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Published in the “Official Gazette of BiH”, no. 24/10.

Pursuant to Article V para. 4 Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Article 39 para. 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, at a session held from 8 to 11 September 2009 the Commission adopted a

 

D E C I S I O N

 

I

 

The cultural landscape of the Blatačko lake with part of the Rakitnica gorge, prehistoric grave mounds and necropolises with stećak and nišan tombstones in the village of Blace, Konjic Municipality, is hereby designated as a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the National Monument).

The National Monument consists of:

a) the Blatačko lake and its surrounding landscape with an area of 20 hectares and part of the Rakitnica gorge,

b) four prehistoric grave mounds and a necropolis with 15 stećak tombstones at Kosan-krst,

c) a prehistoric grave mound and a necropolis with 12 stećak tombstones at Viš stijena,

d) a prehistoric grave mound and a necropolis with three stećak tombstones at Babaluša,

e) a necropolis with eight stećak tombstones at Kod Čekića,

f) a prehistoric grave mound and an isolated stećak at Komadinov do,

g) a necropolis with seven stećak tombstones in an Orthodox cemetery in active use,

h) a necropolis with nine nišan tombstones near Komadinov do,

The National Monument is located on a site designated as cadastral plot no. 1348 (part), 2653, 2655, Land Register entry no. 312, c.p. no. 2633, Land Register entry no. 348, c.p. no. 2670, Land Register entry no. 123, c.p. no. 2878/1, Land Register entry no. 261, and c.p. no. 2955, Land Register entry no. 264, cadastral municipality Čuhovići, Municipality Konjic, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The provisions relating to protection measures set forth by the Law on the Implementation of the Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, established pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH nos. 2/02, 27/02, 6/04 and 51/07) shall apply to the National Monument.

 

II

 

The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the Government of the Federation) shall be responsible for providing the legal, scientific, technical, administrative and financial measures necessary for the protection, conservation and presentation of the National Monument.

The Commission to Preserve National Monuments (hereinafter: the Commission) shall determine the technical requirements and secure the funds for preparing and erecting signboards with basic details of the monument and the Decision to proclaim the property a National Monument.

 

III

 

To ensure the on-going protection of the National Monument on the site defined in Clause 1 para. 3 of this Decision, the following protection measures shall apply:

-       all works are prohibited other than investigate and conservation-restoration works, including works designed to display the National Monument, with the approval of the Federal Ministry responsible for regional planning (hereinafter: the relevant ministry) and under the expert supervision of the heritage protection authority of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter: the heritage protection authority);

-       the removal of the tombstones from the graves to any other location is prohibited unless the Commission shall decide otherwise and define the conditions for the relocation of the tombstones;

-       the site of the monument shall be open and accessible to the public, and may be used for educational and cultural purposes;

-       infrastructure works shall be permitted only with the approval of the relevant ministry and subject to the expert opinion of the heritage protection authority;

-       the dumping of waste is prohibited;

-       the area is a potential archaeological site, and an archaeologist must therefore be present during investigative works of any kind.

 

The Government of the Federation shall be responsible in particular for drawing up a project for the repair, restoration and conservation of the necropolises with stećak and nišan tombstones, to cover:

-       systematic archaeological investigations of the site;

-       clearing away lichens and moss and making good any damage;

-       tidying the necropolises and removing self-sown vegetation;

-       providing access to the site, making good an access road and footpaths to every part of the site;

-       conservation of any remains found;

-       drawing up and implementing a programme for the presentation of the National Monument.

 

The following protection measures are hereby prescribed for the natural heritage:

-       picking and collecting the following plant species are prohibited (except for the collection of seeds for conservation purposes):

-         Sesleria juncifolia

-         Sesleria coerulens

-         Festuca panciciana

-         Festuca bosniaca

-         Senecio bosniacus

-         Veronica satureoides

-         Gentiana dinarica

-         Gentiana symphyandra

-         Gentianella crispata

-         Endraianthus serpyllifolius

-         Saxifraga caryophylla

-         Minuartia clandestina

-         Silene pusilla

-         Alchemilla velebitica

-         Cerastium dinaricum

To protect the natural and historic site without impairing the existing ecological balance, and to protect the natural heritage, a buffer zone is hereby stipulated which shall follow the boundaries specified in the Decision designating Mt Igman, Bjelašnica, Treskavica and the Rakitnica gorge (Visočica) as a site of special interest to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of the Federation of BiH no. 8/05). The following protection measures shall apply in this zone.

-       the quarrying of stone, tree-felling (with the exception of felling for the maintenance of forest health and vitality), the construction of industrial facilities and major infrastructure and of any properties or facilities that during construction or operation could pose a threat to the National Monument;

-       (potential) environmental polluters as defined by law shall be identified and rectified, and a plan shall be drawn up for the management of waste, waste waters, the environment and natural resources.

 

In addition to the above protection measures, the measures prescribed in the Decision designating Mt Igman, Bjelašnica, Treskavica and the Rakitnica gorge (Visočica) as a site of special interest to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall also apply in the buffer zone.

 

IV

 

All movable artefacts found during the course of archaeological investigations shall be deposited in the nearest museum or in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, processed, and suitably presented.

The removal of the movable artefacts from Bosnia and Herzegovina is prohibited. By way of exception to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Clause, the temporary removal from Bosnia and Herzegovina of the movable artefacts for the purposes of display or conservation shall be permitted if the leader of the investigations determines that a given artefact must be processed abroad, and provides evidence to that effect to the Commission, which may permit the temporary removal of the artefact from the country subject to detailed conditions for its export, treatment while out of the country and return to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Upon receipt of a report on the investigations conducted, the Commission shall identify which movable artefacts shall be subject to protection measures to be determined by the Commission.

           

V

 

All executive and area development planning acts are hereby revoked to the extent that they are not in accordance with the provisions of this Decision.

 

VI

 

Everyone, and in particular the competent authorities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Canton, and urban and municipal authorities, shall refrain from any action that might damage the National Monument or jeopardize the preservation thereof.

