Stećci - medieval monolithic stone monuments

Stećci are medieval monolithic stone monuments prevalent in almost the entire area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as parts of Serbia, Montenegro, and Croatia.

They originated in the second half of the 12th century and were intricately carved and decorated in the 14th and 15th centuries. The production of stećci gradually disappeared in the 16th century.

In the Dalmatian hinterland, the western part of Imotska Krajina, at the intersection of the main road between Cista Velika and Cista Provo, lies the most significant group of stećci in Croatia, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016. Decorated with various motifs such as crosses, crescents, stars, vegetal motifs, hunting scenes, scenes of people in a circle, dueling scenes, etc., around 90 stećci are scattered across the meadow on both sides of the road.

Besides the stećci, on the south side of the road, the meadow descends into a valley where you will find seven wells dating back to the early 18th century. They served as sources of drinking water and watering holes for livestock until the second half of the 20th century when most local households built cisterns-wells and abandoned the wells.