Stolac have been settled since ancient times – a period of some 16,000 years (from the Palaeolithic to the present day), with even the urban history of Stolac going back 2,500 years. Its rich hunting-grounds and other natural benefits attracted prehistoric man, and later the Illyrians, Romans and Slavs, all of whom left behind them a wealth of evidence of their material culture.

Talking about Stolac we have to mention the tomb of Mosho Danon. This monument is exceptionally significant for the spiritual and material culture of the Jewish people in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region.

With its unique valuable natural and architectural resources, and its urban morphological and formal features, Stolac is indisputably an area of outstanding importance for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the whole region.
All this meant that, before 1992 Stolac was one of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s most attractive tourist destinations and local people hope to restore that popularity again.