Dragovija
Marušića gradina, prapovijesne gomile, stećci i crkva sv. Ivana, Grčki bunar i tradicijska arhitektura. Ogradni zid crkve sv. Ivana
Dragovija
(Marušića gradina, prapovijesne gomile, stećci i crkva sv. Ivana, Grčki bunar i tradicijska arhitektura) (Ogradni zid crkve sv. Ivana)
Dragovija se smjestila na desnoj strani rijeke Neretve, duboko u krškom pobrđu i zaleđu mjesta Vid kojem je, dok je bila naseljena, i gravitirala. Najraniji ostatci ljudskog obitavanja na ovom području potječu iz prapovijesti, a riječ je o kamenim grobnim gomilama koje se nalaze na više položaja, a potječu iz brončanog i željeznog doba. U njima su pronađeni grobovi tipa škrinje te velik broj grobnih priloga i ulomaka keramičkog posuđa koji se smatraju ostatkom posmrtnih gozbi. Na većini gomila pronađeni su i kasnosrednjovjekovni grobovi. Iz prapovijesti potječe vjerojatno manje naselje ili utvrđenje na Marušića gradini koje je prema pronađenim ulomcima keramičkog posuđa postojalo od brončanog do rimskog doba. Zanimljivo je da je stari naziv položaja Dragova gradina po kojem je i cijelo naselje dobilo ime, a smatra se da dolazi od riječi zmaj. Iz vremena kasnog srednjeg vijeka, 14. ili 15. stoljeća, potječe i sedam monolitnih kamenih nadgrobnih spomenika, tj. stećaka kod crkve sv. Ivana. Smatra se da se na mjestu crkve nalazila nekropola pod stećcima u obliku sanduka od kojih ni jedan nije bio ukrašen, a samo se jedan nalazi na izvornom položaju. Na mjestu nekropole stećaka, krajem 17. ili početkom 18. stoljeća, na samom početku mletačke uprave nad dolinom Neretve, sagrađena je malena jednobrodna crkva posvećena sv. Ivanu Krstitelju. To je mala crkva s kvadratnom pravokutnom predsvođenom apsidom na začelju te s vratima s jednostavnom lunetom i jednostavnim kamenim zvonikom na preslicu na pročelju. U selu se nalazi i nekoliko zanimljivih primjera tradicijske kamene akrihtekture koju predstavljaju najčešće stambeni prizemni ili dvoetažni objekti zajedno s pripadajućim gospodarskim objektima poput štale, spremišta za žito i cisterne za kišnicu te brojne suhozidne međe, staze i slično. Ipak najzanimljiviji je u narodu poznat kao Grčki bunar za kojeg nije moguće sa sigurnošću odrediti vrijeme nastanka.
Dragovija
(Marušića gradina, prehistoric piles, tombstones and St. John’s Church, Greek well and traditional architecture)
Dragovija is located on the right bank of the Neretva river, deeply in the karst hills and the hinterland of the hamlet of Vid to which, while it was inhabited, it gravitated. The earliest remnants of human habitation in this area goes back to the prehistoric times; these are the stone burial mounts found in several positions and dating back to the Bronze and Iron Age. Graves in the form of a chest were found there as well as a large number of grave goods and fragments of ceramic vessels that are considered a remnant of funeral feasts. In the majority of the piles, late mediaeval graves were also found. Dating back from the prehistoric times is probably a smaller hamlet or fortification on the Marušića gradina that, according to the found fragments of ceramic vessels, dates back to the Bronze Age and the Roman times. It is interesting that the old name of the position is Dragova gradina, after which the entire hamlet got its name, and it is considered that it comes from the word for the dragon. Dating back to the times of the Late Mediaeval Age, the 14th or 15th century, are also the seven monolithic stone tombstones, i.e. standing tombs in St. John’s Church. It is considered that, at the place of the church, there used to be a necropolis under the standing tombs in the form of chests, none of which were ornamented; only one of them is in its original position. At the place of the standing tomb necropolis, at the end of the 17th or at the beginning of the 18th century, at the very beginning of the Venetian rule over the Neretva valley, a small single-nave church was built and devoted to St. John the Baptist. This is a small church with a square rectangular overarched apse at the end and with a door with a simple lunette and a simple stone tower bell incorporated in the façade. In the village, there are also several interesting samples of traditional stone architecture represented most often by housing ground floor and two-story facilities together with the appertaining farm facilities such as a stable, grain storage and a cistern for rainwater and numerous drywall boundaries, trails etc. Still, the most interesting is the Greek well, well-known among the people, the time of whose creation cannot be established with certainty.