 

VII

 

The Government of the Federation, the Federal Ministry responsible for regional planning, the Federation heritage protection authority, and the Municipal Authorities in charge of urban planning and land registry affairs, shall be notified of this Decision in order to carry out the measures stipulated in Articles II to VI of this Decision, and the Authorized Municipal Court shall be notified for the purposes of registration in the Land Register.

 

VIII

 

The elucidation and accompanying documentation form an integral part of this Decision, which may be viewed by interested parties on the premises or by accessing the website of the Commission (http://www.aneks8komisija.com.ba)

 

IX

 

Pursuant to Art. V para 4 Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, decisions of the Commission are final.

 

X

 

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of BiH.

 

This Decision has been adopted by the following members of the Commission: Zeynep Ahunbay, Martin Cherry, Amra Hadžimuhamedović, Dubravko Lovrenović, and Ljiljana Ševo.

 

No. 02-2-40/09-52

9 September 2009

Sarajevo

 

Chair of the Commission

Amra Hadžimuhamedović

 

E l u c i d a t i o n

 

I – INTRODUCTION

Pursuant to Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Law on the Implementation of the Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments, established pursuant to Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a “National Monument” is an item of public property proclaimed by the Commission to Preserve National Monuments to be a National Monument pursuant to Articles V and VI of Annex 8 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and property entered on the Provisional List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of BiH no. 33/02) until the Commission reaches a final decision on its status, as to which there is no time limit and regardless of whether a petition for the property in question has been submitted or not.

On 2 March 2007 the Department of Administrative, Social and Inspectorate Affairs of Konjic Municipality submitted to the Commission a petition/proposal to designate the necropolis of stećak tombstones in the village of Blace as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On 13 November 2008 the Department of Administrative, Social and Inspectorate Affairs of Konjic Municipality submitted to the Commission a petition/proposal to designate the natural and historic area of the necropolis of stećak tombstones and the Blatačko Lake as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pursuant to the provisions of the law, the Commission proceeded to carry out the procedure for reaching a final decision to designate the Property as a National Monument, pursuant to Article V para. 4 of Annex 8 and Article 35 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments.

 

Statement of Significance

The cultural landscape of the Blatačko Lake is on Mt Bjelašnica, on the boundary with Mt Visočica, with between them the Rakitnica gorge, in a landscape of outstanding beauty and a high degree of biodiversity of both flora and fauna.

The National Monument also includes 44 stećak tombstones, two cruciform tombstones and nine nišan tombstones at seven sites in the village of Blace. The mediaeval tombstones known as stećci (pl. of stećak) are unique to Bosnia and Herzegovina and its neighbours. They provide impressive evidence of the growing economic power of Bosnian feudal society in the 14th century, the opening of mines, increasing urbanization, and the wish of individuals to display their status and power through the appearance of their tombstones. The number of tombstones on these sites, in the centre of an inhabited area, attests to the density of population and economic power of the mediaeval inhabitants of the area. The settlement continued to be inhabited in the early Ottoman period, as evidenced by nišan tombstones dating from the 16th century. The tombstones at these sites were made of local stone, and are slab-shaped, chest-shaped, gabled (sarcophagus-like) or cruciform. Some are decorated with realistic and symbolic designs (demi-orb, rosette, circle, rope twist, friezes of spirals and scrolling vines, a Greek cross with the arms terminating in volutes, crescent moon, cudgel, and sword and shield).

 

II – PROCEDURE PRIOR TO DECISION

In the procedure preceding the adoption of a final decision to proclaim the property a national monument, the following documentation was inspected:

-       Documentation on the location and the current owner and user of the property (copy of cadastral plan and Land Register entry).

-       Details of the current condition and use of the property, including a description and photographs, data of war damage, data on restoration or other works on the property, etc.

-       Historical, architectural and other documentary material on the property, as set out in the bibliography forming part of this Decision.

 

The findings based on the review of the above documentation and the condition of the site are as follows:

 

1. Details of the property

Location

The village of Blace is on a high plateau below Mt Lovnica, a spur of Mt Bjelašnica, forming a triangle with the villages of Čuhovići and Vrdolje. It is located at an altitude of 1215 m, latitude 43° 37′ 1.2″, longitude 18° 07′ 1.2″, and belongs administratively to Konjic Municipality; the town of Konjic is about 12 km as the crow flies to the south-east.

To the north-east of the village is the Blatačko Lake, at an altitude of 1156 m, and surrounding it are seven sites of necropolises with stećci and nišani (pl. of stećak and nišan). To the east and south of the village is the great Rakitnica gorge, with a view across it to the peaks of Mt. Visočica.

The National Monument is located on a site designated as cadastral plot no. 1348 (part), 2653, 2655, Land Register entry no. 312, c.p. no. 2633, Land Register entry no. 348, c.p. no. 2670, Land Register entry no. 123, c.p. no. 2878/1, Land Register entry no. 261, and c.p. no. 2955, Land Register entry no. 264, cadastral municipality Čuhovići, Municipality Konjic, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Historical information

Geographically, Mt Bjelašnica can be divided into the Bosnian side, facing Hadžići, Pazarić, Trnovo and Raštelica on the northern slopes, where there are no permanent habitations, and the Herzegovina side, on the southern slopes, with permanently occupied villages. The southern reaches of Bjelašnica extend as far as the right (Bosnian) bank of the river Neretva(1). The villages of Blace, Čuhovići and Vrdolje form a broad triangle on a plateau below Mt Lovnica, a spur of Mt. Bjelašnica. It is here that P. Anđelić identified the most important group of tumuli or stone mounds in Konjic Municipality, most of which are located alongside the road from Vrdolje to Umoljani and Čuhovići, and along the road from Čuhovići to Blace. Most of the tumuli are up to 3.10 m in diameter, and range in height from 0.5 to 2 m. Necropolises with stećci are to be found on many of them. Tumuli on prominent hillocks are much larger, and have their own individual names, such as Kiridžijska gromila [gromila = mound], Straža, Velika gromila and Kosan krst. A road runs just beside the Kiridžijska tumulus, but the others are in somewhat more remote locations. The names and position of these mounds also indicates that they could have been built for a variety of reasons – religious, defensive, or associated with roads. The area where the tumuli is located, at altitudes of 1200 to 1400 m, was used mainly as alpine pasturage, partly by the residents of the villages in question and partly by semi-nomadic herders from lower Herzegovina (Humljaci – people of Hum).

