Banja Luka is a picturesque city in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Travel
Plane:
Istanbul & Zurich with
BH AirlinesNote: Charter flights do occur mostly in the summer season, BH Airlines, the airline of Bosnia and Herzegovina, do charter flights to Sarajevo, Zurich, Belgrade and Istanbul.
For flight times visit http://www.banjaluka-airport.com/
Train:
Sarajevo,
Zagreb,
Belgrade and
Doboj
Other transport information including air travel information:
Banja Luka has one International Airport, but there is only a flight to and from Zürich on Wednesday and Saturday, and to Istanbul on Monday at 07.45 and back on Wednesday and Thursday. During the summer of 2005, it has a flight to and from Antalya, Turkey, once a week. Note: data about flights are taken from the official airport site for the date March 14, 2006. International bus services are available to and from Austria, Croatia, Germany, France, Italy, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland and Slovakia. Trains are available to Zagreb, Croatia and Belgrade, Serbia, and from there on to the rest of Europe.
See
There is much historic things to see in the city of Banja Luka. Such as the Ferhadija mosque built during the time of the Ottoman occupation. Ferhat-Pasha Mosque (Bosnian: Ferhat-pašina džamija) or more widely known as Ferhadija Mosque was a central building of the city of Banja Luka and one of the most successful achievements of the Islamic architecture of the 16th century Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The mosque was built in 1579 in a classical Ottoman style by an unknown architect apprentice of Mimar Sinan. It was commissioned by the Bosnian Sanjak-bey Ferhat-paša Sokolović. The Ferhadija mosque complex also included three small adjacent mausoleums carrying tombs of Ferhat-paša Sokolović, his granddaughter Safi-kaduna and his ensign, a central fountain called Shaderwan, Stone and wrought iron fence with the small fountain on the corner, and an old graveyard in the back. A later addition to the complex was a near-by clock tower Sahat-Kula. Built in a modest scale as it was common for structures of this type in Bosnia and Herzegovina the mosque was 18 meters (59 ft.) in width and 14 meters (46 ft.) in length while the main dome was 18 meters (59 ft.) high. The minaret was 43 m (141 ft.) high.
Ferhadija was listed as a cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1950 and was subsequently protected by UNESCO until its destruction in 1993. The site and the remains of the mosque today are listed as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Also the famous Catholic church known as diocese. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Banja Luka is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in western Bosnia. The diocese is centred in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The diocese was formed on July 5, 1881.
The original Cathedral of Saint Bonaventure in the city was built in 1887. However, an earthquake in 1969 levelled the church. Banja Luka's current cathedral was built in 1974. Currently, Bishop Franjo Komarica is head of the diocese.
The city of Banja Luka, and...
