These medieval tombstones are scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the border parts of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia
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| Stećci Tombstones in Croatia |
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.
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| Stećci Tombstones in Croatia |
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.
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| Stećci Tombstones in Serbia |
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. - in: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1504/
I'm still missing a postcard from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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