Stecakland

STEĆAK is the name for monumental medieval tombstones that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the border parts of Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. They date from the 12th to 16th centuries CE, and 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. Since 2016, they have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage. Creative Europe project StećakLand aims to take us to the world where the symbols from the stećak “live” and introduce us to their meaning. Experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro will choose the most representative stećaks whose ornaments will populate the digital environment – StećakLand.