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Podgrađe Tvrđave
''Podgrađe'' ( sr-Cyrl, Подграђе, link=no; lat, suburbium, link=no) is a Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian place name, a toponym derived from ''pod'' ("below") and ''grad'' ("town"), when in the Middle Ages "grad" was a term used for a fort, fortress, castle. It was part of wider urban area of a fortress or a castle, and/or a settlement adjacent to it, and can be referred to or translated as a castle town or a market town (in some cases developed from or as inner bailey or outer bailey), as in nomenclature used for urban development in the medieval Europe. It may also refer to name of a number of places, mostly in the Balkans, usually reminiscence of an earlier settlement adjacent to a historic fort/castle: Bosnia and Herzegovina * Podgrađe, Foča, a village * Podgrađe, Gornji Vakuf, a village * Podgrađe, Nevesinje, a village Croatia * Podgrađe, Vukovar-Srijem County, a village near Nijemci, * Podgrađe, Krapina-Zagorje County, a village near Marija Bistrica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbo-Croatian Language
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin. South Slavic languages historically formed a continuum. The turbulent history of the area, particularly due to expansion of the Ottoman Empire, resulted in a patchwork of dialectal and religious differences. Due to population migrations, Shtokavian became the most widespread dialect in the western Balkans, intruding westwards into the area previously occupied by Chakavian and Kajkavian (which further blend into Slovenian in the northwest). Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs differ in religion and were historically often part of different cultural circles, although a large part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omiš
Omiš (, Latin and it, Almissa) is a town and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and is a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The town is situated approximately south-east of Croatia's second largest city, Split. Its location is where the Cetina River meets the Adriatic Sea. Omiš municipality has a population of 14,936 and its area is . Name It is supposed that the name of this city, ''Omiš'', developed from the Slavic ''Holm'', ''Hum'' as a translation from the Illyrian - Greek word ''Onaion'', ''Oneon'', meaning "hill" or "place on the hill", or from Greek onos (όνος) meaning donkey, perhaps from the shape of the rocky promontory by the city (naming a city after a natural form was common practice then, as it is now); there is also the possibility that the name of the settlement ''Onaeum'' was derived from the name of the river which was called ''Nestos'' by the Greek colonists in its lower flow, during Antiquity. According to Petar Šimunović, Omiš is der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klina
Klina ( sq-definite, Klinë; Serbian Cyrillic: ) is a town and municipality located in the District of Peja of north-western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Klina has 5,542 inhabitants, while the municipality has 38,496 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the river Klina into the White Drin. A symbol of Klina are the Mirusha Waterfalls. History During early Middle Ages, Porphyrogenitus mentions the urban center of ''Desstinik'', today Dërsnik, where important archeological discoveries of Roman period were made in August 2013, described as: ''...the most important discovery of the past few decades to have been made in Kosovo in the area of archaeology.'' During World War II, Klina was one of the many settlements in Kosovo where the Serb civilian population was persecuted and killed by Albanian paramilitaries. Economy There is one bauxite mine operating on the territory of Klina - Grebnik mine. Demography According to the last official c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podgradje
Podgradje (, german: Unterschloss) is a settlement immediately south of Ljutomer in northeastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region and is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. On a hill south of the settlement is a three-storey mansion known as Vard Castle ( sl, Vardov grad). It was built between 1859 and 1862 on the site of a castle that was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1242. North of the mansion is the local church, dedicated to Saint Anne. It belongs to the Parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ... of Ljutomer. It was mentioned in documents dating to 1545 and was extensively rebuilt in 1736 and a belfry was added in the 1930s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klina (river)
