Geography
It is located in Eastern Herzegovina, in the northern part of Popova polje, at the foot of the 611-meter-high Goveđak, near the Trebišnjica river, northwest of Trebinje.
Monuments and sights
Near Ravno is the largest and most famous Bosnian-Herzegovinian cave Vjetrenica. It is open to visitors. Speleological peculiarities of this unique cave are spacious corridors and halls, numerous accumulations of siga, and a rich hydrographic world with numerous lakes, several waterfalls, several permanent streams and dozens of smaller periodic streams.
The parish church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Blessed Lady) from 1579 and the church of St. Miter. Not far from Ravno are four necropolises with stećci. The first mention of Ravni in historical documents is related to the church.
In front of the Municipality building in Ravno there is a monument to Ruđer Bošković, whose father was originally from the village of Orahov Do in Ravna, where his birthplace is located.
The list of national cultural monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the municipality of Ravno includes the following monuments:
- Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in Zavala, building complex. Frescoes in the church of St. Introductions in the Zavala Monastery are considered to be the highest quality painting in Bosnia and Herzegovina created during the Ottoman rule. They were made by Georgije Mitrofanović in 1619.
- The church in Zavala, an archaeological area, on the southern side of the site are still well-preserved remains of the Catholic church of St. Peter, and the northern, smaller Orthodox church of St. Fridays, in bad condition. Along the longitudinal walls of the church of St. Two walls of a third building (convent?) extend on Fridays. There is also a stećak necropolis in this locality.
- Historical area Zaplanik. The national monument consists of a prehistoric burial mound (tumulus), a medieval necropolis with 30 stećaks, the remains of a medieval church, an Orthodox church dedicated to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and an Orthodox cemetery with 15 crosses.
- Historical area – Church of St. Roka in Trebimlja, a church built probably at the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th century
- Historical area – Church of Mitra in Ravno, a church built probably at the end of the 14th century
Source: Općina Ravno and Wikipedia (link)
