Sokol was a hill-side fortress located near the confluence of the rivers
Piva
Piva may refer to:
* Piva (river), a river in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Piva, Montenegro, a region in Montenegro and tribe
* Piva River, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
* Piva Trail, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
** Battle for Piva Tr ...
and
Tara, today south of the village of
Šćepan Polje at the border of
Montenegro and
Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's also referred to as ''Sokol grad'' and ''Soko''.
The fortress was believed to have been mentioned as ''međurječje'' in 10th century sources, and became known as Sokol under the rule of
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača ( sr-Cyrl, Стјепан Вукчић Косача; 1404–1466) was the most powerful Bosnian nobleman whose active political career spanned the last three decades of medieval Bosnian history, from 1435 to 1465. D ...
in the 15th century. Below the fortress is the , a monastery of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
dedicated to
St. John the Baptist
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.
Gallery
Soko grad Scepan polje Pluzine.png, Ruins of the medieval fortress Soko Grad
Stefan Vukcic and the war in Zeta 1441.jpg, Location of Fortress Soko in 1444, within the Duchy of Saint Sava
1441 Kosaca S V u Zeti.jpg, Fortress Soko in 1441, during the breakthrough of Herzog Šćepan to Lordship of Zeta.
Hercegovački sandžak.png, Map of the Sanjak of Herzegovina in 1600 indicating Soko near Piva and Tara
References
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Plužine Municipality
Castles in Montenegro