Case File: Medjugorje Miracles Location: Medjugorie, Bosnia Date: 1981 to Recent Description: Medjugorje is a town located in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Herzegovina region around 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Mostar and close to the border of Croatia. The town is part of the municipality of Čitluk. Since 1981, it has become a popular site of religious pilgrimage due to reports of apparitions of the Virgin Mary to six local Catholics. The visions occurred on a hill near a church.