In the early mediaeval period, the wider Konjic region consisted of only one political territory, a typical župa (county), the Neretva county. To the west, the boundaries of Neretva county consisted of the Neretva gorge from Prenj to the mouth of the Rama, Mt Bokševica and the gorge of the little river Banja Lučica. To the west of this boundary was Rama county. On Mt Zec, Neretva county marched with the territory of the mediaeval county of Uskoplje. From Zec, via Pogorelica and Bitovnja, to Mt Ivan, Neretva county marched with the former county of Lepenica; on the slopes of Mt Bjelašnica, Neretva county bordered the county of Vrhbosna. To the east, the boundary between Kom and Neretva counties was formed by the Boračko lake and the river Šištica and Rakitnica gorges. To the south, the limits of Neretva county were formed by the highest peaks in the Prenj mountain chain: Otiš, Zelena glava, Kantar and Cetina. The earliest reference to Neretva county is in the Chronicles of the Doclean priest, written in the mid 12th century, where it is said to have been part of the Podgorje district which, along with Hum land, Trebinje and Zeta, formed a tetrarchy or federation of four districts each of which was a semi-independent country or state. The Podgorje district included not only Neretva county but also the counties Onogošt, Morača, Komarnica, Piva, Gacko, Nevesinje, Viševa, Kom and Rama. By the mid 11th century the county had presumably been incorporated, by political agreement, into the Bosnian state. From then on until ban (governor) Tvrtko came to power in 1353, it enjoyed special status within the Bosnian state(2).

In the 15th century Neretva county was divided into a Bosnian and a Herzegovinian part, with the river Neretva forming the boundary between them. The Bosnian part extended as far as the right bank of the Neretva, and belonged to the “Crown lands;” the Herzegovinian part on the left bank of the Neretva belonged to the Kosača feudal lords. From 1404 to 1463, the Bosnian part of Neretva county belonged to the Crown lands and the Hum Neretva and Kom belonged to the feudal lands of the Kosača. The border between these two districts was the river Neretva, from the boundary of the Kom župa to that of the Rama župa. The area along the left bank of the Neretva belonged to the Kosačas, and that on the right bank to the Crown lands.

In the summer of 1463 an auxiliary Ottoman army commanded by Mahmut pasha Anđelović conquered both the Neretva districts and Kom. The area known as Hum Neretva, apart from the Borovac fort, and the western part of the Bosnian Neretva, were liberated in a counter-action between July and September that same year by Herceg (Duke) Stjepan. The region was finally conquered in mid 1465 in a campaign by the Bosnian sanjakbey Isa-beg Ishaković in the Herceg's lands(3).

 

2. Description of the property

            According to the statistics assembled by Š. Bešlagić, Konjic Municipality, with 3018 recorded stećci, has more than any other area in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most common shape is the chest-shaped tombstone, with gabled and slab-shaped tombstones represented in almost equal numbers. The way the stećci are grouped makes it possible to trace in the field and document important historical phenomena, processes and relations. The location of large necropolises is a reliable indicator of the location of the centres of former religious and political communities. Those of medium size enable one to trace the process of development of clan-based villages, while smaller groups reflect increasing feudalization and social differentiation, when clans were no longer burying their dead with their neighbours, but were beginning to form their own family necropolises.

The village of Blace is on a high plateau below Mt Lovnica, a spur of Mt Bjelašnica, forming a triangle with the villages of Čuhovići and Vrdolje. To the north-east of the village is the Blatačko lake, at an altitude of 1156 m, and surrounding it are seven sites of necropolises in which there are prehistoric grave mounds, stećci and nišani. To the east and south of the village is the great Rakitnica gorge, with a view across it to the peaks of Mt. Visočica.

The lake occupies an area designated as c.p. no. 2633, and the seven sites surveyed contain seven prehistoric grave mounds, 46 stećci (three slabs, 35 chests, six gabled and two cruciform) and nine nišani with four damaged santrači (surrounds). The necropolises are on plots designated as follows: c.p. no. 1348, Kosan-krst (four prehistoric grave mounds and 15 stećci – one slab, 14 chests, one stećak only decorated); c.p. no. 2653, Viš stijena (a prehistoric grave mound and 12 stećci – two slabs, nine chests and one gabled); c.p. no. 2655, Babaluša (a prehistoric grave mound and three stećci – all chest-shaped) and Kod Čekića (eight chest-shaped stećci, one of which is decorated); c.p. nos. 2955 and 2655, a necropolis with nišani (ten nišani and four santrač surrounds); c.p. no. 2670, Komadinov do (a prehistoric grave mound with a stećak); and c.p. no. 2878/1, in an Orthodox cemetery in active use, with seven stećci (five gabled and two cruciform – both cruciform and two gabled tombstones decorated). The stećci lie in both directions, west-east and north-south.

The decorative motifs on the stećak at Kosan-krst are a cross, rosette, crescent moon and circle, and at Kod Čekića, a Greek cross with the arms terminating in volutes. The two gabled tombstones in the Orthodox cemetery are decorated with rope-twists, rosettes, and a frieze of spirals and scrolling vines, while the cruciform tombstones feature crescent moons, demi-orbs, a cudgel, and a shield and sword.

The necropolis at Kosan-krst

This site contains 15 stećci in four different places up to 100 m apart. The stećci are all chest-shaped, and only one is decorated. It is interesting to note that beneath each stećak is a slight elevation, which P. Anđelić claims are prehistoric grave mounds, a feature of this area(4).

