FENCE

Fence

(prehistoric mounds, chapel of St. Paško and chapel of St. Anthony, traditional architecture)

Ograđe is located on the right side of the Neretva River in the karst hills in the immediate hinterland of Vid and is today uninhabited. One of the earliest testimonies of human habitation in the wider Neretva area from the late Copper Age and the early Bronze Age, as well as the Bronze and Iron Ages, are stone burial mounds. They are often grouped in groups of several mounds at Ograđe, but there are also isolated mounds. On some of them, the remains of a stone retaining wall that enclosed the mound area have been preserved, and it is believed that it may have had a cultic meaning of protecting the burial site. In some of them, objects related to the Greek cultural circle have been found, which indicates very early contacts of the indigenous population with Greek and Roman merchants who operated in nearby Narona. Prehistoric mounds were also used in the late Middle Ages, as evidenced by burials on the surface of the stone mantle. In the Ograđe area, along the path that connected Ograđe with Vid, there is a votive chapel of St. Paškal and St. Anthony with a stone relief that is the work of a local craftsman, and dates back to the 18th or 19th century. On the same path there is also a votive chapel dedicated to St. Anthony, built in the 1930s, and is interesting because of its architecture, which is not typical for the Neretva region. Like other Neretva settlements in the karst hinterland, Ograđe is a scattered settlement in which economic and residential buildings are arranged in smaller hamlets where blood relatives usually lived, and are usually arranged in a row on the slopes.

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(prehistoric piles, St. Paško chapel and St. Anthony chapel, traditional architecture)

Ograđe is located on the right bank of the Neretva river, in the karst hills in the immediate hinterland of Vid; today it is unsettled. One of the earliest testimonies of human habitation in the wider Neretva area from the times of the Late and Early Bronze Age and the Bronze and Iron Age are the stone tumuli. In Ograđe, they are often grouped into several piles, but there are also lonely crowds. In some of them, remnants of a stone retaining wall that enclosed the tumuli area have been preserved and it is deemed that it could have had a cult meaning in protecting the tumuli. In some of them, objects related to the Greek cultural circle have been found, which points to a very early connection of the indigenous people with Greek and Roman tradesmen active in the nearby Narona. The prehistoric piles were also used in the late Middle Ages, which is witnessed by the burials on the surface of the stone mantle. On the territory of Ograđe, along the trail that connected Ograđe with Vid, there is the votive chapel of St. Paskalo and St. Anthony with a stone relief, work of a local master, dating back to the 18 th or 19 th century. On the same route, there is also the votive chapel dedicated to St. Anthony, built in the 1930s; it is interesting for its architecture that is not usual for the Neretva region. Just like the other Neretva settlements in the karst hinterland, Ograđe is also a scattered type settlement in which the farm and residential facilities are distributed into smaller hamlets usually housing blood relatives and distributed in a row on the hills.