the Drina Valley for a month during the Genocide of Serbs, especially near Višegrad.{{cite journal|last=Levy|first=Michele Frucht|title="The Last Bullet for the Last Serb": The Ustaša Genocide against Serbs: 1941–1945|journal=Nationalities Papers|volume=37|issue=6|pages=807–837|year=2009|doi=10.1080/00905990903239174|s2cid=162231741}} Jure Francetić's Black Legion killed thousands of Bosnian Serb civilians and threw their bodies into the Drina river.{{cite book|last=Yeomans |first=Rory |author-link=Rory Yeomans |year=2011 |chapter="For us, beloved commander, you will never die!" Mourning Jure Francetić, Ustasha Death Squad Leader |editor1-last=Haynes |editor1-first=Rebecca |editor2-last=Rady |editor2-first=Martyn |title=In the Shadow of Hitler: Personalities of the Right in Central and Eastern Europe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ILRJ2ChennYC|location=London |publisher=I.B. Tauris |isbn=978-1-84511-697-2 |page=194}} In 1942, about 6,000 Serbs were killed in the villages of Miloševići and Stari Brod near Rogatica.{{cite journal|last=Sokol|first=Anida |title=War Monuments: Instruments of Nation-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina|journal=Croatian Political Science Review|volume=51|issue=5|pages=105–126|year=2014}}{{cite book|last=Ostojić|first=Predrag|year=2019|title=Ustas̆ki zloc̆in u Starom Brodu kod Vis̆egrada 1942|publisher=Svet knjige|isbn=9788673966984}}{{cite web|url=https://vladars.net/eng/vlada/prime_minister/media/news/Pages/Prime-Minister-Vi%C5%A1kovi%C4%87-attends-the-commemorating-ceremony-in-memory-of-the-sufferings-of-Serbs-in-Stari-Brod-and-Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87.aspx|title=Prime Minister Višković attends the commemorating ceremony in memory of the Serbs killed in Stari Brod and Miloševići in 1942|publisher=Republic of Srpska Government|access-date=12 May 2020}}

In November 1941, with the help of the Italians, the Serbian royalist Chetniks established a civil and military government in the area of Višegrad, and engaged in genocidal killing of local Bosniaks. Thousands of civilians were massacred in Višegrad in December. In March 1942, 42 Bosniak villagers were burned to death in the village of Drakan.{{cite book|last=Hoare|first=Marko Attila|author-link=Marko Attila Hoare|year=2006|title=Genocide and Resistance in Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks 1941–1943|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-19-726380-8|pages=145–147}}

During the Battle for Višegrad in October 1943, the Chetniks attacked a German garrison and captured the town whose Axis garrison had 350 dead and 400 wounded soldiers.{{cite book|author=Dušan Trbojević|title=Cersko-Majevička grupa korpusa, 1941-1945: pod komandom pukovnika Dragoslava S. Račića|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RH7zAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=D. Trbojević|isbn=9780966856507}} 2,000 Bosniak civilians were killed after the capture of Višegrad.{{cite book|last=Hoare|first=Marko Attila|author-link=Marko Attila Hoare|year=2013|title=Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, UK|isbn=978-0-231-70394-9|page=111}} The Yugoslav Partisans took control of Višegrad on 14 February 1945.{{cite book|last=Hoare|first=Marko Attila|author-link=Marko Attila Hoare|year=2013|title=Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, UK|isbn=978-0-231-70394-9|page=277}}

{{See also|Višegrad massacre}}

Višegrad is one of several towns along the River Drina in close proximity to the Serbian border. The town was strategically important during the conflict. A nearby hydroelectric dam provided electricity and also controlled the level of the River Drina, preventing flooding of downstream areas. The town is situated on the main road connecting Belgrade and Užice in Serbia with Goražde and Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a vital link for the Užice Corps of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) with the Uzamnica camp as well as other strategic locations involved in the conflict.{{cite web|url=http://www.icty.org/x/cases/milan_lukic_sredoje_lukic/tjug/en/090720_j.pdf|title=ICTY: Milan Lukić and Sredoje Lukić judgement}}

