Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia - Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (2016 Inscribed)

"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."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage


Postcard 1 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
What an awesome surprise postcard of Radimlja - medieaval necropolis of tombestones of Bosnia and Herzegovina. My last missing Europe UNESCO World Heritage postcard finally received. Thanks so much to Marcel of Germany - danke!




Postcard 2 - Croatia
Crljivica Stecci is a mediaval tombstone site that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thanks to Nikola of Croatia.

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