Bileća Municipality

Monuments & Memorials


Village/MZ Address Name Type Year Author Still Exists Date Mapped Description
Bileća Ul. Ravnogorska Park of National Heroes Memorial Park 1972 Yes September 2019
Bileća Park of National Heroes Memorial ossuary of fallen fighters from Bileća Ossuary 1952 Ante Kostović, Mirko Ostoja Yes Mirko Ostoja created additional relief between 1964 and 1977
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Vlada Tomanović Bust 1973 Yes
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Milan Kukić Bust 1973
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Danilo Šarenac Bust Yes
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Pavle Vukoja Bust Stolen 2008
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Jefto Bošnjak Bust 1973 No Stolen shortly after 1995, pedestal still in situ
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Vlado Vučinić Bust 1973 Yes
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Jovan Bobot Bust 1973 Yes Stolen & recovered prior to 2008.
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Rade Milićević Bust 1973 Yes Stolen & recovered prior to 2008.
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Žarko Papić Bust 1973 Yes
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Miloš Bojović Bust 1973 Yes
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of NH Miro Popara Bust 1961 Yes
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Nikola Bjelica - Breda Bust 1973 Yes
Bileća Park of National Heroes Bust of Hajrudin Selimović - Hako Bust 1973 No Disappeared prior to 2013, pedestal still in situ. Possibly not originally situated in park.
Bileća Building of former political prison Memorial House
Bileća Beside former prison Monument to KPJ members interned in prison Monument 1958
Bileća Beside former prison Bust of Moša Pijade Bust 1958 Vladimir Herljević
Bileća Beside former prison Bust of NH Ivo Lola Ribar Bust 1958 Vladimir Herljević
Bileća Beside former prison Bust of Ivan Milutinović Bust 1958 Vladimir Herljević
Bileća Park beside library Bust of Radovan Papić Bust 1986 Nikola Njirić Yes
Bileća Ul. Nikole Pašića, Scout Hall Plaque to commemorate the 10th Herzegovinian Division Memorial Plaque 1952 Relocated Relocated in 2012 to make space for a monument to the Chetnik movement.
Baljci Elementary school Plaque to commemorate formation of Bileća Partisan Battalion and I Herzegovinian Partisan Assault Battalion Memorial Plaque 1951 Possibly replaced at a later date
Baljci Collective grave of fallen fighters Communal Grave 1960 Yes Remains of 10 fallen fighters including NH Miloš Bajović interred here.
Bogdašići Collective grave of fallen fighters Communal Grave 1961 13 fallen fighters interred here. Still existed and in moderate condition but well maintained as of 2016
Korita Monument to fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror Monument Created before 1983.
Korita Korita Jama Monument to Victims of Fascist Terror Monument 1991 Yes
Korita Korita Jama Ossuary of Victims of Fascist Terror, with monument to fallen fighters Ossuary 1966 Nandor Glid Yes Remains of Victims of Fascist Terror interred in 1956, but monument not completed until 1966. Monument heavily modified in 1991 to include sculpture by Nandor Glid.
Granica Plaque to mark place where Sitnica, Bileća & Stolac Partisan Battalions were formed Memorial Plaque 1961
Zvijerina Elementary school Plaque to mark location of hospital of NOPO Command for Herzegovina Memorial Plaque Created before 1983.
Zvijerina Village cemetery Collective grave of fallen fighters Communal Grave 1963 Replaced 14 fallen fighters interred here. Replaced in 2010, with cross added to new dedicatory stela. Possibly not original location.
Krstače Plaque to commemorate place of formation of Vladimir Gaćinović Battalion Memorial Plaque 1961
Plana Alongside main road at southern entrance to village Ossuary of fallen fighters of the V Montenegrin Proletarian Brigade Ossuary 1961 Yes Contains remains of 41 fallen fighters.
Pađeni Monument to fallen fighters and Victims of Fascist Terror Monument 1986 Ljubo Vojvodić, Vuk Roganović
Orahovice Elementary school Plaque to mark location of the People's Liberation Committee for the Bileća region in Winter and Spring 1942 Memorial Plaque 1950
Fatnica Elementary school Plaque to commemorate location of regional KPJ committee & NOPO Command for Herzegovina in Spring 1942 Memorial Plaque Created before 1963. Possibly two plaques existed simultaneously.
