Visočica ( pronounced [ʋi.sɔ̌.tʃi.tsa] ; also known as Brdo Grad , pronounced [br̩̂dɔ ɡrâːd] , "Hill Town") is a 213-metre-high hill in Bosnia and Herzegovina famous as the site of the Old town of Visoki [ʋǐsɔkiː] .
5-511: Visočica may refer to: Visočica (hill) , a hill in Bosnia and Herzegovina near Visoko Visočica (mountain) , a mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina near Konjic Visočica (river) , a river in Bulgaria and Serbia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
10-499: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visočica&oldid=1181331370 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Viso%C4%8Dica (hill) The hill has, since at least 2006, been
15-503: The site into a tourist destination. All scientific investigations have concluded that Visočica hill and the surrounding hills are natural geological formations known as a flatirons , and no scientific study has demonstrated the existence of man-made pyramids in Bosnia. Archaeologists have criticised the Bosnian authorities for supporting the pyramid claim saying, "This scheme is a cruel hoax on an unsuspecting public and has no place in
20-523: The subject of a pseudoarchaeological belief that it is part of an ancient man-made pyramid complex . This notion is rejected by legitimate archaeologists and geologists. The Old town of Visoki was a famous medieval royal castle town during the fourteenth century, located in Visoko , Bosnia and Herzegovina . The first mention of the town was on 1 September 1355, in the charter " in castro nosto Visoka vocatum " written by Tvrtko I of Bosnia while he
25-672: Was a young ban . The town appears to have been abandoned before 1503, as it is not mentioned in the Turkish-Hungarian treaty that was established that year. In the year 1626, Đorđić mentioned Visoki among abandoned towns. Visočica hill came to international attention in October 2005, following a campaign to promote the scientifically unsupported idea that it is the largest of a group of ancient man-made pyramids . This idea originated with Houston -based expatriate Bosnian author and businessman Semir Osmanagić who has since turned
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