Orahov Do

Orahov Do (also Orahovi Do, Orovi Do, Cyrillic Орахов До; literal translation is "walnut dale") is a village in Ravno municipality Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is only a few kilometers away from the border with Croatia on the road from the Adriatic coast to Popovo polje. Village is inhabited by Catholic Croats. In 1991. census in village was 42 residents, including:

• 38 (90.47%) Croats
• 4 (9.52%) Serbs

It is notable for having been the birthplace of a Dubrovnik trader Nikola Bošković, father of the famed astronomer Ruđer Bošković. Nikola wrote Relazione dei Monasterij della Provincia di Rassia (On the Monasteries of the Province of Rascia, i.e. Serbia) in which he described ancient Serbian Orthodox monasteries he visited while travelling as trader in Serbia.

See also

• Ruđer Bošković

Coordinates: 42°49′41″N 17°55′37″E / 42.8281°N 17.9269°E / 42.8281; 17.9269