Mramorje (Serbian Cyrillic: Мраморје) or Bagruša (Багруша) is a medieval necropolis, located in Perućac, Serbia, and is among the best preserved necropoli of the region.[1] The necropolis was built in the 14th century, and extends between the Drina river and the main road that follows its course, at the entrance of the settlement. The site is protected by the Republic of Serbia, as a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance,[1] but is nevertheless threatened by the Drina river on one side and the continued expanding of the town of Perućac, on the other.[1] Stećaks was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, of which 3 sites are located in Serbia, Mramorje being one of them.[2]
The Necropolis
The Necropolis, with about 200 tombstones made of solid limestone, was established in the fourteenth century. The largest found specimens of tombstones in the necropolis reach a length of 2 metres (6.6 ft), and a width and height of nearly 1 metre (3.3 ft).[1] Earlier sources record a number of 122 monuments, while according to recent data, there are 93 as follows: 46 panel, 18 slemenjak with stand, 10 slemenjak without stand, 7 sarcophagus with stand, 10 sarcophagus without base, and 2 amorphous samples. Over time, some of the tombstones were moved, others have sunken into the ground, while several items were transferred to museums (two tombstones with no decorations are in the collection of the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade, and one is in the National Museum in Užice).[1]
Tombstones in the necropolis are arranged in regular rows, and also tend to have an east-west orientation. No inscriptions can be read on the tombstones, however a number of them are fine-processed, very few of them are decorated, and there are a few recorded motifs (including circles, the moon, and sword and shield designs).[3]
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- St. Achillius Church
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- Dositej's Lyceum
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- Belgrade Cathedral
- Museum of 4 July
- Illegal Partisan Printing Houses
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- Cer Memorial Ossuary
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- Lepenski Vir
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- Hajduk Veljko's Powder Magazine
- Early Byzantine Tomb with Frescoes
- Skull Tower
- Niš concentration camp
- Đurđevi stupovi
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- Sopoćani
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- Kalenić monastery
- Smederevo fortress
- Museum of 1941 Upraising
- Partisan printing house "Borba"
- Headquarters of the Main People's Liberation Comity of Serbia
- Plant nursery, Užice
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- House of Dimitrije Tucović
- Wine cellar, Atenica
- Memorial chapel with the crypt, Prnjavor
- Wooden Church, Dub
- Sirogojno Old Village
- Partisan Hospital, Krčagovo
- Monument to the Unknown Hero
- Memorial Rooms in Prohor Pčinjski
- Bođani monastery
- Franciscan Church, Bač
- Dunđerski Palace
- Neštin House
- Bački Petrovac House
- Beočin monastery
- Rakovac monastery
- Šlajz
- Bishop's palace, Vršac
- Mesić monastery
- Vojinović Bridge
- Medieval palace of Vučitrn
- Monastery of Saint Barbara
- Wooden house of Lođani
- Hadum mosque
- Serbian Orthodox Church in Čurug
- Church of St. Nicholas, Stari Slankamen
- Velika Remeta monastery
- Vrdnik-Ravanica
- Grgeteg monastery
- Jazak monastery
- Krušedol monastery
- Mala Remeta monastery
- Novo Hopovo monastery
- Staro Hopovo monastery
- Presentation of Jesus Church, Krušedol Selo
- Gorioč monastery
- Bogorodica Hvostanska
- Church of St. John, Crkolez
- Church of St. Nicholas, Đurakovac
- Church of St. Nicholas, Kikinda
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- Serbian Orthodox Church in Mokrin
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- Romanian Orthodox Church in Uzdin
- Holy Thetokos Church, Vaganeš
- Ubožac Monastery
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- Dormition Church, Novi Sad
- Novo Brdo Fortress
- Church of St. Nicholas and St. John, Velika Hoča
- Vojlovica monastery
- Transfiguration Church, Pančevo
- Transfiguration Church, Budisavci
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- Church of St. Jeremiah, Goraždevac
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- Terzijski Bridge
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