The Klina (Serbian Cyrillic: Клина; sq, Klina) is a river in Kosovo, a 62 km-long left tributary to the White Drin. It flows entirely within Kosovo proper. The Klina originates from the northeastern slopes of the Suva Planina mountain, south of the artificial Lake Gazivode on the Ibar river, under the Rudopolje peak. In the initial section of the course, the Klina curves a lot, first flows east (at the village of Kaldura), turns south (at Jabuka), east again (at Crepulja) and southeast (at Gornji Strmac). As it flows parallel to the Ibar and Sitnica rivers, it passes next to the medieval ruins of Perkovac town and the village of Gornja Klina, reaching the regional center of Skenderaj, the village of Lauša and the monastery of Devič, where the Klina turns southwest, marking the northern border of the Drenica region. Between the villages of Tušilje and Ovčarevo, the Klina receives from the right its major tributary, the Move. At Dobra Voda, the river turns sharply ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binačka Morava
Binačka Morava (Macedonian language, Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Биначка Морава; sq, Morava e Binçës or ''Mirusha'') is a river which flows in southeastern Kosovo and North Macedonia. It flows generally in the southwest to northeast direction, from Macedonian border to Bujanovac, where, after 49 km, meets Preševska Moravica, to create South Morava. Sources The river begins in the mountain of Skopska Crna Gora, in North Macedonia, north of its capital Skopje. Streams of Ključevska reka and Slatinska reka join together to form the river Golema, which is, after passing the Macedonian-Serbian border, known as Binačka Morava. Annotations References {{DEFAULTSORT:Binacka Morava Rivers of Serbia Rivers of Kosovo Rivers of North Macedonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gradište (Binačko)
Pogradja Castle ( al, Pogragjë, Kalaja e Pogragjës) or (Serbo-Croatian: Podgrađe; sr-cyr, Подграђе) is a fortress located near village of Pogragjë, 10 kilometers south-east of Gjilan, Kosovo. It was built on a hill overlooking the confluence of a stream in Morava e Binçës and dates back to 6th century. It is designated as Protected Archaeological Site, under protection of the Republic of Kosovo. Layout The fortress is situated on a hill that rises about 50 meters above the river valley. It consists of the Lower Town, surrounded by walls and a more preserved citadel (Upper Town) at the top of the hill. The layout of Upper Town is based on irregular pentagon that follows the shape of the hilltop, with three vertices (southwest, northwest and northeast) reinforced with towers. At the highest point of fortress is a donjon tower, roughly square in plan (about 8x8m) of which are preserved west wall up to a height of about 10 meters with an entrance and part of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjilan
Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District. Name Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. Çelebi writes that: "The seventeen day journey from Constantinople (Istanbul) to pass through Vranje, Novo Brdo, Kriva Reka (Egridere) and Morava (Gjilan). The etymology of Gjilan is disputed. Albanian sources claim that the town (initially a village) obtained its name from Bahti Beg Gjinolli of Gjinaj clan that ruled the region of Vushtrri ( Llap and Drenica), and populated this area in the 18th century (around 1750). History In 1342, a place called Morava was visited by Serbian King Stefan Dušan (later Emperor, r. 1331–1355).Kostić 1922, p. 126 A fort was built nearby in the 14th century. Gornja Morava ("Upper Morava") was known as simply Morava under Ottoman rule, and it extended west of the Upper Žegra–Budriga–Cern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benkovac
Benkovac () is a town in the interior of Zadar County, Croatia. Geography Benkovac is located where the plain of Ravni Kotari and the karstic plateau of Bukovica meet, 20 km from the town of Biograd na Moru and 30 km from Zadar. The Zagreb-Split motorway and Zadar-Knin railway pass through the town. It borders the municipalities of Novigrad, Posedarje, Obrovac, Lišane Ostrovičke, Kistanje and Stankovci. Demography According to the 2011 census, the municipality had 11,026 inhabitants of which 13.8% were from a Serbian descent and 84.9% were Croatian. Before the Croatian War of Independence, Serbs made up about 57%, and Croats about 41%, however Croats only held 18% of the jobs in the local government, which led to high tensions in the 1990s. During Operation Storm (''Oluja''), almost all of the Serbs left the town, and after the war they were replaced by Bosnian Croat settlers. According to the Austrian Census in 1900, the town of Benkovac consisted of 356 Cath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
