Franciscan monastery of Široki Brijeg, Franciscan monastery in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Franciscan friary of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary stands in Široki Brijeg, the first Franciscan friary built in Herzegovina after the Ottomans destroyed the region's monasteries in the 16th century. Its church, finished in 1905 to a design by M. David, is 50 m long and 26 m wide, with a 32 m bell tower. Massive stone pillars of Romanesque appearance separate the nave from the aisles, and the altar, set in 1978, carries motifs from medieval stećak tombstones.

Herzegovinian Franciscans from the Kreševo friary decided in 1840 to found their own friary at Široki Brijeg, led by Nikola Kordić, Anđeo Kraljević and Ilija Vidošević. Sultan Abdul Mejid authorised construction on 22 October 1845, and Bishop Rafael Barišić consecrated the cornerstone on 23 July 1846. The west wing was finished in 1849, the east wing in 1860, and a gymnasium and seminary section was added in 1901.

The friary church is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the parish was renamed Široki Brijeg in May 1847 by Bishop Barišić. The main altar, set in 1978, carries motifs from medieval stećak tombstones, and the tabernacle and pulpit are the work of sculptor Ante Starčević. In the left aisle are the graves of fra Didak Buntić and Bishop Rafo Barišić.

The church is 50 m long, 26 m wide and its bell tower rises 32 m. The nave is separated from the side aisles by massive stone columns of Romanesque appearance. In the left aisle are the graves of fra Didak Buntić and Rafo Barišić; in the right aisle, the tomb of friars killed in 1945.

The inscription plaque above the friary entrance, destroyed by Partisans after Široki Brijeg fell on 7 February 1945, recorded that Herzegovinian Franciscans had raised the friary and church from the foundations on 23 July 1846 under the protection of the Assumption.