Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards World Heritage Site

Official name

Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards | UNESCO

Country

Croatia | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

43.9220° Lat, 17.9240° Lon | Map

Code

1504

Time Zone

Europe/Zagreb (CET, +0100)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2016. 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.