In the area of Dvor, located about 6 km from Visoko at the turnoff from Buci toward Kralupi, the existence of medieval tombstones has been recorded across three locations. Regarding the sites in the Dvor and Ginje areas, a problematic issue arises with the...
The latest field tour of the Visoko surroundings for the Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” was highly successful. As the "icing on the cake" at the end of the route, our guide Mahir led us to a necropolis of medieval tombstones in the village of Ćatići, which...
Not far from the new mosque in Goduša and the contemporary Muslim cemetery, two medieval tombstones in the shape of chests are located in the garden of a house next to the local road. One is oriented in an east–west direction, while the other is oriented north–south....
During a recent tour of the Visoko surroundings, in the village of Goduša, we encountered a sight that horrified us, as we have never seen anything like it before. In a house built in the 70s or 80s of the last century, constructed and inhabited by the Malešević...
Over the past five years, the "Guardians of Heritage – Bassania" Foundation has recorded approximately 100 previously unrecorded necropolises of medieval tombstones. It remains a constant challenge for us to document sites that have not been noted in the...
The prehistoric hillfort and Roman castrum (kaštel) of Veliki Gradac is located on the prominent Velika Gradina hill, at an elevation of 725 m, situated between the valleys of the Kraljušnica and Goduščica rivers. At the highest part of the Gradina lies "Vis," an...
By: Emir Medanhodžić Škav or Bosnić (named after the noble family Bosnić) is a small medieval town ($14^{th}$–$15^{th}$ century), of which only ruined walls remain and which is not mentioned in historical documents. It was first recorded by M. Mandić in 1928, but...
Following our announcement on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, regarding the endangerment of the medieval tombstone necropolis Crkvina in the village of Fajtovci, Sanski Most municipality, the Commission to Preserve National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina contacted us...
The Crkvina necropolis, located on Martin Hill in the village of Fajtovci, Sanski Most, is situated near the Zlauša open-pit brown coal mine, about twenty kilometers from Sanski Most, under concession by the company Lager. Coal exploitation in the open pit is...
By: Emir Medanhodžić, President of the Steering Board of the Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” Gradac / Crkvina in Mali Mošunj, Vitez municipality, is a prehistoric Illyrian hillfort from the Bronze and Iron Ages, where archaeological excavations have...
By: Feđa Kulina In the settlement of Podvlaštica, at the entrance to Orebić, a necropolis of medieval tombstones was formerly located on the site of today’s modern Catholic cemetery and the Church of St. George. It was destroyed during the construction of the church...
The “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” Foundation is pleased to announce that on January 26, 2026, it signed a grant agreement with the NGO “Nešto više” as part of the EU-funded project “Protection of Cultural Heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Support of the...
Ljubomišlje is a village located near Žepa, approximately 20 km as the crow flies northeast of Rogatica. At the Docevi site, there is a necropolis with a total of 48 medieval tombstones, as recorded by Šefik Bešlagić, consisting of 22 slabs, 19 chests, and seven...
After visiting Batovo, we continued toward the village of Slatina, where we were met by our guide Sulejman, an excellent connoisseur of this region. We set out toward the Kaurine hill, about 1 km east of the village, where a necropolis with 14 medieval tombstones is...
Arriving at the village of Batovo, situated along the Batovka River—which later flows into the Janjina in Međurječje—was an exceptionally pleasant surprise due to the natural beauty and the wealth of cultural and historical heritage. It is a true hidden gem; according...