Churches Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cultural tourism is of great importance given to the churches, for they are a reflection of the culture and development of a nation, and the tourists required in an area frequented church. Churches represent the community of Christian believers or building designated for Christian worship. In terms of tourism churches are buildings where there is also kept Christian art, which can be art and music. Visual Arts includes buildings (churches, monasteries, chapels), church furniture, and many kinds of ritual objects (sculptures, paintings, liturgical vessels, books). Based on the Bible and scenes from the lives of saints in its development of the first century AD, is being developed as an early Christian art, and later passed all artistic styles and periods of European art from antiquity, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Classicism. Along with the visual arts flourished and church musical art that is used in the liturgy as liturgical music, based on church documents. In the early Middle Ages appears liturgical vocal music, about a thousand years in Europe in the music are introduced organ to the time (12th century) was enriched with wonderful voices, and Reformation introduced a new form of music known as protetstant coral based on old German folk spiritual songs, performed unanimously with organ accompaniment, and the culmination of the corrals is reflected in the works of J.S. Bach.

On the south east part of Europe, on the west part of the Balkan peninsula is located the heart-shaped country- Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina borders with Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. The country is divided in two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Serbia; and in one district- Brcko. The same name Bosnia and Herzegovina leads to a conclusion that is about two different names that we are talking about. The names indicate historic and age different development regions. The name Bosnia was first mentioned in the X. century and it was used for middle and north area of the river Bosna. Herzegovina instead was mentioned for the first time in the XV: century and its origin comes from the word "herceg" which was a sort of title for the sovereign of the area, while in the former name was Hum and Zahumlje.

The rich history of the territory, that the occupies nowadays, gives us the confirmation that during the centuries the state changed its territory shape and was...