The stećci are located on a slight elevation resembling a prehistoric grave mound, with a diameter of up to 3 m and a height of 0.50 to 1.00 m.

Stećak no. 1. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 190 x 70 h=15 cm.

Stećak no. 2. – chest without plinth, decorated, partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 195 x 80 h=23 cm.

The eastern part of the stećak is decorated with a cross with an elongated upright, the upright arm longer. Below it is a rosette and a crescent moon, beside which to the south is a circle.

Stećak no. 3. – slab without plinth, undecorated, partly buried and broken, lying west – east; the stećak measures 200 x 50 h=24 cm.

Stećak no. 4. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 178 x 81 h=33 cm.

Stećak no. 5. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 145 x 65 h=52 cm.

Stećak no. 6. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying north-west – south-east; the stećak measures 187 x 105 h=22 cm.

Stećak no. 7. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying north – south; the stećak measures 180 x 75 partly buried.

Stećak no. 8. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying north-east – south-west; the stećak measures 165 x 85 partly buried.

About 100 m to the north-west of this necropolis are another four stećci, on grave mounds, two on each, with a road running between them. The prehistoric grave mounds have a diameter of up to 3 m and a height of 0.50 to 1.00 m.

Stećak no. 1. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 140 x 70 h=50 cm.

Stećak no. 2. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 194 x 79 h=43 cm.

Stećak no. 3. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 150 x 56 h=55 cm.

Stećak no. 4. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 187 x 74 h=34 cm.

About 50 m to the east of the first necropolis are another two, on a grave mound with a diameter of up to 3 m and a height of 0.50 to 1.00 m.

Stećak no. 1. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 175 x 105 h=30 cm.

Stećak no. 2. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 153 x 110 h=33 cm.

About 100 m to the north of the first necropolis is an isolated stećak.

Stećak no. 1. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, damaged and partly buried, lying west – east; the stećak measures 160 x 80 h=67 cm.

The necropolis at Viš stijena

Twelve stećci have been recorded here, two slab-shaped, eight chest-shaped and one gabled. The site is dominated by a prehistoric grave mound on which one stećak is standing; the others are arranged around it. The grave mound is 3 to 5 m in diameter and 2 to 3 m in height.

Stećak no. 1. – chest without plinth, undecorated, damaged and partly buried, lying north – south; the stećak measures 167 x 66 h=52 cm.

Stećak no. 2. – chest with plinth, undecorated, damaged and partly buried, lying north – south; the stećak measures 150 x 68 h=63 cm; the plinth measures205 x 127 h=17 cm.

Stećak no. 3. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, lying west – east; the stećak measures 176 x 73 h=44 cm.

Stećak no. 4. – slab without plinth, undecorated, rough surface, lying north-west – south-east; the stećak measures155 x 109 h=33 cm.

Stećak no. 5. – chest without plinth, undecorated, damaged and partly buried, lying north – south; the stećak measures 162 x 62 h=50 cm.

Stećak no. 6. – chest without plinth, undecorated, damaged and partly buried, lying north – south; the stećak measures 173 x 82 h=52 cm.

Stećak no. 7. – chest without plinth, undecorated, damaged and moved from its original position to stand on the prehistoric grave mound, lying north – south; the stećak measures 205 x 88 h=50 cm.

Stećak no. 8. – gabled with plinth, undecorated, partly buried, lying north – south; the stećak measures 152 x 57 h=36 cm.

Stećak no. 9. – slab without plinth, undecorated, partly buried and lying north – south; the stećak measures 115 x 50 h.

Stećak no. 10. – chest without plinth, undecorated, damaged and partly buried, lying north – south; the stećak measures 140 x 64 h=53 cm.

Stećak no. 11. – chest without plinth, undecorated, damaged and partly buried, lying north – south; the stećak measures 154 x 78 h=12 cm.

Stećak no. 12. – chest without plinth, undecorated, damaged and partly buried, lying north – south; the stećak measures 152 x 60 h=20 cm.

The necropolises at Babaluša and Kod Čekića

Here three chest-shaped stećci have been recorded alongside the road to Čuhovići. Stećak no. 1 is on a prehistoric grave mound with a diameter of up to 3 m and a height of 0.50 to 1.00 m.

About 50 m to the north is Kod Čekića, where there are eight chest-shaped stećci, one of which is decorated with a Greek cross of which the arms terminate in volutes.

The necropolis at Babaluša

Stećak no. 1. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of average workmanship, on a small grave mound, lying west – east; the stećak measures 175 x 66 h=26 cm.

Stećak no. 2. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of average workmanship, lying west – east; the stećak measures 190 x 123 h=38 cm.

Stećak no. 3. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of average workmanship, lying north – south; the stećak measures 200 x 90 h=33.

The necropolis at Kod Čekića

Stećak no. 1. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, lying north – south; the stećak measures 180 x 90 h=63 cm.

Stećak no. 2. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, lying west – east; the stećak measures 158 x 87 h=29 cm.

Stećak no. 3. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of average workmanship, lying west – east; the stećak measures 191 x 87 h=49 cm.

Stećak no. 4. – chest without plinth, undecorated, damaged, a piece broken off the west side and lying about 10 m to the west of the stećak, lying west – east; the stećak measures 178 x 80 h=65 cm.

Stećak no. 5. – chest without plinth, decorated, of average workmanship, lying south-west – north-east; the stećak measures 185 x 97 h=52 cm.

The stećak is decorated with a Greek cross of which the arms terminate in volutes.

Stećak no. 6. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, lying west – east; the stećak measures 230 x 123 h=30 cm.

Stećak no. 7. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of crude workmanship, lying west – east; the stećak measures 167 x59 h=40 cm.

Stećak no. 8. – chest without plinth, undecorated, of average workmanship, lying north – south; the stećak measures 212 x 130 h=18 cm.

Prehistoric grave mound and isolated stećak at Komadinov do

The prehistoric grave mound at this site has a radius of 830 cm and a height of 150 cm. The stećak on the mound is chest-shaped and is lying north – south. The stećak measures 195 x 100 h=35 cm.

