Zenica (Cyrillic: Зеница) is an industrial city and third largest city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the capital of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity. Zenica is located about north of Sarajevo and is situated on the Bosna river, surrounded by mountains and hills.
The town's Stara čaršija (old quarter) contains several attractions, including a synagogue, which is now the City Museum and Art Gallery. There is also a mosque (Čaršijska mosque), an Austrian fountain and an old bey's farm house (Hadžimazića House). Today Fatih Sultan Mehmed Barracks of the Turkish Armed Forces is also based in Zenica within the peace-keeping activities of European forces in the country.
