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About Medjugorje

Medjugorje is a town located in southwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Mostar and 20 km (12 mi) east of the border with Croatia.

The town is part of the Čitluk municipality and geographically part of Herzegovina. Since 1981, it has become a popular site of Catholic pilgrimage due to Our Lady of Međugorje, a purported series of apparitions of Mary, mother of Jesus, to six local children that are supposedly still happening to this day.

The name Međugorje literally means "between mountains". At an altitude of 200 m (660 ft) above sea level it has a mild Mediterranean climate. The town consists of an ethnically homogeneous Croat population of 2,306. The Roman Catholic parish includes four neighbouring villages: Bijakovići, Vionica, Miletina and Šurmanci. Since 2019, pilgrimages to Medjugorje have been authorized by the Vatican.

St. Jacobs Church
0.5 km
Apparition Hill
2.1 km
Krizevac Hill
2.3 km
Kravica Waterfall
7.2 km
Old Bridge Mostar
19.2 km
Adriatic sea
42 km
Mostar International Airport
16,6 km
Dubrovnik Airport
84.9 km
Sarajevo International Airport
87.7 km