Lukovo ( sr-cyr, Луково) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
on the eastern slopes of Mount
Kopaonik
Kopaonik ( sr-cyr, Копаоник, ; sq, Kopaoniku) is a mountain range located in Serbia and Kosovo. The highest point is the Pančić's Peak with . The central part of the Kopaonik plateau was declared a national park in 1981 which today cove ...
, in the municipality of
Kuršumlija
Kuršumlija ( sr-Cyrl, Куршумлија, ) is a town and municipality located in the Toplica District of the southern Serbia. It is situated near the rivers Toplica, Kosanica and Banjska, southeast of Mount Kopaonik and northwest of Moun ...
, in southern Serbia. It is a spa town (Lukovska Banja) of highest altitude in Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 275 inhabitants.
Lukovo Spa
Lukovo Spa (Lukovska Banja) is situated 681m above sea level, has 37 mineral water springs with temperatures ranging from 35–69,5 °C, warm also during the winters. The water is of hydro carbonate sodium-magnesium-calcium type, making it a good treatment by bathing as a part of medical rehabilitation, for diseases of locomotive apparatus, gynecology diseases and skin diseases. The sub-alpine region has temperate-continental climate, winters are temperately cold, summer temperately warm, autumns are warmer, clearer and drier than spring, the surrounding mountains makes the summer heats bearable with cold winds.
Sport
In January 2012, tennis coach
Jelena Genčić
Jelena Genčić ( sr-cyr, Јелена Генчић, ; 9 October 1936 – 1 June 2013) was a Serbian tennis and handball player and coach.
In the 1970s she became a junior tennis coach and was later credited for playing a major role in the early ...
announced the opening of the tennis center in the spa Lukovo.
Gencic Lukovska banja postaje teniski centar
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Churches in vicinity
* Church of St. Mina, better known as the ''Štava Church'', in Štava
* Church of St. George, also known as the ''Lukovo Church'', located on Nenad's Stone
* Monastery of St. Gabriel:
** Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, better known as the ''Cave Church'', has a unique icon of a bald Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
.
See also
* List of spa towns in Serbia
Spa towns in Serbia are rich in mineral water, mud, air, or other characteristics that help or facilitate discomfort, speed up healing or recovering, or otherwise assist the healing process. There are over 40 spas in Serbia, and over 400,000 ...
References
External links
Lukovska banja
Populated places in Toplica District
Spa towns in Serbia
Kuršumlija
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