Facts and figures
Area : 88, 361 square kilometers
Population : 10 milion ( Approximately )
Capital : Belgrade ( Beograd )
Language : The official language is Serbian ; official alphabets are Cyrilic and Latin
Religion : The main religion in Serbia is Christian Ortodox. Other religious communities include islamic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and other.
Time : GTM + 1
Currency [...]
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At the Nišava river bank, on the remains of the roman military camp, the roman town called Naissus, and finally on the remains of Byzantium and medieval destroyed fortification, the Turks build strong fortress at the beginning of 18th century.
The building of this fortress lasted from 1719 to 1723. it was build with local people [...]
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The ” Devil’ s Town “ , the natural monument, is situated in the south of Serbia, 27 km south – east from Kuršumlija. This natural monument embrace two rare world’s phenomena: soil figures as specific relief forms rendering an attractive sight, and two wells of strong acidic waters with high mineralization.
The terrain around the [...]
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Among other monuments around Užice, one in particular is worth seeing – Memorial on Kadinjača ( 14 km towards west from Užice ). The memorial is dedicated to the troops of Workers Battalion from Užice, the Posavec and the Orasans, who scarified their lives on 29th November 1941. by protecting the retreat of the main [...]
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UŽICE TROUGH HISTORY
Taking into account the material remains; the area of Užice was inhabited since pre – historical times. The findings of Neolithic period have been found in large number of localities ( cave Megara in southern part of Stapari village, Potpećka Pećina in the village of Potpeć ) .
At the end of XII century [...]
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By order of Despot Ðurad Branković began in 1428, at the mouth of the rivers Jezava and Danube, at the very north of the country, the building of the Smederevo fortress, which became the seat of Serbian secular and clerical authorities of the time.
Enormous quantities of stone necessary for the construction were dragged from ancient [...]
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Kopaonik, the largest mountain in Serbia, is one of the places that during the year provides ideal conditions for active relaxation and enjoyment. Kopaonik is our largest and most famous mountain, tourist and ski resort. Due to its natural values, 1981 year, was proclaimed for the national park.
Thanks to rarefied air with reduced partial pressure, [...]
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Monastery Black River is located on the slopes of Mokra Gora.
Church was dedicated to St. Archangel Mihail.
It is not known the exact year, not even the century, when the monastery Black River was built. Some scientists considered that it was built on the beginning of XIII century, seconds thinks that was built in the first [...]
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Monastery Sopoćani was built between 1263. and 1268 year. Of some larger complex, which was done with more buildings, today is preserved.church St. Trinity.
According to architectural concept the church belongs to the classical solutions Raška architectural school..
It was constructed with elements that indicate the way of building Romance. In the interior of the church is [...]
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The Pilars of George monastery was founded by Stefan Nemanja.
The main object monastery, the church of George, was built in 1170 – 1171. year.
The remains of the existing monastery buildings are (next to church) cistern with well, dining room on the south side and most of the big wall.
Other structures do not originate from the [...]
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