Blace (Konjic)

Blace
Blace
	Village
	Blace
	Coordinates: 43°37′01″N 18°07′01″E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Municipality	Konjic
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Blace (Cyrillic: Блаце) is a village in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Blace village (1,215 m) is located in close proximity to the Blatačko Lake on a karstic plateau of the Bjelašnica mountain, on the very edge of the Rakitnica canyon.

National monument

Blace In combination with lake's natural position. and surrounding space's rich cultural-historical heritage, with prehistoric grave mounds, medieval necropolises with stećak and nišani tombstones, in and around the village, forming one combined cultural landscape with part of the deep Rakitnica canyon, and is designated as a National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

References

Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.
"Blatačko Lake, cultural landscape - Commission to preserve national monuments". old.kons.gov.ba. 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

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[1] Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991.

[Blatačko-old.kons.gov.ba-2] "Blatačko Lake, cultural landscape - Commission to preserve national monuments". old.kons.gov.ba. 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2018.