Banja Luka - a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina online

Banja Luka,Bosniait is effectively the capital since 1995. Banja Luka is one of the ancient cities, officially its quincentenary, the city said in ' 95. The town was first mentioned in ancient documents for the fifteenth century, although settlements existed on the site in Roman times. From the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, the city was under the Ottoman Empire. In this period of time, the city was the administrative center of all the land of Bosnia. When in the late nineteenth century, the city was captured by Austro-Hungarian troops, since the economic development of the city. Since 1918 the city belonged to the Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. In the sixty-ninth year, the city was badly damaged in the earthquake, affecting the old jobs and industrial structures, local activists and authorities were able to restore it. During the Bosnian war which lasted from 1992 to 1995, the city has never been attacked, so many Croatian refugees were hiding in this city. During Ottoman rule, the city was built several mosques, some of which can also be seen today. Prior to the occupation of the city by Austria in the city had no public schools, and the railway system in the 20th century. So, it all brought the Austro-Hungarians.