At the altitude of 1800 meters, just below Pančić pea – the highest geographical point Kopaonik mountain -there is a archaeological site Heavenly chairs, on the administrative border with Kosovo. The name of this site has given Duke Živojin Mišić since 1895 year. Later this name was given over the hill which extends from the …
Medieval town of Ras is the first Serbian capital. The excavations has found that the complex of the old town Ras consists of three locations: Fortress on place Gradina, cave with monastery St. Archangel under the fortress and the settlement Pazarište ( Trgovište ) , where is located church from the XII or XIII century. …
It is not known who and when was built Maglič. It was probably built in the XIII century. The town has certain significance in the cinflicts betwen the king Milutin and his brother Dragutin during the Viennese war ( 1683 – 1699) and the Second serbian uprising …
At beginning of the 14th century the dynasty has changed in Hungary and Charles Robert from the Anjoy family took over the power. In that period from 1338 to 1342, he built a town (fortress) on the river Mostonga with a square tower, six storeys high, important for the town defence system. Today it is …
Ram fortress was built on the foundations from Roman and Byzantium period.It was built by Turkish sultan Bayzit II in 1483. The fortress has the shape of an irregular polygon with three closed and one open tower. The remains of old Turkish caravansary, 6 centuries old, are situated near the fortress. That is the only …
The well-known place of Orašac, only 70 km away from Belgrade, is considered the cradle of the modern Serbian statehood. It was in this Sumadian village that in the far 1804, at the Visitation of the Virgin Holiday (2/15 February), all prominent Serbs met and agreed to raise an insurrection against the centuries-long Turkish rule …
