Pantelej () is a neighborhood of the city of
Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...
,
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
. It is located in Niš municipality of
Pantelej
Pantelej (Serbian Cyrillic: Пантелеј) is one of five city municipalities which constitute the city of Niš. According to the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 53,486 inhabitants.
Geography
The municipality borders Crven ...
.
Location
Pantelej is located in the north-eastern outskirt of Niš. It is flat and bordered on the south by the
Nišava
The Nišava or Nishava ( Bulgarian and sr-Cyrl, Нишава, ) is a river in Bulgaria and Serbia, a right tributary, and with a length of also the longest one, of the South Morava.
Course Bulgaria
The Nišava originates in western Bulg ...
river, on the east by the neighborhood of
Durlan, and on the west by the neighborhood of
Jagodin Mala.
History
Pantelej was named by the , which was built after the liberation of Niš from
Ottomans. The area around the church is significantly older, with human remains from a medieval
necropolis dating to the 12th century. According to
Stefan the First-Crowned, the conquest of Niš by
Nemanja in 1185 AD implied the total destruction of the city, but some of the churches were spared. Next to the church is Pantelejmon Cemetery, atop the former necropolis, which was formed at the end of the 19th century and continued to be used for burials until the end of the 1940s.
Characteristics
The neighborhood is mostly residential.
Future development
There is a plan of construction of a new city park in the neighborhood.
References
Neighborhoods of Niš
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