Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the Zgošća Stećak is one of the most representative individual examples of stećak found, in terms of its size, artistic processing...
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Stećak forms, that is, shapes and dimensions of the megalithic tombstone known as stećak, is what make stećaks extremely attractive. Stećaks are mostly...
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has a larger building over it as a shrine Stećak – in medieval Bosnia individual stećaks or grouped in stećak necropolises were a form of sepulchral burial...
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Zgošća Stećak (Serbo-Croatian: Zgošćanski Stećak) is a stećak (monumental medieval tombstone) discovered in a gorge of the Zgošća river, near Donja Zgošća...
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Radimlja (Serbian Cyrillic: Радимља) is a stećak necropolis located near Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in Vidovo polje, 3 km west of Stolac...
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for the Federation of B&H. The picture of the stećak on the reverse is actually a picture of a stećak from Križevići, Olovo and not from the Radimlja...
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Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina. There are 49 stećaks in the necropolis, counted according to usual stećak form classification, 33 slabs, 10 chests and...
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The Stećak Necropolis Ričine is the medieval necropolis with stećak tombstones on the right bank of the Ričina stream, located in the village of Čitluk...
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from this area include numerous stećak monuments, some of exceptional historical value. Stećak from Banja Stijena and stećak Vlatka Vlađevića are preserved...
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Grčka Glavica necropolis (redirect from Grčka Glavica stećak necropolis)
Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is inscribed on the list of 28 medieval stećak necropolises that were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. The...
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The stećak to nišan transition is a period in Bosnia and Herzegovina history marked by the end of the stećak tombstones usage and the transition to first...
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Vlatko Vuković (section Stećak confusion)
It was thought that both Vlatko's and his wife's graves lie marked in a stećak necropolis near the village of Boljuni, not far from Stolac, in Bosnia and...
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inscription cut in 1404 or 1405. The stone tablet was then placed on the stećak tombstone of Viganj Milošević. Inscription is in Bosnian Cyrillic, in an...
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Researches in Illyricum (1883). While doing research with Felix von Luschan on stećak graves around Konavle, he found that a large number of skulls were not of...
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1724 stećak monoliths recorded in Bileća area during the 1970s, with later research suggesting a higher number. Grebenice-Bunčići site of stećak monuments...
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Borak necropolis (category Stećak necropolis)
Bosnia, all the prerequisites for the appearance of stećak in these areas were fulfilled. Stećaks were new form of marking graves with a tombstones, which...
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Blidinje plateau (section Stećaks necropolis)
their home. Ponor, Donje Bare, Jezero, Risovac, and Dugo Polje are five stećak medieval necropolises, named by their location. They are scattered throughout...
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Stećak, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on Treskavica mountain...
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River and medieval inhabitants left large stone grave monuments called stećak in Radimlja. Trebinje, on the Trebišnjica River, is the southernmost city...
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Serbo-Byzantin architectural style. During the same period UNESCO protected Stećak monumental medieval tombstones were built. The Independence of Serbia in...
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with an inscription cut in 1404 or 1405 on the stone tablet placed on the stećak tombstone of Viganj Milošević, written in Bosnian Cyrillic, in an archaic...
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villa rustica from the early fourth century Mogorjelo, Stolac with its stećak necropolis and the remains of an ancient Greek town of Daorson. Nearby sites...
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costumes from Neum Roman Catholic church in Neum Hutovo fortress ruins Stećak from Neum Neum area has steep hills, stone-sandy beaches, and several large...
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surprise and is expressed as the vicarious sentiment of a deceased person. Stećak Bereavement in Judaism Burial at sea Cenotaph Christian burial Cremation...
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outside sources — primarily Catholic ones. The monumental tombstones called stećak that appeared in medieval Bosnia, as well as Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro...
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Stecak from Radimlja, Hercegovina showing linked figures...
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115 stećak tombstones. The most famous is the stećak on the grave of Goisava Sanković, from aristocratic Sanković family. Among these decorated stećak, two...
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Pforzheim church. Depictions of stars with crescents are a common motif on the stećak 12th to 16th century tombstones of medieval Bosnia 1668 representation by...
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scientist. This clergyman wrote 27 works. The Stećak Necropolis Ričina is the medieval necropolis with stećak tombstones on the right bank of the Ričina...
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(such as brow, cheeks, wrist, or below the neck) with Christian symbols and stećak ornaments. Boys were also tattooed with the same symbols mostly above the...
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