Franciscan Church and Peace Bell Tower
On Gingerguide's self-guided Mostar audio tour, Franciscan Church and Peace Bell Tower is a stop worth about ~30 min. Stand in front of it, press play for a short narrated story, and put any follow-up question to the built-in AI guide.
- Type religious
- Suggested visit ~30 min
- Mostar Mostar guide
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About Franciscan Church and Peace Bell Tower
Mostar's Catholic Franciscan church, destroyed in 1992 and rebuilt after the war, beside a soaring 107-metre concrete bell tower known as the Peace Bell Tower, the tallest in the country.
The Franciscan Church of Saints Peter and Paul, with its monastery, stands by the Radobolja stream at the foot of Hum hill, the Catholic church of Mostar. The first church here was begun in 1866, after the Ottoman sultan granted land for it; the monastery followed in the 1890s. On the night of 9 to 10 May 1992, early in the war, the church was shelled and burned; English-language and Croatian sources name the Yugoslav People's Army as the force shelling Mostar at the time.
After the war the friars cleared the ruins and built a new church beside the surviving monastery, finished around 2000, to a modern design. Beside it rose a wholly new bell tower of reinforced concrete, 107 metres tall to the tip of its cross, the tallest bell tower in Bosnia and Herzegovina, deliberately named the Peace Bell Tower. A viewing level at 75 metres, reached by lift and stairs, looks out over the whole city. The height of the new tower has been the subject of public debate.
How much time do you need at Franciscan Church and Peace Bell Tower?
Around ~30 min works well for Franciscan Church and Peace Bell Tower — time to look properly and listen to its story on the spot. Linger if you like; nothing on a self-guided walk is on a clock.
Should you stop at Franciscan Church and Peace Bell Tower?
Yes — Franciscan Church and Peace Bell Tower made the cut as one of 13 places the Gingerguide team researched and narrated across Mostar. The story tells you why it is worth the stop, and the AI guide fills in anything you still wonder.
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