St. John Cemetery (Livno)

St. John Cemetery is the archaeological site with the remains of the late antique church, tombs and medieval Franciscan monastery dedicated to St. John. The area is situated in the plain of the right bank of the Bistrica River in the center of Livno.[1]

St. John Cemetery

Groblje svetog Ive
Location	Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Region	Tropolje
Coordinates	43°49′34.2″N 17°00′10.0″E
History
Periods	Middle Ages
Site notes
Archaeologists	Tihomir Glavaš, Mate Zekan
Public access	Yes

History

Medieval Franciscan monastery in Livno was built between 1340 when the Franciscan vicariate was established in the Kingdom of Bosnia in 1375 when it was mentioned in the earliest list of Franciscan monasteries of the vicariate in the Kingdom of Bosnia.

Monastery was probably burned or during the Ottoman conquest in the late 15th century or during the 17th century. Thereafter, the site has served as a cemetery until the 20th century and during World War II.[1]

Footnotes

1. "Groblje sv. Ive, arheološko područje". kons.gov.ba. Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 3 January 2016.