ABSTRACT
The post-war rehabilitation of the built heritage in Stolac has been based on the relation between those who were displaced and their home town as the central premise in the process of overcoming the chaos generated by the ravages of war. At the outbreak of war in April 1992 Stolac was already occupied by Yugoslav People's Army forces and Serb and Montenegrin militias and the majority of the town's Croat residents had fled. The Croatian journalists produced a dramatic photographic report, the first evidence of the destruction of Stolac's built heritage. Unlike with Mostar and Sarajevo, the destruction of the heritage in Stolac was not the subject of official reports or condemnation, and its rehabilitation formed no part of the international community's plans. The reconstruction of the arija Mosque in Stolac was not only an outcome of technical research and investigation, but also a crucial contribution to the first signs of restoring civil trust.
