Cazin has several historic places, some dating back to the 14th century. The
Ostrožac Castle and Radetina Tower are located in Cazin. During the
Middle Ages, the city served as the seat of the
Roman Catholic bishop of Knin. The
Cazin uprising of 1950, an armed
anti-communist rebellion of peasants, occurred in Cazin and neighboring
Velika Kladuša and
Slunj, which were all part of the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at the time. The peasants revolted against the forced
collectivization and
collective farms by the
Yugoslav government on the farmers of its country. Following a drought in 1949, the peasants of Yugoslavia were unable to meet unrealistic quotas set by their government and were punished. The revolt that followed the drought resulted in the killings and persecution of those who organized the uprising, but also many innocent civilians. It was the only peasant rebellion in the
history of Europe that occurred during the
Cold War. ==Settlements==