„Stećak“ necropolis Boljuni

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The necropolis is located in a village of Boljuni, 12 kilometers southwest of Stolac. It has 273 stećaks in total. It is a third by size and first by the number of decorated stećaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A total of 105 of them are decorated. Most of them originate from 15th and 16th century. The most significant decoration found in Boljuni are different crosses carved in different varieties, a motif of a wine grape with a triplet leaf, a motif of a shield and a sword, motifs of rosettes and plastic ribbons, motifs of human and animal figures, hunting scenes, dancing scenes, the moon and stars. A figure of a woman with a child in her arms which probably symbolizes the Lady with little Jesus attracts special attention. The most abundantly decorated stećak is the one with a large cross where a Duke Vlatko Vuković of Kosača kin is buried.

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