STEĆCI I „KIKLOPSKE ZIDINE“ NA PODRUČJU ŠTREPACA U KONTEKSTU RAZVOJA RURALNOG TURIZMA U BRČKO DISTRIKTU BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE
STECAK TOMBSTONES AND "CYCLOPIAN WALLS" IN THE AREA OF STREPACA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TOURISM IN THE BRCKO DISTRICT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: The village of Strepci is located on the Majevica mountain, it borders the villages of Gornji Rahic, Donji Zovik, Gornji Zovik and Islamovac, administratively it belongs to the Brcko district of BiH. Near the village there are two medieval stecak necropolises. The first necropolis was located near today's chapel of St. Jurija, and one specific stecak with an inscription in Bosnian was described in 1895 by Cira Truhelka. The second necropolis is located in a nearbyforest and is not known to the public. There is not a lot of reliable information about the locality, which is popularly called Cyclopian Walls ("Kiklopske zidine")or "Gradina", except for a few authors who discreetly draw attention to this locality. The large stone blocks are grouped into one "large" and two "smaller" locations. The blocks are made of sandstone (sedimentary deposits of sand). On certain stone blocks, after removing the moss, traces of anthropogenic influence can be clearly seen in the form of chips during processing, perforations fromvarious tools and carved symbols resembling letters, arrows, etc. In general,tourism, especially rural tourism, is poorly developed in Brcko District. The area of Strepac is a very interesting locality with great potential for the development of local rural tourism. Given the fact that in the area of Brcko District, apart from the mentioned two necropolises, there are currently no other recorded ones, they certainly represent a pearl for rural tourism in Brcko. Also, the site of Cyclopian Walls is a special attraction for this area. The need to involve the professional public is of primary importance for any further possible procedures for marking the locality and protecting it in order to potentially exploit this locality for the purposes of rural tourism in the Brcko District of BiH

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