Necropolis with stećci in an Orthodox cemetery in active use

Seven stećci have been recorded here (five gabled and two cruciform). They are of fine workmanship, but are damaged. Four of them (two gabled and two cruciform) are decorated. They are surrounded by the graves of the Orthodox population, almost all of whose tombstones (crosses) have been destroyed, as has the chapel, built between 1980 and 1990 and not subject to protection. Some specimens of crosses can be found on the shores of the Blatačko lake.

Stećak no. 1. – cruciform tombstone without plinth , decorated, lying west – east; the stećak measures 178 x 73 d=43 cm.

The east end is decorated with a cudgel, and the west end with a crescent moon. On the north side is a demi-orb towards the base of the tombstone. The decorations are in a combination of relief and reverse relief.

Stećak no. 2. – cruciform tombstone without plinth, decorated, lying west – east; the stećak measures 188 x 86 d=52 cm.

The east end is decorated with two protuberances between which is a crescent moon; the west end is decorated with the protuberances only. The north side is decorated with a shield and sword motif near the base. The decorations are in relief.

Stećak no. 3. – gabled with plinth, undecorated, overturned onto its north side, lying west – east; the stećak measures 129 x 62 h=204 cm; the plinth measures 183 x 136 h=39 cm.

Stećak no. 4. – gabled with plinth, decorated, lying west – east; the stećak measures 151 x 74 h=101 cm; the plinth measures184 x 104 h=24 cm.

Decorated with a rope twist running across the ends and sides of the “roof”

Stećak no. 5. – gabled with plinth, decorated, lying west – east; the stećak measures 110 x 68 h= 140 cm; the plinth measures192 x 114 h=57 cm.

Decorated with a rope twist, rosette and fries of spirals and scrolling vines.

Stećak no. 6. – gabled with plinth, undecorated, overturned onto its north side, lying west – east; the stećak measures 115 x 70 h=220 cm; the plinth measures 180 x 100 h=22 cm.

Stećak no. 7. – gabled with plinth, undecorated, overturned onto its east side, lying north – south; the stećak measures 156 x 73 h=90 cm; the plinth measures160x 50 h= 43 cm.

Necropolis with nišani in the village of Blace

This necropolis formerly contained a quantity of nišani, only nine of which now survive. Two large nišani, still standing upright and set in a stone surround, stand out in particular. The other nišani are overturned and partly buried. The three basic variations on the nišan: those with pleated turban, rectangular nišani ending in a pyramid, and those in the form of a stele, together with the visible remains of grave surrounds consisting of blocks of stone, suggest that they date from the 15th century, when nišani first appeared in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Nišan no. 1 a and b

Nišan with pleated turban with mudževez (top of the nišan). The nišan measures 33 x 29 cm in section, and 120 cm in height to the turban.

The footstone nišan ends in the form of a stele, and measures 30 x 38 cm with a height of 145 cm.

Nišan no. 2.

Nišan in the form of a stele, measuring 35 x 17 cm with a height of 150 cm.

Nišan no. 3 a and b

Nišan with pleated turban with broken mudževez (top of the nišan). lying on the ground. The nišan measures 29 x 29 cm in section, and 204 cm in overall height, including the turban.

The footstone nišan ends in the form of a stele, and measures 34 x 30 cm with a height of 198 cm.

Nišan no. 4 a and b

Nišan with pleated turban with broken mudževez (top of the nišan). lying on the ground. The nišan measures 27 x 25 cm in section and 158 cm in overall height, including the turban.

The footstone nišan, with a pyramidal top, is lying on the ground. It measures 30 x 28 x 155 cm.

Nišan no. 5.

Nišan with pleated turban with broken mudževez (top of the nišan). lying on the ground and partly buried. The visible measurements are 23 x 16 cm in section and 117 cm in height.

Nišan no. 6.

Nišan with pleated turban with broken mudževez (top of the nišan). lying on the ground and partly buried. The visible measurements are 25 x 22 cm in section and 160 cm in height.

Description of the natural heritage

The mountain massif of Bjelašnica and Igman belongs to the central region of the Dinaric alps, in the area of the high mountains of Površi and Brda; in geotectonic terms, they belong to the zone of mesozoic limestone and dolomites with the central Bosnian schist mountains at the core(5). Rendzina soils dominate the zone from 1300 to 2000 m above sea level. These geomorphological features have combined with the climatic conditions to create a very heterogeneous soil and plant cover(6).

The geographical location and orographic structure have dictated the area's specific climate. This mountain massif separates an area with a markedly Mediterranean climate from one with a continental climate. Generally speaking, there are two types of climate here – an upland climate on the lower reaches of the high plains and an alpine climate at high altitudes(7). The coldest month is February (Bjelašnica - 7.4oC) and the warmest is June (Bjelašnica 10.1oC). The average monthly and annual air temperature on Bjelašnica is 1oC. The heaviest precipitation is in September, October and November, a total of 382 mm. Snow cover lasts from September until late May or mid June, and it is not unusual for Bjelašnica to be snow-covered even in summer. The wind alternates between southerly winds off the sea and north winds off the mainland, and there are high winds almost every third day(8).

As a result of these abiotic factors, combined with considerable zooanthropological factors, a distinctive flora and vegetation has evolved on Bjelašnica(9).

The Dinaric forest communities of beech and fir (with spruce) of neutrophile character, constituting a marked band of forest vegetation, formed on limestone soils, dolomitizing limestones and moraines. This community is one of the forest communities of Bjelašnica that is richest in plant species, predominantly mesophile neutrophile basiphile species. The dominant trees are beech, fir and spruce, which are absent from the areas influenced by the sub-Mediterranean climate. The shrub layer includes Euonymus latifolia, Lonicera alpigena, Lonicera xylosteum, Lonicera nigra and Rhamnus fallax, and the ground layer includes Asarum europaeum, Pulmonaria officinalis, Lilium martagon, Paris quadrifolia, and Cardamine enneaphyllos.