On 6 April 1992, JNA artillery bombarded the town, in particular Bosniak-inhabited neighbourhoods and nearby villages. [https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-el/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%9B Murat Šabanović] and a group of Bosniak men took several local Serbs hostage and seized control of the hydroelectric dam, threatening to blow it up. Water was released from the dam causing flooding to some houses and streets.{{cite web|url=http://www.icty.org/x/cases/vasiljevic/tjug/en/vas021129.pdf|title=ICTY: Mitar Vasiljević judgement}} Eventually on 12 April, JNA commandos seized the dam. The next day the JNA's Užice Corps took control of Višegrad, positioning tanks and heavy artillery around the town. The population that had fled the town during the crisis returned and the climate in the town remained relatively calm and stable during the later part of April and the first two weeks of May. On 19 May 1992 the Užice Corps officially withdrew from the town and local Serb leaders established control over Višegrad and all municipal government offices. Soon after, local Serbs, police and paramilitaries began one of the most notorious campaigns of ethnic cleansing in the conflict.

There were widespread looting and destruction of houses, and terrorizing of Bosniak civilians, with instances of rape, with a large number of Bosniaks killed in the town, with many bodies being dumped in the River Drina. Men were detained at the barracks at Uzamnica, the Vilina Vlas Hotel and other sites in the area. Vilina Vlas also served as a rape camp, in which Bosniak women and girls (some not yet 14 years old at the time), were brought to by police officers and paramilitary members (White Eagles and Arkan's Tigers).{{cite conference |title=Annex VIII - Prison camps; Under the Direction of: M. Cherif Bassiouni; S/1994/674/Add.2 (Vol. IV), 27 May 1994 |url=http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/comexpert/ANX/VIII-08.htm |conference=Final report of the United Nations Commission of Experts, established pursuant to security council resolution 780 (1992) |publisher=United Nations |place=New York |date=1994-05-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203101023/http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/comexpert/ANX/VIII-08.htm#III.A.85 |archive-date=2007-02-03 }} According to victims' reports some 3,000 Bosniaks were murdered in Višegrad and its surroundings, including some 600 women and 119 children.{{cite news |last=Kaletovic |first=Damir |url=http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=12736 |title=Bosnia's ideal fugitive hideout |language=en |work=ISN Security Watch |publisher=Centre for Security Studies |date=2005-06-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127163907/http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=12736 | archive-date=2005-11-27|access-date=2019-09-11 }}{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL261004720070526 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525111046/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL261004720070526 | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 25, 2012 | work=Reuters | title=Hope for Bosnia town whose bridge will shine again | date=May 26, 2007}} Bosniaks detained at Uzamnica were subjected to inhumane conditions, including regular beatings, torture and strenuous forced labour. Both of the town's mosques were razed. According to the Research and Documentation Center, at least 1,661 Bosniaks were killed/missing in Višegrad.{{cite web |url=http://www.idc.org.ba/onama/izvjestaj_analize_po_centrima.html#podrinje |title=IDC: Podrinje victim statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707071037/http://www.idc.org.ba/onama/izvjestaj_analize_po_centrima.html#podrinje |archive-date=2007-07-07 }}

With the Dayton Agreement, which put an end to the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, the latter which Višegrad became part of.

Before the war, 63% of the town residents were Bosniak. In 2009, only a handful of survivors had returned to what is now a predominantly Serb town.{{cite web|url=http://iwpr.net/report-news/visegrad-denial-over-grisly-past|title=Visegrad in Denial Over Grisly Past|work=Institute for War and Peace Reporting|access-date=9 April 2016}} On 5 August 2001, survivors of the massacre returned to Višegrad for the burial of 180 bodies exhumed from mass graves. The exhumation lasted for two years and the bodies were found in 19 different mass graves.{{cite web|url=http://www.bosnia.org.uk/news/news_body.cfm?newsid=1559|title=Bosnian Institute News: Has anyone seen Milan Lukic?|access-date=9 April 2016}} The charges of mass rape were unapproved as the prosecutors failed to request them in time.[http://www.bim.ba/en/32/10/1312/ Investigation: Visegrad rape victims say their cries go unheard] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618031047/http://www.bim.ba/en/32/10/1312/ |date=June 18, 2009 }} The cousins Milan Lukić and Sredoje Lukić were convicted on 20 July 2009, to life in prison and 30 years, respectively, for a 1992 killing spree of Muslims.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/world/europe/21briefs-hague.html|title=Hague: Bosnian Serbs Sentenced|date=21 July 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=9 April 2016}}

