FORTRESS OF SOKOLAC

Located at 320 m above sea level, this site (Sokolačka Tvrđava) is marked by a round tower 10 m in diameter and 16 m high. Offering a beautiful view of the Una Valley, it was occupied as early as the 10th century BC, and then probably fortified by the Iapydes during antiquity. The medieval fortress, which has been undergoing renovation since 2015, is in the form of a triangle with a long wall 40 m long overlooking the hamlet of Sokolac. First mentioned in 1380, it was abandoned after the departure of the Ottomans in 1878.