Above these stands is a band of subalpine beech forest (Aceri-Fagetum subalpinum Horv. et.al. 1974) of typical fastigiate habit, with a relatively short growing vegetative period. The extreme climate conditions, which are even more pronounced towards the upper limit of this stand, means that it has a primarily protective role. The tree and shrub layer includes Fagus sylvatica, Acer pseudoplatanus, Rhamnus fallax, Salix silesiaca, Lonicera barbasiama, Ribes alpinum and Rubus saxatilis. The ground layer species include Adenostyles alliariae, Cirsium erisithales, Ranunculus platanifolius, Valeriana montana and Valeriana tripteris. At the limit of these stands are small groups of mountain pine on the slopes of Hranisava (Mugo-Pinetum leucodermis Fuk. 1966). These are relict stands largely destroyed by grazing, and constitute a natural feature that should be protected. Thermophile species are to be found within this community, including Scabiosa leucophylla, Erica carnea, Brachypodium pinnatum and Calamagrostis varia(10).

The Blatačko lake is at an altitude of 1156 m, on a karst plateau of Mt. Bjelašnica, 21 kilometres to the east of Konjic. The lake is rectangular in outline, and up to 500 m long and 140 m wide. In summer, it is up to 2 metres deep. It is not fed by any surface waters, but only by underground rivers. It is right beside the Rakitnica gorge.

Running along the middle from north to south is a spit on which various marsh plants are growing. In summer, where the plant growth is thicker and there is consequently less mud, it is possible to walk on the spit.

The macrophytic plants that have been identified as growing on the spit along the shore are Alisma plantago, Potamogeton natans, Typha latifolia, Polygonum bistorta, Carex spp., Juncus spp., Batrachospermum spp., Lemna minor, Utricularia vesiculosa, and large blankets of algae.

The waters of the lake reach relatively high temperatures in summer, as much as 22° C. This is the result of its shallowness and low volume of water, relatively wide shores and exposure to the sun for much of the day, but for the same reasons it also cools rapidly in bad weather. The temperature changes in this kind of small lake are more rapid and extreme than in large, deep lakes. At this altitude, the lake is partly frozen for four to five months a year, and covered with snow.

The water is yellowish-green in colour and moderately alkaline in reaction. It is used mainly as a watering hole for livestock, which also fertilize the lake, encouraging plant and animal life. Leeches, Hirundo medicinalis and Aulastomum gulo, have been observed in the lake. Both zooplankton and phytoplankton are quite extensive which, together with the presence of mineral and organic detritus, some of which is blown in by the wind, means that the waters of the lake are not very clear.

Since the lake is isolated and not fed by surface waters where there might be fish, it contains no indigenous ichthyofauna. The groups of phytoplankton represented are Schizophyceae, Flagellatae, Dinoflagellatae, Bacillariaceae, Consouthatae and Chlorophyceae, and of zooplankton, Rhizopoda, Ciliata, Rotatoria, Crustacea, and Arthropoda larvae(11).

The lake is surrounded by pastures. Much of the vegetation is low-growing, with occasional shrubs and deciduous trees, mainly beech. To the north of the lake, towards Mt Lovnica, the slopes that are not exposed to high winds are forested.

To the south of the Blatačko lake are the Rakitnica gorge and Mt. Visočica. The Rakitnica gorge, with its steep slopes and crags and shallow soils much influenced by the sub-Mediterranean climate, contains thermophile communities of downy oak and hop hornbeam (Querco-Ostryetum carpinifoliae) and of manna ash and hop hornbeam (Ostryo-Ornetum). The tree species found within these communities include Quercus pubescens, Ostrya carpinifolia, Fraxinus ornus and Sorbus torminalis; shrubby species include Cornus mas, Rhamnus cathartica, Viburnum lantana, Cotinus coggygria, Amelanchier ovalis and Cotoneaster tomentosa. The ground-plant layer includes many light-loving species, including Chrysanthemum corymbosum, Teucrium chamaedrys, Mercurialis ovata, Galium lucidum, Stachys recta and Thymus serpyllum(12).

Endemic alpine meadow species

-       Sesleria juncifolia

-       Sesleria coerulens

-       Festuca panciciana

-       Festuca bosniaca

-       Senecio bosniacus

-       Veronica satureioides

-       Gentiana dinarica

-       Gentiana symphyandra

-       Gentianella crispata

Glacial relicts

-       Dryas octopetala

-       Polygonum viviparum

-       Gentiana kochiana

-       Nigritella nigra

-       Potentilla clusiana

-       Arnica montana

-       Jasione orbiculata

-       Achillea lingulata

-       Lilium bosniacum

High alpine flora of the alpine pastures, rocky terrain and Rakitnica gorge

Plants found in the glacial cirques of Bjelašnica belong to the endemic association Amphoricarpion autariati, and communities in the limestone gorge of the Rakitnica and on dolomitic soils, where the following species of this distinctive flora have been recorded:

-       Edraianthus serpyllifolius

-       Saxifraga caryophylla

-       Minuartia clandestina

-       Silene pusilla

-       Alchemilla velebitica

-       Cerastium dinaricum

The following species are found on limestone soils:

-       Dripis linneana

-       Arabis alpina,

-       Heracleum balcanicum,

-       Stachys recta(13)  

The ichthyopopulation of the Tušilačka river and Rakitnica consists exclusively of salmonids(14).

Reptiles include the globally endangered meadow viper, Vipera ursini macrops, classified as endangered by IUCN, along with other vipers – V. berus bosniaca, V. amodites – and other snakes including Coronella austriaca, Coluber sp, the legless lizard Anguis fragilis, other lizard species – Lacerta vivipara, L. viridis, L. fragilis, L. Muralis – and frogs Hyla arborea and Rana agilis.

The area is also rich in invertebrates, with 127 recorded species of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) and 29 of grasshoppers (Orthoptera). The area is also the habitat of no fewer than 24 species recorded as endangered in Europe.