File:Manastir Dobrun, Republika Srpska.JPG|Dobrun Monastery

File:Кула Краљевића Марка.jpg|Prince Marko's tower

File:Mehmet pasa bridge boat.jpg|Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge on the River Drina

File:Narrow-Gauge-Railway Ostbahn Station-Visegrad.jpg|Višegrad railway station in 1906

File:Višegrad Synagogue.JPG|Višegrad Synagogue, 1905

File:Višegrad 010.jpg|Monument dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the Bosnian Serb Army

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The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in professional fields per their core activity (as of 2018):{{cite web |title=Cities and Municipalities of Republika Srpska |url=http://www2.rzs.rs.ba/static/uploads/bilteni/gradovi_i_opstine_republike_srpske/2019/Gradovi_I_Opstine_Republike_Srpske_2019_WEB.pdf |website=rzs.rs.ba |publisher=Republika Srspka Institute of Statistics |access-date=31 December 2019 |date=25 December 2019}}

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Andrićgrad, a town built by filmmaker Emir Kusturica that is dedicated to Ivo Andrić, was officially opened on 28 June 2014.{{cite magazine|last=Aspden|first=Peter|date=27 June 2014|title=The town that Emir Kusturica built|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6bdd13b8-fbaf-11e3-aa19-00144feab7de.html#slide0|magazine=Financial Times|access-date=12 September 2016}}

The House of Culture was founded in 1953. Film screenings and other cultural activities take place in there, including amateur drama programs. The City Gallery, which was opened in 1996, is located in the House of Culture.{{cite web|url=http://www.visegradturizam.com/latinica/kulturne-ustanove|title=Javne ustanove za kulturu|website=visegradturizam.com|publisher=Tourist organization of Višegrad|access-date=12 September 2016|language=sr|trans-title=Cultural institutions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905165407/http://www.visegradturizam.com/latinica/kulturne-ustanove|archive-date=2016-09-05|url-status=dead}} There is also a folk dance ensemble operating in Višegrad under the name KUD "Bikavac".{{cite web|url=http://www.visegradturizam.com/latinica/kulturno-umjetnicka-drustva|title=Kulturno umjetnička društva|website=visegradturizam.com|publisher=Tourist organization of Višegrad|access-date=12 September 2016|language=sr|trans-title=Culture and art associations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003130939/http://www.visegradturizam.com/latinica/kulturno-umjetnicka-drustva|archive-date=2016-10-03|url-status=dead}}

The Serbian Orthodox Dobrun Monastery is one of the most notable monasteries of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Политика, [https://archive.today/20130416111508/http://www.politika.rs/detaljno.php?nid=53121 издање од 6. јануара 2008. године]

Višegrad is also known for various sports clubs. The local football club is FK Drina HE Višegrad, which competes in the [https://sportdc.net/league/4949-druga-liga-republike-srpske-istok 2nd League of Republika Srpska]. In its long history, (1924-2024) the club played different seasons in the 1st League of Republika Srpska.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

KK Varda is a basketball club from Višegrad, currently playing in the 1st League of Republika Srpska, having also had good seasons in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{Cite web |last=Eurobasket |title=KK Varda Hidroelektrana Visegrad basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket |url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Eurobasket LLC}}

Only womens club in the city is OK HE na Drini, a volleyball club, also with a long history, having played in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 1st League of Republika Srpska and the 2nd League of Republika Srpska, Winning the title in 2023/2024 in the 2nd League of Republika Srpska, From 2024/2025 season, they will be back to the 1st League of Republika Srpska.

Other sports clubs are Handball Club Višegrad, founded in 2002, currently playing in the 1st League of Republika Srpska, a futsal club founded in 2023, playing in the 2nd League of Reoublika Srpska and karate and judo clubs.

• Đorđe Okuka (born 1996) - footballer

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• {{cite book|author=Stjepo Trifković|title=Višegradski Stari Vlah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEZMHAAACAAJ|year=1903|publisher=Srpska kraljevska akademija}}

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• {{official website|https://opstinavisegrad.com}}
• [http://www.visegradtourism.com Tourist organization of Višegrad]
• [http://visegrad365.com/ Visegrad24.info Portal]

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