Medjugorje travel guide

Međugorje (ˈmɛdʑu.ɡɔːrjɛ, roughly) is a town located in Hercegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, around 25 km southwest of Mostar and close to the border of Croatia. Today the town is best known due to apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary which appeared to six Herzegovinian Croats since 24 June 1981, and is now visited by pilgrims from around the entire world as a shrine.
The name Međugorje is of Slavic origin and it translates as "area between two mountains" in Croatian. At an altitude of 200 metres above sea level, it has a mild Mediterranean climate. The town consists of a ethnically-homogeneous Croat population of over 4000, and the Catholic Parish (local administrative and religious area) consists of five neighbouring villages (Medjugorje, Bijakovići, Vionica, Miletina and Šurmanci). (...) more....