Invertebrates classed as threatened in Europe, present in the Igman-Bjelašnica-Treskavica-Visočica area

-       Threatened: Maculinea nausithous (butterfly), Maculinea teleius (butterfly), Apatura metis (butterfly);

-       Vulnerable: Dolomedes plantarius (spider), Saga pedo (bush cricket), Hyles hippophaes (moth); 

-       Rare: Helix pomatia (gastropod - snail), Troglophantes gracilis (spider), Troglophantes similes (spider), Troglophantes spinipes (spider), Parnassius apollo (butterfly), Erebia ottomana (butterfly), Epimyrma ravouxi (ant);

-       Insufficiently known: Microcondylae compressa (fresh-water mussel), Unio elegantus (fresh-water mussel), Hirudo medicinalis (leech), Leucorrhinia pectoralis (dragonfly), Myrmeleon formicarius (antlion), Syrichtus tesselum (butterfly), Papilio alexanor (butterfly), Zerynthia polyxena (butterfly), Erebia calcari (butterfly).

The wider area has some 110 species of bird, including, among confirmed birds of prey, the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), the common kestrel (Falco tinninculus), the goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) and the Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes). Only one species on the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the globally vulnerable corncrake (Crex crex), is found in the area(15).

Key species of mammals are present in the area; chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica L), as well as the brown bear (Ursus arctos L) and the wolf (Canis lupus L) in the wider area, and another sixty or so species of mammal.

Larger mammals include the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), pine marten (Martes martes), which is already becoming much rarer, stoat (Mustela erminea), wild cat (Felis silvestris) and lynx (Lynx lynx)(16).

 

3. Legal status to date

The Regional Plan for BiH to 2000 lists 69 sites of necropolises with stećci (3018 stećci) in Konjic Municipality as Category III monuments, without precise identification(17).

A letter from the Institute for the Protection of Monuments of the Federal Ministry of Culture and Sport dated 26 November 2008 lists the following properties:

1. Necropolis of stećci Blace I, at Kosan krst, Municipality Konjic, mediaeval necropolis (approx. 6 stećci),

2. Necropolis of stećci Blace II, about 100m west of necropolis I, mediaeval necropolis (approx. 4 stećci),

3. Necropolis of stećci Blace III, on prominent tumulus at Viš stijena, mediaeval necropolis (approx. 11 stećci),

4. Necropolis of stećci Blace IV, at Babaluša, Municipality Konjic, mediaeval necropolis (approx. 3 stećci),

5. Necropolis of stećci Blace V, 150 m from necropolis IV at Kod Čekića, Municipality Konjic, mediaeval necropolis (approx. 10 stećci), including Komadinov do, 70 m from Blace V, isolated mediaeval stećak (1 stećak),

6. Necropolis of stećci Blace VI, in modern Orthodox cemetery, village of Blace, Municipality Konjic, mediaeval necropolis (approx. 7 stećci),

These properties were not on the Register of Cultural Monuments of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 

4. Research and conservation and restoration works

Research works, in the form of recording and gathering information on the stećci, were carried out by Pavao Anđelić and published in 1975.

No conservation or restoration works have been carried out.

 

5. Current condition of the property

            The findings of on-site inspections carried out on 16 May and 18 August 2009 are as follows:

-       the tombstones are at risk of rapid deterioration as a result of neglect

-       some of the stećci and nišani are chipped, damaged, overturned, or partly or almost wholly buried

-       the sites with the stećci and nišani are not fenced, which enables the local residents to use the plots as pasturage for their livestock

-       the tombstones are covered to a greater or lesser extent with plant organisms (lichens and moss)

-       the tops of most of the stećci are damaged to a greater or lesser extent (cracks, splits, flaking)

-       in the modern Orthodox cemetery, the gabled stećci have been overturned, as have modern tombstones, and the chapel has been vandalized

-       in the village as a whole, most of the houses are in a ruinous state.

 

6. Specific risks

-       disintegration as a result of long-term neglect

-       effects of the elements

-       self-sown vegetation.

 

III – CONCLUSION

Applying the Criteria for the adoption of a decision on proclaiming an item of property a national monument (Official Gazette of BiH nos. 33/02 and 15/03), the Commission has enacted the Decision cited above.

The Decision was based on the following criteria:

A.         Time frame

B.         Historical value

C.         Artistic and aesthetic value

C.i.       quality of workmanship

C.iii.      proportions

C.v.      value of details

D.         Clarity

D.i.       material evidence of a lesser known historical era

D.iv.     evidence of a particular type, style or regional manner

E.         Symbolic value

E.iii.      traditional value

E.v.      significance for the identity of a group of people

G.         Authenticity

G.i.       form and design

G.ii.      material and content

G.iv.     traditions and techniques

G.vi.     location and setting

 

The following documents form an integral part of this Decision:

-       Copy of cadastral plan

-       Copy of land register entry

-       Photodocumentation, photographs taken on site

 

Bibliography

During the procedure to designate the property as a national monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina the following works were consulted:

 

1927.    Protić, Georg. “Hidrobiološke i plankton-studije na jezerima Bosne i Hercegovine” (Hydrobiological and Plankton Studies in the Lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina), Jnl of the National Museum. Sarajevo: Natural History, 1927

 

1932.    Popović, Jovo. “Ljetni stanovi (mahale) na planini Bjelašnici” (Summer quarters [Mahalas] on Mt. Bjelašnica), Jnl of the National Museum (Natural History), Sarajevo, vol. XLIV, 1931, 55-96

 

1975.    Anđelić, Pavao. Historijski spomenici Konjica i okoline (Historic monuments of Konjic and environs). Konjic: 1975, 34

 

1980.    Various authors. Regional Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina; Stage B – valorization of natural, cultural and historical monuments. Sarajevo: Institute for architecture, town planning and regional planning of the Faculty of Architecture in Sarajevo, 1980, 52

 

