Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convetion administered
by the United Nations Educationa, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO World Heritgae List. They seek to encourage the identification, protection and preservation
of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
This property consists of 28 sites located in Bosnia, Herzegovina, western Serbia, western Montenegro and central and southern Croatia. The cemeteries date from
the 12th to 16th centuries CE. The stećci are mostly
carved from limestone and cover a wide variety of
decorative motifs and inscriptions that represent iconographic continuities within the medieval Europe
and local traditions. The site is home to around 4,000 medieval tombstones.
Visual Identity. October 2020. UNESCO World Heritage Site



