Badanj Paleolithic Cave

Badanj Cave, located in the canyon of the Bregava River near the village of Borojevići, is one of the most important Paleolithic sites on the eastern Adriatic coast. This rock shelter, rising 45 meters above the riverbed, was home to human communities between 13,000 and 12,000 BC. Its most significant treasure is an engraved drawing in the rock — the oldest monument of art in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The engraving depicts a horse attacked by arrows, a typical motif of Mediterranean art from that period. Carved into a large, polished block of stone, this drawing has survived millennia, bearing witness to the spiritual world and hunting traditions of our distant ancestors, although today it is unfortunately exposed to damage from the elements.