Stećak - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Stećak - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Stećak or Stećci in plural form 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 borders of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina and the rest of 10,000 are found in what are today Croatia (4,400), Montenegro (3,500), and Serbia (2,100), at more than 3,300 odd sites with over 90% in poor condition. They are cut in variety of recognizable stećak forms, with certain percentage being richly decorated and some individual stećaks also containing inscriptions in form of epitaphs. Read more on Wikipedia
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