Fatnica Monument to commemorate the founding of the first KPJ cell for the Bileća region in 1936 Monument 1959
Fatnica Village cemetery Partisans' cemetery Cemetery
Divin Beside main road Monument to fallen fighters of the NOR Monument 1961 Yes Area around monument turned into memorial park in 1981, designed by Zika Janjić.
Divin Monument Bust of NH Nikola Bjelica Bust 1961 Yes
Divin Monument Bust of NH Miro Popara Bust 1961 Yes
Divin Monument Bust of NH Danilo Šarenac Bust 1961 Yes
Bijeljani Plaque to commemorate formation of the 9th unit of the Stolac Battalion Memorial Plaque Almost certainly created in 1961
Zasada Monument to fallen fighters of the NOR Monument Created between 1977 and 1983.
Milavići Plaque to commemorate formation of the 1st unit of the Stolac Battalion Memorial Plaque Almost certainly created in 1961
Fatnica Memorial house of NH Miro Popara Memorial House Renovation works carried out prior to 1981
Šobadine House of the Šešlija family (former) Plaque to commemorate first People's Liberation Committee for Bileća Memorial Plaque Created prior to 1986
Bileća Park beside Dom Kulture Bust of Vladimir Gaćinović Bust 1961
Panik Monument to commemorate capture of Italian artillery in January 1942 Monument 1951
Meka Gruda Duži Monument to commemorate formation of local Partisan detachment Monument 1961
Bileća Barracks Plaque to commemorate former political prison Memorial Plaque 1955
Bileća Betting shop, Kralja Aleksandra Plaque to commemorate women from Bileća tortured and killed in the NOR Memorial Plaque 1962 Yes May 2024
Plana Elementary school Plaque to commemorate Partisan fighters and illegal workers imprisoned and killed in the school building Memorial Plaque 1951
Pađeni Elementary school Plaque to commemorate formation of regional SKOJ committee Memorial Plaque 1961
Pađeni Plaque to commemorate formation of the Pađeni Partisan Detachment Memorial Plaque 1961 Installed on remains of building that lay in ruins by the mid-1960s.
Divin Local clinic Plaque to commemorate construction of clinic as a memorial to those who fell in the NOR Memorial Plaque 1962
Divin Cafe Odmor Plaque to commemorate formation of People's Liberation Committee for Divin Memorial Plaque 1961 Yes
Baljci Elementary school Plaque to commemorate the formation of the Baljci Partisan Detachment Memorial Plaque 1961
Milavići Plaque to commemorate the formation of the Milavići Partisan Detachment Memorial Plaque 1961
Simijova Elementary school Plaque to commemorate Partisan hospital Memorial Plaque 1962
Korita Korita Jama Plaque to commemorate Victims of Fascist Terror Memorial Plaque 1962
Kačanj Vladimir Gaćinović memorial complex Plaque to commemorate fallen fighters and KPJ committee members Memorial Plaque Yes
Bileća Plaque to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Bileća Memorial Plaque 1964
Vranjska Plaque to commemorate the NOB Memorial Plaque Created before 1977. Possibly part of a larger monument
Bileća Plaque to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Bileća Memorial Plaque 1974
Meka Gruda Elementary school Plaque to commemorate formation of combined Herzegovinian-Montenegrin Partisan Company Memorial Plaque 1978
Bileća In front of municipality building Bust of Vladimir Gaćinović Bust 1980 Nikola Njirić Essentially a statue from the waist upward
Bileća Barracks Statue of Moša Pijade Artwork 1981 Zlatko Dizdarević
Bileća Džemal Bijedić elementary school Bust of Džemal Bijedić Bust 1982 Zlatko Dizdarević
Bileća Town stadium Plaque to commemorate FK Hercegovac players who fell in the NOB Memorial Plaque 1985
Bileća Barracks Plaque to commemorate visit by Josip Broz Tito in 1966 Memorial Plaque 1986
Bileća Ivo Lola Ribar High School Centre Bust of NH Ivo Lola Ribar Bust Created 1987 or earlier
Bogdašići Plaque to commemorate formation of the I Bogdašići-Bijela Rudina Partisan Company Memorial Plaque 1987
Fatnica Birthplace of Miro Popara Plaque to commemorate the birthplace of NH Miro Popara Memorial Plaque 1988