• Andrew's TravelsJourney through the BalkansTraveler
    Konjic,; The Old Stone Bridge
    Tito's Bunker; Entry via normal looking house / Plan of bunker (house is Z63, bottom right)Tunnel entrance to bunker / Typical corridorEnigma machine / Marshall Tito / ElectronicsEmergency exit / MachineryTito's desk / Waiting room / Admin OfficeSpy room / Telephones / Art installationAir conditioning room / Oil tanks

    Konjic and Tito's Bunker

    September 25, 2022 in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    We drive to Konjic; ARK D-O, aka Tito's Bunker, 10 minutes from here. This is a cold-war era Nuclear Bunker / Command Centre to protect President Tito and his inner circle of 350 in the event of nuclear conflict (thankfully, it was never used); its existence was a state secret until the break up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

    Construction started in 1953 and it was finished in 1977 at a cost of 4.6 billion USD. It has an underground horseshoe shaped structure and entrance is via a row of three normal looking houses in an isolated setting. It now functions to protect cultural heritage and has many art installations.    Read more