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Stari Grad (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Град, pronounced [stâːriː ɡrâd], "Old Town") is a fortress near the city of Užice, in central Serbia. Today in ruins, it is an example of typical medieval Serbian architecture. Historians believe it was built in the second half of the 14th century to control movement along nearby roads, and the ...
Fortress Soko Grad: Sokobanja: Sokobanja: Zaječar District: 6th century Ruins Fortress Stalać Fortress: Stalać: ćićevac: Rasina District: 1377 Ruins Fortress Stari Grad: Užice: Užice: Zlatibor District: 12th century Under restoration Fortified town: Stari Ras: Novi Pazar: Novi Pazar: Raška District: 8th century Preserved ruins (UNESCO ...
Ostrvica was the main castle in the Rudnik area. [3] It is assumed that its location protected the mines of Rudnik from the north, while another castle (of Pavle Orlović [4]) provided protection from the south. The two castles maintained visual communication by signals. [5]
Užice (Serbian Cyrillic: Ужице, pronounced ⓘ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Zlatibor District in western Serbia. It is located on the banks of the river Đetinja.
The fortress was built on Borački krš which is a section of an inactive volcano within the Rudnik massive that was formed 20 million years ago. The local quarry features tough stones used for fortress walls. The only well preserved object from the time of the despot Stefan, is the Saint Archangel Mihailo orthodox church just under the hill.
The fortress was built in 1471 by Isa-Beg Ishaković, [1] but soon afterwards, in 1476, it was captured by the Hungarian army with the help of the Serbian despot Vuk Grgurević and Vlad The Impaler, [2] who kept the Šabac fortress under his control for more than four decades.
On 1 January 1957 it merged into the new municipality of Stari Grad and Skadarlija became a "local community" (mesna zajednica), sub-municipal administrative unit, within the municipality. According to the censuses, the local community of Skadarlija had a population of 7,399 in 1981, [ 9 ] 7,074 in 1991 [ 10 ] and 5,942 in 2002. [ 11 ]
The first season starts with a peculiar and brutal murder occurring at a costume ball at which most of the Belgrade social elite is gathered. [3] Inspector Tanasijević soon discovers that the cause of the eerie events, which multiply by the day, is an ancient relic : namely, the Holy Lance Jesus was pierced with on the cross , which seems to ...