Zavala ( sr-cyr, Завала) is a village in the

Ravno Ravno is a village and municipality located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ravno was a separate municipality until 1963, when it became a part of the Trebinje munici ...

municipality, in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

Geography

The village lies in the south-western part of

Popovo polje Popovo field ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Popovo polje, Попово поље, , ) is a ''polje'' (karstic field) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in a southernmost region of the country, near the Adriatic coast. Its size is . Popovo polje ...

, in southernmost part of

, some 400 metres from the

Vjetrenica Vjetrenica ( sr-cyrl, Вјетреница, ; ) is the largest cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the most biodiverse cave in the world. It is part of the Dinaric Alps mountain range, which is known for its karstic and speleological features. The ...

cave. Zavala includes the hamlet of Mareva Ljut.

History

Zavala was part of the medieval ''

župa A župa (or zhupa, županija) is a historical type of administrative division in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that originated in medieval South Slavic culture, commonly translated as "parish", later synonymous "kotar", commonly translate ...

'' (county) of Popovo, mentioned in a charter issued by Grand Prince

Miroslav of Hum Miroslav Zavidović ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Завидовић) was a 12th-century Great Prince ('' Veliki Župan'') of Zachumlia from 1162 to 1190, an administrative division (appanage) of the Grand Principality of Serbia ('' Rascia'') coverin ...

to the Church of St. Peter by the

Lim river The Lim (Serbian Cyrillic: Лим, ) is a river that flows through Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and is long.

at the end of 12th century. The village of Zavala was mentioned in a 1372 document. In the 14th century, Popovo was governed by the Nikolić noble family, and then the

Sanković noble family The Sanković was a powerful Bosnian noble family active in the 14th and start of the 15th century in Hum, serving the Serbian and Bosnian monarchies. Their seat was in Glavatičevo, where the family burial place is also located (hamlet Biskupi), a ...

. Throughout the 15th century, until the region fell to the Ottoman Empire, the Kosača family held possession of Popovo. The Klisura fort was built by the Kosača on the hills above Zavala in the early 15th century. In the period of 1961–1991, Zavala was the seat of the Zavala municipality.

Culture

Zavala monastery The Zavala Monastery ( sr, Манастир Завала, Manastir Zavala) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the village of Zavala on the southwestern edge of Popovo Polje, in Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina municipality, in southernmost par ...

, Serbian Orthodox monastery founded in 1271

Anthropology

The families of Zavala before the Yugoslav wars were the Vukanović,

Korać Korać is a surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Dušan Korać (disambiguation), multiple people * Milorad Korać (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager * Radivoj Korać (1938–1969), Serbian basketball player * Vitomir Kor ...

, Čalank, Andrić, Jović, Srba,

Šešelj Šešelj is a Serbo-Croatian surname, borne by Croats and Serbs, found in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. It may refer to: * Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian politician * Jadranka Šešelj, Serbian politician * Zlatko Šešelj, Croatian po ...

, Tupajić, Turanjanin, Nedić, Vulić. These have mostly left for

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the re ...

Demographics

In the 1991 census, the village itself had 105 inhabitants, of whom 89 were ethnic Serbs, 12 Croats, and 4 Yugoslavs. According to the 2013 census, its population was 186.

References

External links

rtrs.tv: Огњишта › Дубљани и Завала
Populated places in Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina Villages in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serb communities in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Popovo Polje {{HerzegovinaNeretvaCanton-geo-stub