(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The new sites, in the order of their inscription, are: Stećci - Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia) - This serial property combines 30 sites, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, western Serbia, western Montenegro and central and southern Croatia, representing these cemeteries and regionally distinctive medieval tombstones, or stećci. The cemeteries, which date from the 12 to 16 centuries CE, 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...
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