{"id":10549,"date":"2025-08-23T16:28:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondacijabassania.org\/en\/?p=10549"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:35:28","slug":"bosanski-petrovac-medieval-church-and-necropolis-of-kolunic-and-roman-milestones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondacijabassania.org\/en\/blog\/bosanski-petrovac-medieval-church-and-necropolis-of-kolunic-and-roman-milestones\/","title":{"rendered":"Bosanski Petrovac: Medieval Church and Necropolis of Koluni\u0107 and Roman Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By: Emir Medanhod\u017ei\u0107<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Church of St. George and the surrounding necropolis of ste\u0107ci<\/em> were declared a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007. They represent a unique heritage site, but are now completely neglected and ruined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex consists of around twenty rounded ste\u0107ci<\/em> slabs bearing symbols of lilies and crosses, as well as a particularly significant inscription with the name +Ostoja+Ostoji\u0107 written in Glagolitic script, considered the second oldest Glagolitic inscription in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the ste\u0107ci<\/em> have sunk into the ground and are severely damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Koluni\u0107 site itself is located about 3 km from the town center and in the Middle Ages belonged to the parish of Pset, inhabited by members of the Koluni\u0107 clan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The early Christian Romanesque-style church is believed to have been built in the 13th\/14th century and changed rulers until the Ottoman conquest. Because it is surrounded by ste\u0107ci<\/em> and features a tall tower of about 13 meters without internal stairs, it is assumed to have been an Arian Bosnian church, although both the Orthodox and Catholic churches claim its ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This area was also linked to Roman roads such as the Via Ester, which ran from Salona through Drvar, O\u0161trelj, and Bosanski Petrovac. Several Roman milestones were found here; I managed to locate and photograph one, while others have been moved to museums, and some were unfortunately destroyed and used as construction material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to thank my friend Elfiraz, who guided me through the sites in Bosanski Petrovac.<\/p>\n\n\n

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