1982.    Anđelić, Pavao. “Teritorijalno politička organizacija župe Neretve i njezino mjesto u širim političkim okvirima” (Territorial and political organization of the Neretva County and its place in the broader political context) In: Studije o teritorijalnopolitičkoj organizaciji srednjovjekovne Bosne (Studies on the territorial and political organization of mediaeval Bosnia). Sarajevo: 1982

 

1991.    Tabaković-Tošić, Mara et.al. “Prilog poznavanju faune carabidae (Coleoptera) planinskog masiva Igman-Bjelašnica” (Contribution to Knowledge of the Carabidae [Coleoptera] fauna of the Igman-Bjelašnica Mountain Massif). Sarajevo: Jnl of the National Museum of BiH – Natural History, 1991

 

1999.    Beljkašić-Hadžidedić, Ljiljana. Bošnjačka nošnja na Bjelašnici (Bosniac Costumes on Mt Bjelašnica), Sarajevo: 1999

 

2005.    Mušeta-Aščerić, Vesna. Sarajevo i njegova okolina u 15. stoljeću (Sarajevo and Environs in the 15th century). Sarajevo: 2005

 

2006.    Karović, Elma, Kunovac, Saša. Područje sa posebnim karakteristikama: Igman-Bjelašnica-Treskavica i Kanjon Rakitnice (Visočica) (An Area with Distinctive Characteristics: Igman- Bjelašnica-Treskavica and the Rakitnica gorge (Visočica). Sarajevo: 2006

 

2006.    Berilo, Zejnil. Aktuelno stanje populacije Velikog Tetrijeba u planinskom kompleksu Igmana i Bjelašnice (Current State of the Population of the Capercaillie on the Mountain Complex of Igman and Bjelašnica). Sarajevo: 2006

 

2008.    Various authors. Prirodna baština Kantona Sarajevo (The Natural Heritage of Sarajevo Canton). Sarajevo: 2008


(1) Popović, Jovo, „Ljetni stanovi (mahale) na planini Bjelašnici.“ Jnl of the National Museum in Sarajevo (Natural History) XLIV/1932, Sarajevo: 1932. 59; Beljkašić-Hadžidedić, Ljiljana, Bošnjačka nošnja na Bjelašnici, Sarajevo: 1999, 8.

(2) Anđelić, Pavao, “Teritorijalno-politička organizacija župe Neretve i njezino mjesto u širim političkim okvirima”, In: Studije o teritorijalno-političkoj organizaciji Bosne i Hercegovine od najstarijih vremena do pada ovih zemalja pod osmansku vlast. Sarajevo: 1982, 108-110.

(3)  Anđelić, Pavao, op.cit., 1982, 110-156.

(4) Anđelić, Pavao, Historijski spomenici Konjica i okoline, Konjic: 1975, 34, 35.

(5) Tabaković-Tošić, Mara et.al., “Prilog poznavanju faune carabidae (Coleoptera) planinskog masiva Igman-Bjelašnica”, Sarajevo: Jnl of the National Museum (Natural History), 1991, 139-154.

(6) Berilo, Zejnil, Aktuelno stanje populacije Velikog Tetrijeba u planinskom kompleksu Igmana i Bjelašnice, Sarajevo: 2006, 6.-7.

(7) Tabaković-Tošić, Mara, op.cit., Sarajevo: 1991, 140.

(8) Berilo, Zejnil, op cit., Sarajevo: 2006, 8.-9.

(9) Tabaković-Tošić, Mara, op.cit., Sarajevo: 1991, 140.

(10) Karović, Elma; Kunovac, Saša, Područje sa posebnim karakteristikama:Igman-Bjelašnica-Treskavica i Kanjon Rakitnice (Visočica), Sarajevo: 2006, 10.-12.

(11) Georg Protić, “Hidrobiološke i plankton-studije na jezerima Bosne i Hercegovine”, Sarajevo: Jnl of the National Museum (Natural History), 1927, 3-42.

(12) Karović, Elma; Kunovac, Saša, op.cit., Sarajevo: 2006, 10.-12.

(13) Karović, Elma; Kunovac, Saša, op.cit., Sarajevo: 2006, 8.-9.

(14) Various authors, Prirodna baština Kantona Sarajevo, Sarajevo: 2008, 116.

(15) Karović, Elma; Kunovac, Saša, op.cit., Sarajevo: 2006, 28.

(16) Karović, Elma; Kunovac, Saša, op.cit., Sarajevo: 2006, 31.

(17) Various authors, Prostorni plan Bosne i Hercegovine, faza b – valorizacija, prirodne i kulturno-historijske vrijednosti, Sarajevo: Institut za arhitekturu, urbanizam i prostorno planiranje Arhitektonskog fakultet u Sarajevu i Urbanistički zavod za Bosnu i Hercegovinu Sarajevo, 1980, 52.



Plan of the necropolis at Kosan-krstNecropolis at Kosan-krstNecropolis at Kosan-krst - Stećak tombstone no. 2Plan of the necropolis at Kod Čekića
Necropolis at Kod ČekićaNecropolis at Kod Čekića - Stećak tombstone no. 5Plan of the necropolis at Viš stijenaNecropolis at Viš stijena
Necropolis at Viš stijenaNecropolis at Viš stijenaPlan of the tumulus and isolated stećak tombstone at Komadinov doKomadinov do
Groups of two tombstones at tumulus Stećak tombstones at tumulus Plan of the necropolis at BabalušaNecropolis at Babaluša
Blace necropolis - Nišan tombstone no. 1Blace necropolis - Nišan tombstone no. 1Plan of the necropolis with nišan tombstonesNecropolis with nišan tombstones
Plan of the necropolis in the Orthodox cemeteryNecropolis in the Orthodox cemeteryStećak tombstones in the Orthodox cemeteryStećak tombstones in the Orthodox cemetery
Group of stećak tombstones in the Orthodox cemeteryNecropolis in the Orthodox cemetery - CrossesNecropolis in the Orthodox cemetery - Stećak tombstone no. 4Necropolis in the Orthodox cemetery - Stećak tombstone no. 5
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