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Partisan cemetery in Livno

Coordinates: 43°49′46″N 16°59′53″E / 43.82944°N 16.99806°E / 43.82944; 16.99806
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Partisan cemetery in Livno
Partizansko groblje u Livnu
Bosnia and Herzegovina
For the Yugoslav Partisans of Livno
Unveiled1972
Location43°49′46″N 16°59′53″E / 43.82944°N 16.99806°E / 43.82944; 16.99806
near 
Designed byVinko Kragic and Frano Buskareli
Total burials171

Partisans' Memorial Cemetery in Livno was built in 1972 to honor the Yugoslav Partisans of Livno who were killed in the National Liberation Front. It is one of the largest partisan cemeteries in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It contains the remains of 171 unidentified partisans as well as the remains of all the partisans killed in the area. The names of the known partisans are carved into the four sides.

During and after the war from 1992 to 1995 it was repeatedly attacked in an attempt to destroy it. During the war it was dynamited twice, but the structure withstood the explosion. It is often defaced by graffiti.

The Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina organizes a yearly mowing and weeding of the area to help preserve the memorial.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Arhiva". www.livno-online.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Vlada HB županije da se GP Kamensko ne zatvara". www.livno-online.com. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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