Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards

Overview

This serial property combines 28 sites, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, western Serbia, western Montenegro and central and southern Croatia, representing these cemeteries and regionally distinctive medieval tombstones, or stećci. The cemeteries, which date from the 12th to 16th centuries CE, are laid out in rows, as was the common custom in Europe from the Middle Ages. The stećci are mostly carved from limestone. They feature a wide range of decorative motifs and inscriptions that represent iconographic continuities within medieval Europe as well as locally distinctive traditions.

Selection Criteria

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Components(28 locations)

• •Olovci, Kladanj1504-010
• •Boljuni, Stolac1504-013
• •Radimlja, Stolac1504-001
• •Gvozno, Kalinovik1504-007
• •Bijača, Ljubuški1504-009
• •Bečani, Šekovići1504-017
• •Maculje, Novi Travnik1504-005
• •Mramor in Vrbica, Foča1504-018
• •Ravanjska vrata, Kupres1504-020
• •Bare Žugića, Žabljak1504-024
• •Mramor in Musići, Olovo1504-011
• •Luburića polje, Sokolac1504-015
• •Grčko groblje, Žabljak1504-023
• •Grčko groblje, Plužine1504-025
• •Čengića Bara, Kalinovik1504-019
• •Kalufi in Krekovi, Nevesinje1504-003
• •Potkuk in Bitunja, Berkovići1504-016
• •St. Barbara, Dubravka, Konavle1504-022
• •Kučarin in Hrančići, Goražde1504-012
• •Grčko groblje, Hrta, Prijepolje1504-028
• •Dugo polje at Blidinje, Jablanica1504-006
• •Mramorje, Perućac, Bajina Bašta1504-026
• •Mramorje, Rastište, Bajina Bašta1504-027
• •Velika and Mala Crljivica, Cista Velika1504-021
• •Borak in the village of Burati, Rogatica1504-004
• •Dolovi in the village of Umoljani, Trnovo1504-014
• •Grčka glavica in the village of Biskup, Konjic1504-002
• •Grebnice, Radmilovića Dubrava, Baljci, Bileća1504-008

Details

Countries

Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina

ISO Codes

RS, HR, ME, BA

Area

49.15 ha

Transboundary

Yes

Coordinates

43.0922, 17.9241