Lavšići is a village located approximately six kilometers east of Olovo. According to the 1910 Dictionary of Populated Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lavšići was recorded as a hamlet of the village of Berisalići, while the 1977 census lists it as an independent...
In the immediate vicinity of the medieval town of Klis near Olovo, nestled within a coniferous forest, lie three small, separate necropolises containing a total of 11 beautifully carved medieval tombstones. The first necropolis contains three medieval tombstones, the...
The Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” organized a major cleanup action for the Crkvine necropolis in the village of Razići, Glavatičevo Local Community, Konjic, on Saturday, June 6. The action gathered fifteen participants, including Foundation members and...
The Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” is organizing a voluntary cleanup action for the Crkvine necropolis of medieval tombstones in the village of Razići, Glavatičevo Local Community. The event will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2026, starting at 10:00 AM. We...
By: Emir Medanhodžić Do you know which necropolis of medieval tombstones was once the largest in Bosnia and Herzegovina? It was the Mramorje necropolis in Bosansko Grahovo, which held around 1,000 medieval tombstones! MRAMORJE (Mramor Cemetery) is located in the...
It took the team from The Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” about an hour to find the Krnja Jela necropolis deep in the forest, with the help of our guide Omer. We set out on foot across the traditional dovište (prayer site) in Banjalučica, which features...
A few days ago, Enver Šljivnjak from the village of Šljivno contacted us after discovering an unusually carved stone among construction waste, asking what it actually was. We immediately recognized a beautifully carved medieval tombstone (a chest with a pedestal) and...
The Illyrian hillfort “Grad” in Banjalučica is situated at an elevation of approximately 840 meters, on the border between the municipalities of Sokolac and Olovo, and is not recorded in the Archaeological Lexicon of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a large military...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DtzShGaF5k The President of the Board of Directors of The Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania”, Emir Medanhodžić, appeared as a guest on Radio Konjic. During the broadcast, he spoke about the recently held cleanup action for the...
The Foundation team, consisting of Feđa, Nedžada, and Emir, visited the Raškovnica necropolis of medieval tombstones in the village of Dolovi near Olovo. The site is located on an Illyrian tumulus and contains 44 medieval tombstones in the shape of chests and gabled...
By: Emir Medanhodžić The Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” organized a cleanup action for the Grkovine necropolis in Jezeprasina, Bjelimići, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. This is a large necropolis (ranking among the three largest in the Konjic municipality)...
The Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” is organizing a voluntary cleanup action for the Vuc-kamen (Grkovina) necropolis in the village of Jezeprasina, Bjelimići Local Community, to be held on Saturday, May 9, 2026. We invite all members, friends, supporters,...
By: Emir Medanhodžić I read this outstanding book on the history of Bosnian-Herzegovinian archaeology in a single breath, in just one day. It presents the remarkable biography of archaeologist Vejsil Čurčić, who lived through five different political systems in...
The "Heritage Guardians – Bassania" Foundation team, consisting of Tomo, Feđa, and Emir, visited two necropolises in Breza to inspect their condition, following reports that they had been moved, damaged, and desecrated. The Kaurina necropolis is situated on a dominant...
By: Emir Medanhodžić Here we are again in Banjalučica, which boasts five necropolises—an exceptional number for a single village. The Krnja Rijeka necropolis has 24 medieval tombstones; in the hamlet of Karetići, there are two necropolises—Šumarak with 18 and Lokve...