Stećak
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Stećak is the name for monumental medieval tombstones that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the border parts of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. An estimated 60,000 are found within the
Although gable-shaped with a slab pedestal is not the most represented form of stećak (9%), they are usually the most elaborately and richly decorated ones.
Stećci at Radimlja necropolis
The sacral motif of deer is considered to be of Paleo-Balkan and pre-Christian origin.
Two stećci with motifs of kolo
Vlachs in medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina were a Western Balkans based population descending from a mixture of Romanized pre-Slavic Romance-speaking peoples and the South Slavs. From the 14th century
Stećak
…Bosnia and Herzegovina. They were a common tradition amongst Bosnian, Catholic and Orthodox Church followers alike, and were used by both Slavic and the Vlach populations. On the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, all found individual and stećci grouped in necropolises are considered immovable heritage and…
Vlach funerary monuments in Radimlja