File 13st Radimlja.jpg thumb Radimlja is a ste ak necropolis located near Stolac , Bosnia and Herzegovina . coord 43 05 32 N 17 55 27 E region BA type landmark source kolossus huwiki display title Category Bosnia and Herzegovina architecture Category Bosnia and Herzegovina culture Category Stolac BosniaHerzegovina stub bs Radimlja hr Nekropola Radimlja hu Radimlje bogumil nekropolisza sr sv Radimlja ... more details
File Stecak Zmeljaski Muzej Sarajevo.jpg right thumb 200px Ste ak in front of National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina File Stecak Radimlja.jpg right thumb 200px Ste ak from Radimlja near Stolac , 13th century. Engraving on the tombstone May this hand make you think about yours . File Mramorje 2.JPG right thumb 200px Mramorje Peru ac Ste ak necropolis near Peru ac , Serbia . File Stecak Cista Provo.jpg right thumb 200px Ste ak in Cista Provo , Croatia The Ste ci singular Ste ak , are monumental medieval tombstone s 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina and the rest of 10,000 are found in Croatia , Serbia , and Montenegro . ref name reuters cite news url http www.reuters.com article lifestyleMolt idUSTRE5A13MK20091102 work Reuters title Balkans to nominate medieval tombstones to U.N. list first Daria last Sito Sucic date November 2, 2009 ref Appearing in the 11th century, the ste ci reached their peak in the late 14th to 15th centuries, before dying away during the Ottoman occupation.Ste ci tombstones belonging to the medieval Bosnia and the Bosnian Church Bosnian heretics , who was part of the European rebellion against the Vatican sup Evidence? sup . Symbols of the tombstones indicate Gothic Celtic origin of Bosnians and the largest Bosnian king Tvrtko Kotorman Kotromanic derived from Kotorman the Goth sup Evidence? sup .Epitafier on the tombstones are written in Bosnian alphabet bosan ica and the alphabets belonging to the Bosnian church and medieval Bosnia. The largest collection of ste ci are outside the city Radimlja in Herzegovina. The Ste ci have been nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage Site UNESCO World Heritage List as Joint Cultural Heritage by the four countries in 2009. ref name reuters Etymology The word itself is a Contraction grammar contracted form of the older word stoje ak , which is derived from the ... more details
for other meanings Necropolis disambiguation Wiktionary necropolis Image Tyre necropolis.jpg thumb View of the Tyre Necropolis in Tyre, Lebanon Lebanon. Image Banditaccia1.jpg thumb View of the Etruscan civilization Etruscan necropolis of Banditaccia in Cerveteri , Italy. Image Nekropole Taranto Via Crispi.jpg thumb Athlete tomb in the necropolis in Taranto , Italy. Image Nepasa necropolis.jpg thumb Nepasa necropolis in Algeria . Image GM Guelma Roknia01.jpg thumb Roknia necropolis in Algeria . Image Necropolis de San Carlos Borromeo 2007.jpg thumb Necropolis de San Carlos Borromeo in Cuba, August 2007. Image Powazki 1920.JPG thumb right The Battle of Warsaw 1920 section of Pow zki Cemetery in Warsaw , Poland . Image Chaukundi1.JPG thumb Chaukundi necropolis near Karachi , Pakistan . Image Rabat, Chellah ruins 7.jpg thumb 200px Part interior of the Chellah necropolis in Rabat , Morocco . A necropolis Greek plural necropoleis Latin plural necropoles is a large cemetery or burial ground, usually including structural tomb s. The word comes from the Greek language Greek nekropolis , literally meaning city of the dead . Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds, near the centers of ancient civilizations, such as an abandoned city or town. Grave field is a term for prehistoric burial grounds that do not include any above ground structures or markers. These include row graves , urnfield s, tumuli , etc. List of examples Albania Hadrianopol ref http www.romansociety.org fileadmin documents doc Hadrianopolis.doc ref Algeria Nepasa Roknia Sen m ref http www.gutenberg.org files 15590 15590 h 15590 h.htm Pg 094 ref Austria Zentralfriedhof Vienna Imperial Crypt, Vienna Imperial Crypt Vienna Burgstallkogel Sulm valley Sulm valley necropolis Australia Rookwood Necropolis Sydney The Necropolis, Springvale Melbourne Melbourne General Cemetery Bosnia and Herzegovina Radimlja Mramor ... more details
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