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Kleinkmehlen
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Founded: 16th centuryCategory: Palaces, manors and town halls in Germany
Historical period: Reformation & Wars of Religion (Germany)
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Großkmehlen Palace was built in the 16th century as a Renaissance palace and was extensively extended around 100 years later. The magnificent Baroque stucco work on the first floor is most likely crafted by Italian artists.
The former castle moat and also the four-hectare park with a pond and gazebo are essentially preserved and – largely restored – are perfect for a leisurely walk. Today, the palace is home to artists and a painting school. Regular events are also held, including the Palace and Hop Festival on the first weekend in September.
Radimlja is a stećak (monumental medieval tombstones, that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina) necropolis located near Stolac. The necropolis is one of the most valuable monuments of the mediaeval period in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The majority of its stećak tombstones date from the 1480s through the 16th century, as evidenced by the epitaph on one of the tombstones. This was the period when the family Miloradović-Stjepanović from genus Hrabren lived in the settlement located on near hill Ošanići. At the time the location was known as Batnoge, and the creation of the necropolis coincides with the rise of this noble family.
The necropolis includes 133 stećci. When the Čapljina-Stolac road was built during the Austro-Hungarian period in 1882, it ran through the necropolis and destroyed at least 15-20 tombstones.