Guča Gora Monastery

The Guča Gora Monastery is a Roman Catholic Franciscan monastery in a small village Guča Gora east of Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the mid-19th century Bosnian Franciscans decided to build the monastery in the area of Travnik. On May 30, 1859, the General Minister of the Franciscan Order issued the decree establishing the Guča Gora Monastery.

Guča Gora
Monastery information
OrderFranciscan
Established1859
Dedicated toSt. Francis of Assisi
DioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Vrhbosna
Site
LocationGuča Gora
 Bosnia and Herzegovina

The monastery was damaged and vandalised by mujahideen fighters in June 1993.[1]

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