Široki Brijeg is a town in northern Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Herzegovina (natively Херцеговина/Hercegovina) is a historical region in the Dinaric Alps that composes the southern part of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
In 1991 the municipality of Široki Brijeg had 26,437 inhabitants: 26231 Croats, 147 Serbs, 19 Yugoslavs, 9 Bosniaks and 31 others. The town itself had 6,864 inhabitants, 99.37% Croats. Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (where theyre one of the constitutive nations). ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... The Yugoslavs were a relatively short-lived nationality that was created at the time of Yugoslavia. ... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ...
Široki Brijeg has often been a hotbed for Croatian nationalism. During the Second World War, it was the site of a massacre of 30 Franciscan friars along with over 700 of their parishoner at the hands of the Partisans. When the Partisans took control of the town in 1945 it was renamed to Lištica. In 1990, this was once again changed to Široki Brijeg. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Yugoslav partisans were the main anti-fascist resistance movement which fought against the occupation of Yugoslavia by Axis forces during World War II. The uniting force of the anti-fascist partisans on the territory was Peoples Liberation Army and Partisan detachments of Yugoslavia (NOV i POJ; Narodnooslobodilačka vojska... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The local football club is called NK Široki Brijeg. NK Široki Brijeg is a Bosnia-Herzegovinan football team from the town of Široki Brijeg that currently plays in the Bosnian Premier League. ...
Siroki's 10,000-capacity Pecara stadium was around three-quarters full and the home support watched their side start to assert themselves.
However, the Siroki player missed his kick altogether and then Josip Papic compounded the mistake by firing high over the bar from just outside the penalty area.
Siroki began the second half on the ascendancy and in the 50th minute Wagner set up Celson just eight yards from goal, but the Brazilian's shot was brilliantly blocked by Gordon.
The Franciscan Monastery at Sirkoi Brijeg and its controversial contents are at the center of an international scandal involving the Franciscans, Croatian ultra nationalists and the Vatican Bank.
However, in SirokiBrijeg, plaintiffs' attorneys have obtained tangible proof of the Nazi Franciscan connection.
Alperin plaintiffs have alleged that Medjugorje and its facilities are connected with the Ustasha Treasury and the monastery at SirokiBrijeg seems to provide hard evidence of the connection.
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