⚰️ Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards
UNESCO World Heritage necropolises of medieval Balkans
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- UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising 29 necropolises across four Balkan countries
- Medieval tombstones (stećci) carved from limestone, dating 12th–16th centuries
- Inscribed in Bosnian Cyrillic script with religious and social imagery
- Located near Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boljuni, near Stolac in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is part of the Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards, a UNESCO World Heritage Site encompassing 29 necropolises across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. These burial grounds preserve a distinctive medieval funerary tradition spanning the 12th to 16th centuries, offering evidence of the region's complex cultural and religious landscape during the Middle Ages ...