Croatian home Herceg Stjepan Kosača

About the institution:

The institution Hrvatski dom Herceg Stjepan Kosač, as the legal successor of the former House of Culture, was founded as a public company in 1994, by the Decision on the establishment of the Public Company Hrvatski dom Herceg Stjepan Kosač, of the Mostar Municipal Council, and existed as such until 2002, when the Decisions on taking over the founding rights and obligations of the municipal councils of the South, Southwest and West city municipalities, re-registers the former public company into an institution.

The City Council of the City of Mostar, at its session held on June 23, 2004, passed a Decision on taking over the founding, ownership and other rights and obligations of the Croatian Home of Herceg Stjepan Kosač Mostar, which still exists today.

Activities of the institution:

Activities of facilities for cultural events.

- the activity of concert or theater halls and other art facilities
- the work of ticket agencies

Artistic and literary creativity and reproduction performance (reproduction art).

- live stage performances of concerts, operas, ballets, folklore and other repertoire
- the activity of groups, societies, orchestras or ensembles
- the activity of freelance artists, such as actors, directors, musicians, writers, lecturers or speakers, sculptors, painters, cartoonists (or caricaturists), set designers, arrangers, etc.

Showing movies.

Other activities not mentioned elsewhere.

- activity of dance schools and dance teachers
- puppet shows, hall activity
- discotheque

Publicity (advertising and propaganda).

- giving space for advertising
- advertising, presentation through the media, i.e. selling time and space for requested media propaganda

Other business activities, not mentioned elsewhere.

- activity of organizers, fairs, exhibitions, congresses, the Croatian Home Herceg Stjepan Kosač is located in the center of the city.

Important cultural manifestations are held in the Croatian Home, such as:

- Days of Matica Hrvatska Mostar - "Mostar Spring"
- Mostar summer festival
- Večernjak's seal
- Days of Film Mostar, whose initiator is the "Octavian" Mostar theater and film association, and numerous other manifestations of important cultural significance for the City of Mostar and the wider region.

Various cultural and entertainment events are held in the Croatian Home, there is a coffee bar inside the building, and in front of the building there is a monument to the fallen Croatian defenders.

History of building construction

The building of the Croatian House of Herceg Stjepan Kosač was previously called the House of Culture.

Work on the building itself began in 1959 on land that was taken from the Mostar-Duvanj diocese without compensation. The building material that was prepared for the construction of the cathedral church was used in the construction. Engineer Reuf Kadić from Sarajevo was the designer of the construction of the building. The first wing of the building was built in July 1959.

The second wing was built in September 1959. The entire building was completed in 1960.

The changes and corrections to the building were made by the architect Romeo Tiberio and engineer Izudin Mahmutspahić, who was also the supervisory body in the construction, otherwise a lieutenant colonel of the JNA.

The premises of the Croatian Home Herceg Stjepan Kosač

The Hrvatski dom institution has the following premises:

- Concert hall with 726 seats and accompanying facilities (makeup room, sanitary facilities, wardrobes).
- Art gallery of Queen Katarina Kosača (two exhibition rooms: large and small gallery).
- A small hall - an amphitheater with 120 seats for seminars, presentations, and book promotions.
- Two classrooms for holding language courses.