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Hotel Villa Kupres

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Serbo-Croatian:

Jugoslavenski predsjednik Josip Broz Tito bio je strastveni lovac i skupljao je lovačke domove po cijeloj Jugoslaviji. Od posebnog interesa za Tita bio je lov na medvjede, kojih je bilo u velikim količinama u visokim planinama Dinarskog gorja zapadne Bosne. Kao takva velika vila izgrađena je za Tita 1972. godine u Koprivničkim planinama između gradova Kupresa i Bugojna. Kompleks loža sagrađen za Tita, nazvan "Vila Kupres", bio je karakterističan po tri nivoa zaobljenih vodoravnih linija i betonskim balkonima s pogledom na planine. Tito nije lovio samo onu divljač koja je već bila ovdje na tom području, nego je lovio i divljač koja je dovožena iz cijele Jugoslavije i iz svijeta. Za kretanje dok je bio u lovu u ovim planinama, Tito je koristio terenac Lada Niva ruske proizvodnje koji mu je poklonio sovjetski vođa Leonid Brežnjev. Tito je više puta posjećivao Vilu Kupres tijekom godina, otprilike 17 puta, više nego bilo koju drugu njegovu ložu. Jedino drugo mjesto gdje je Tito provodio više vremena bile su njegove vile u Beogradu i na Brijunima. Ovdje su se u vili održavali i službeni jugoslavenski državni posjeti, a najznačajniji je onaj kada je Tito ugostio Moamera Gadafija kasnih 1970-ih. Godine 1974. Tito je otkrio da visoka nadmorska visina planina loše utječe na njegovo zdravlje, pa je za sebe dao izgraditi drugu vilu u tom području u dolini kod obližnjeg grada Bugojna, u kojoj bi vrijeme provodio.

Tijekom rata u BiH Vila Kupres je korištena kao strateški vojni položaj i zapovjedna baza, pretrpjevši značajna oštećenja tijekom tog procesa. Do kraja rata potpuno je uništena. U desetljećima nakon završetka rata, ruševine vile još uvijek su ostale i uglavnom su zaboravljene.

English:

Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito was an avid hunter and accumulated hunting lodges across the whole of Yugoslavia. Of particular interest to Tito was hunting bears, of which there were plentiful amounts of in the high mountains of Western Bosnia's Dinaric Alps. As such, a large villa was built for Tito in 1972 in the Koprivnica Mountains between the towns of Kupres and Bugojno. The lodge complex built for Tito, called "Vila Kupres", was characterized by its three levels of swooping horizontal lines and concrete balconies overlooking the mountains. Tito not only hunted the game that was already here in the area, but he also hunted game that was brought in from across Yugoslavia and from around the world. To get around while hunting in these mountains, Tito used a Russian-made Lada Niva SUV that was gifted to him by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Tito visited Vila Kupres repeatedly over the years, roughly 17 times, more than any other of his lodges. The only other area where Tito spent more time was at his villas at Belgrade and Brijuni. Official Yugoslav state visits were also held here at the villa, with the most notable one being when Tito hosted Muammar Gaddafi in the late 1970s. In 1974, Tito found that the high altitude of mountains was poorly affecting his health, so he had a second villa in the area built for him in the valley at the nearby town of Bugojno, which he would split time between.

During the Bosnian War, Vila Kupres was used as a strategic military position and command base, suffering significant damage during the process. By the end of the war, it was completely destroyed. In the decades since the end of the war, the ruins of the villa still remain and have been largely forgotten.