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How the Skull tower was created?
The Battle of Čegar The Serbian Despotate fell under Ottoman rule in 1459, and this occupation lasted until the First Serbian Uprising in 1804. Five years after the uprising began, the leader of the Serbian insurgents, Karađorđe Petrović, expressed his desire to restore Old Serbia, including Niš as part of it. For this reason, the…
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Why was Jerina cursed?
Irina Kantakuzina or Jerina Branković was the wife of the Serbian despot Đurađ Branković and the daughter of the Byzantine Sevastokrator Dimitrije I Kantakuzin. She ruled the Serbian state as a despotic regent after the death of her husband, despot Đurađ, in 1456, and for less than a year. The story of her death is…
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GOLUBAC – the fortress never conquered by war
In the heart of the Đerdap Gorge, at a place where the Danube is at once widest and narrowest, and where for centuries it marked the boundary between Hungary and Serbia, lies Golubac. An imposing medieval stronghold which has never been taken by war. Its ramparts have seen the flags of Hungary, the Ottoman Empire,…