174
Monuments mapped
Statistics
174 monuments mapped across 7 successor states — patterns in geography, decade, condition, and preservation risk.
At a glance
Headline counts drawn from the full dataset.
7
Countries
86
Named architects
1960s
Peak decade (46 sites)
44
Poor, abandoned, or destroyed
70%
With known build year
Key findings
Each insight is paired with the data behind it — verify the numbers in the charts.
A mid-century building boom
46 in the 1960s · 41 in the 1970s
Most dated monuments cluster in the 1960s and 1970s — the peak of Yugoslav memorial construction after WWII. Together these two decades account for 87 of 121 sites with known years.
By construction decade
Sites with a known build year, grouped by decade
One architect dominates the canon
19 sites · Bogdan Bogdanović
Bogdan Bogdanović appears on 19 monuments — more than any other named architect. 86 distinct architects are represented across the dataset, but 58 sites still lack a verified architect.
Top architects
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01
Unknown 58 (33%)
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02
Bogdan Bogdanović 19 (11%)
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03
Miodrag Živković 7 (4%)
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04
Vojin Bakić 5 (3%)
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05
Dušan Džamonja 4 (2%)
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06
Jordan Grabuloski 3 (2%)
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07
Ljubomir Denković 3 (2%)
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08
Antun Augustinčić 2 (1%)
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09
Boris Kobe 2 (1%)
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10
Edvard Ravnikar 2 (1%)
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11
Janez Lenassi 2 (1%)
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12
Lojze Dolinar 2 (1%)
Preservation is uneven across borders
56% at risk · Kosovo
Kosovo has the highest share of monuments in poor, abandoned, or destroyed condition (56% of its 9 sites). Slovenia shows no sites in those categories.
At-risk sites by country
Share of each country's monuments rated Poor, Abandoned, or Destroyed
| Country | At risk | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 5 | 56% |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 17 | 47% |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 31% |
| Serbia | 9 | 24% |
| Croatia | 7 | 16% |
| Montenegro | 2 | 11% |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0% |
By country
| Country | Distribution | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia |
|
44 | 25% |
| Serbia |
|
38 | 22% |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
|
36 | 21% |
| Montenegro |
|
19 | 11% |
| Slovenia |
|
15 | 9% |
| North Macedonia |
|
13 | 7% |
| Kosovo |
|
9 | 5% |
A third of sites lack verified condition
17% unverified condition
29 monuments (17%) are marked Unverified — largely from the supplementary "overlooked" research pass. Only 11 sites are rated Excellent.
War-era destruction is documented but sparse
11 with destruction records
11 monuments have recorded destruction events — mostly from the 1990s Yugoslav wars. Detailed perpetrator and year data exists for only a subset; many destroyed sites rely on condition assessment alone.
By condition
- Excellent
- Good
- Fair
- Poor
- Abandoned
- Destroyed
- Unverified
- Multiple
Research confidence is still developing
49% low confidence
85 sites (49%) carry Low research confidence. High-confidence records remain rare (12 sites), reflecting the ongoing nature of this community research project.
Research confidence
High
12
7% of dataset
Medium
74
43% of dataset
Low
85
49% of dataset
Low-Medium
3
2% of dataset
Physical context
Monument scale and surroundings — dimensions that sit alongside the findings above.
By size
- Very Large
- Large
- Medium
- Small
- Unverified
- Multiple