Kupres Municipality

Monuments & Memorials


Village/MZ Address Name Type Year Author Still Exists Date Mapped Description
Donje Vukovsko Katanića Bare Memorial cemetery for 73 members of the Katanić family Cemetery 1962 Yes
Kupres Town park Partisans' cemetery with 66 fallen fighters Cemetery 1974 No Included large monument in centre, commemorating fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror. Destroyed in 1995. Originally created prior to 1960, but reorganized and sculpture added in 1974.
Kupres Partisans' cemetery Bust of NH Miloš Ždero Bust Relocated Created before 1960. Relocated to Blagaj before 1982, most likely c.1974.
Kupres 500 metres north of town centre Collective grave of fallen fighters Communal Grave 1951
Kupres Monument to the Liberation of Kupres Monument No Destroyed in 1995
Gornji Malovan Monument to Victims of Fascist Terror Monument Re-dedicated Pedestal remains, with stone fragments of plaque scattered around survived. Reconstructed in 2017
Vukovsko Close to Orthodox church Monument to commemorate 180 Victims of Fascist Terror Monument Re-dedicated Created before 1983. Heavily damaged in 1994, and remained in very poor condition. Renovated and re-dedicated 2020, with large cross added.
Donje Vukovsko Katanići Monument to fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror Monument Replaced Created before 1982. Replaced 2019,with component commemorating 1992-95 war added. Previously overturned and heavily damaged.
Kupreško polje Approx. 5 km west of Blagaj Monument to commemorate Partisan airfield from which Tito departed to Vis Monument Yes June 2023 Created in 1988 or 1989. Made of two plane wings.
Ivanjske Poljane Velika Drežnica Plaque to commemorate the departure of the first Partisan fighters from Livno Memorial Plaque
Kupres Fountain to commemorate 60 fallen fighters of the IV Proletarian Brigade Fountain 1951
Rilić Ossuary of fallen fighters Ossuary 1963 Yes Burials possibly interred in 1960. Renovated 2023.
Begovo Selo Monument to Victims of Fascist Terror Monument Yes Created before 1982. Commemorated 93 Victims of Fascist Terror from the Spremo and Gligurić families. Plaque destroyed, but monument still standing.
Bućovača Monument to Victims of Fascist Terror Monument 1986 Yes Some plaques missing, and in generally poor condition. Components commemorating 1992-95 war added c. 2020.
Manojlovići Monument to fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror Monument Replaced Replaced in 2021, with new monument also commemorating the 1992-95 war.
Kudilji Monument to fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror Monument Created before 1982.
Rilić Monument to organizers of the Uprising and Prvoborci Monument 1951 No Possibly included burials. In very poor condition with plaque missing by 1960.