The photo exhibition "Stećci Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro" by Mirjana Vukasović, archivist at the Museum of the City of Perast, and realized by the Municipal Public Institution "Museums" Kotor, will be opened tomorrow at the National Museum in Čačak at 19:XNUMX.
"The exhibition is the result of ten years of research and was created on the basis of recordings made by Goran Ž. A mosquito. On it, the stećci will be presented in photographs, their transcript and the translation of the text into English. The inscriptions on the stećaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro are written in the Cyrillic script," the organizers point out.
The exhibition was created with the aim of emphasizing the period in which medieval tombstones were created in the form of large stone pieces and thus affirming the cultural heritage in these areas, which is of immeasurable importance for the cultural history of the region and Europe.
In 2016, Stećci found a place on the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage. The organizers of the exhibition consider it of great importance to present stećak to the general public, so that they can get to know the culture of their ancestors.
"Stećak is material evidence of a time and space, which is according to scientific knowledge, it dates from the second half of the 12th to the 16th century. The very practice of burying under the stećak stopped in the 16th century, but they continued their life in the spiritual being of the people and communities that inhabited the given space," the announcement states.
The installation was previously exhibited in Belgrade and Zaječar, and now in Čačak, where it will be opened by the architect Miloš Radovanović.
The exhibition was realized in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia and will be open until April 8.
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