due it being mentioned in a document of the The plains of Livno have been populated since approximately 2000 BC, and well into the Roman era. Livno celebrates its founding as being September 28, 892 Croatian Duke Mutimir released at that time. Settlement at Livno certainly existed prior to this date as South Slavs arrived to the region over a hundred years before this.

Livno

From 1326 until 1463 Livno was part of the Bosnian banate. This changed as the Ottoman Empire invaded and administrated most of Bosnia for the next 400 years. In 1878 Livno came to belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire by way of the Berlin Congress.

Livno karst field and mountain Dinara

The 20th century was very tumultuous for the region. From 1918 it was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. In 1929 the kingdom was renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia and divided into nine banates (banovine). Livno was divided into the Primorje banate, with its centre in the city of Split. This division brought Livno politically closer to Croatia proper than it had been in over 600 years. In 1939, the banates were further redrawn so that there was a Croatian banate (Banovina Hrvatska) which Livno was also a part of. From 1941 to 1945 Livno was part of the Independent State of Croatia. During this time, renowned Croatian writer Ivan Goran Kovačić wrote his epic poem Jama (The Pit) near the city.

Vejs castle

With the end of World War II, Livno was part of Yugoslavia, and again a part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1992 the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina gained independence, but was the scene of intense ethnic conflict until 1995.

Mosque in Livno