Klisura
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Klisura, a South Slavic word of Greek origin (''kleisoúra''), for "pass", "gorge" or "canyon", may refer to:


Albania

*
Këlcyrë Këlcyrë ( sq-definite, Këlcyra) is a town and a municipality in southern Albania, located on the bank of the river Vjosë. It was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Ballaban, Dishnicë, Këlcyr ...
, a Byzantine town, now in Albania


Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Klisura (Višegrad), a village in the municipality of Višegrad * Klisura, Fojnica, a village in the municipality of Fojnica


Bulgaria

* Klisura, Blagoevgrad Province, a village * Klisura, Plovdiv Province, a town *, a village in Bankya District,
Sofia City Province Sofia City Province ( bg, Област София-град, translit=Oblast Sofiya-grad) is a province (''oblast'') of Bulgaria. Its administrative center is the city of Sofia, the capital of the country. The province borders on Sofia Provinc ...
*, a village in
Samokov Municipality Samokov ( bg, Самоков ) is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in a basin between the mountains Rila and Vitosha, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia. Due to the suitable winter sports conditions, Sa ...
,
Sofia Province Sofia Province ( bg, Софийска област, translit=Sofiyska oblast) is a province (''oblast'') of Bulgaria. The province does not include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia remains its administrative center. The province borders on t ...


North Macedonia

*
Klisura, North Macedonia Klisura ( mk, Клисура) is the oldest village in Demir Kapija Municipality in North Macedonia. It was along the Vardar River but moved into the mountains to be away from the main road in the mid 19th century. Many current Demir Kapija residen ...
, a village in Demir Kapija Municipality


Serbia


Inhabited places

* Klisura (Doljevac), Nišava * Klisura (Bela Palanka), Pirot * Klisura (Surdulica), Pčinja District *
Klisurski Monastery Klisurski Monastery ( bg, Клисурски манастир, transliterated: ''Klisurski manastir'') of " St. Cyril and St. Methodius," also known as Klisura Monastery,
, a Serbian Orthodox monastery


Gorges and canyons

*
Kaçanik Gorge Kaçanik Gorge ( sq, Gryka e Kaçanikut, sr, Качаничка клисура, ''Kačanička klisura'') is a gorge located in southern Kosovo, stretching between the town of Kaçanik and the Macedonian border, with the Lepenac river running th ...
, on the Lepenac river *
Ovčar-Kablar Gorge The Ovčar-Kablar Gorge ( sr-cyr, Овчарско-кабларска клисура, Ovčarsko-kablarska klisura) is a gorge in the western part of central Serbia, in the part of the composite valley of the West Morava river, within the geographi ...
, on the West Morava river *
Sićevo Gorge The Sićevo Gorge ( sr, Sićevačka klisura; sr-cyr, Сићевачка клисура, ), a river gorge and archaeological site in southeastern Serbia, is the locally most prominent geological and topographic feature formed by the Nišava River. ...
, on the Nišava River *
Iron Gates The Iron Gates ( ro, Porțile de Fier; sr, / or / ; Hungarian: ''Vaskapu-szoros'') is a gorge on the river Danube. It forms part of the boundary between Serbia (to the south) and Romania (north). In the broad sense it encompasses a rou ...
, on the river Danube


People

* Sara Klisura (born 1992), Serbian professional volleyball player


See also

* *
Clisura Dunării Defileul Dunării, also locally known as Clisura Dunării ( sr, Банатска Клисура / ) is a geographical region in Romania. It is located in southern Banat, along the northern bank of the river Danube. Clisura Dunării is situated betw ...
, Romania *
Kleisoura (disambiguation) Kleisoura ( el, Κλεισούρα, "enclosure" or "pass") may refer to: * Kleisoura (Byzantine district), a Byzantine military frontier province *Kleisoura, Kastoria, a village and a municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Greece ** Battle of Klei ...
{{disambig, geodis, surname