Sokograd (Pliva)
| Sokograd | |
|---|---|
Plivski grad | |
| Part of Banate and Kingdom of Bosnia | |
| Sokolac, Šipovo municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Castle (residential, fortification) |
| Condition | ruin |
| Location | |
| Ground plan of the fortress | |
| Coordinates | 44°17′6.641″N 17°1′57.688″E / 44.28517806°N 17.03269111°E |
| Site history | |
| Built | 14th century |
| Built by | multilayered |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Sokograd (1463) |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders | Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić |
Sokograd is a medieval fortress with a castle town in the Pliva river valley in Šipovo municipality, Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was a very important fortress for the medieval Bosnian state, and the center of the župa Pliva (at the time also called Pljeva). It was built in a canyon on a steep slope high above the river Sokočnica, which flows into Pliva in Šipovo.