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Stećak Necropolis Ričina (Posušje)
The Stećak Necropolis Ričine is the medieval necropolis with stećak tombstones on the right bank of the Ričina (Posušje), Ričina stream, located in the village of Čitluk, on the main road from Posušje towards Tomislavgrad, municipality of Posušje, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The necropolis is also designated a National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina, National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina by the Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Commission to preserve national monuments in 2019. The necropolis was first registered in 1988 as an archaeological site in the ''Archaeological Lexicon of Bosnia and Herzegovina'', namely as a prehistoric tumulus on which there is a necropolis of stećaks, and between the stećaks, the remains of the walls of a building that is supposed to be a medieval church can be seen. Part of the stećak was destroyed during the construction of the road and the construction of the bridge. On both sides of the Ričin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stećak
Stećak (plural stećci; Cyrillic стећак, стећци) 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 a variety of recognizable stećak forms, with certain percentage being richly decorated and some individual stećci also containing inscriptions in form of epitaphs. Appearing in the mid 12th century, with the first phase in the 13th century, the custom of cutting and using stećci tombstones reached its peak in the 14th and 15th century, before being discontinued in the very early 16th century during the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They were a common tradition amongst Bosnian, Catholic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
