Orahov Do
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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:
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) in which he described ancient Serb Orthodox monasteries he visited while travelling as trader in Rascia (today mostly Kosovo and Sandžak).
Orahov Do is also the home of the Šešelj family of Serb politician Vojislav Šešelj, since his family home is situated in between Orahov do and Cesljari.
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