MONUMENT TO FILIP VIŠNJIĆ – Višnjićevo
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In Višnjićevo, at the village cemetery, a monument was erected in 1878 on the grave of Filip Višnjić, thanks to the efforts of the local school youth. This great folk poet and gusle player was born in 1765 in Međaši, Bosnia. His poems, rich in historical details about the Serbian uprising and imbued with the beauty of a now-forgotten language, have been preserved thanks to the dedicated transcription work of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić.
The monument is made of gray marble in the shape of a pyramid, about 1.8 meters high, crafted by R. Srešnjak in Vienna. The monument features a depiction of Filip Višnjić, along with carved gusle and two inscriptions—one providing information about the grave marker itself, and the other containing verses in honor of Filip Višnjić. The grave was surrounded by an iron fence.
Between the two World Wars, the village of Grk, where Filip Višnjić lived and died, was renamed Višnjićevo. The monument was restored in 1952.