Kremna ( sr-cyr, Кремна) is a village located in the city of
Užice, southwestern Serbia. As of 2011 census, the village had a population of 665 inhabitants. Kremna is well known for the prophets Miloš Tarabić and his nephew, Mitar Tarabić.
History
Iron Age artifacts including
fibulae
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, graves and
cippi found in Kremna show that the village was inhabited between the 7th-4th century BC.
Funeral cippi depicting Roman funeral art of the
Phrygian God
Attis, suggest Kremna was home to a stonemason workshop between the 2nd-4th century AD.
During the Middle Ages, Kremna was purported to have been home to the
summerhouse of the Serbian
Nemanjić dynasty. In 1738 during the
Russo-Turkish War,
Serbian Militia units attacked Ottoman forces stationed in the village, setting fire to the local
regional caravanserai.
During the 19th century, Kremna was populated by Serbs from the regions of
Montenegro and
Herzegovina
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.
Geography
The village is approximately 21 km away from
Užice and 182 km from
Belgrade
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. It is 822 metres above sea level. Kremna is near
Bioska village,
Tara Mountain,
Zlatibor, and
Mokra Gora.
See also
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Prophecy from Kremna
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Stari Han
References
Užice
Populated places in Zlatibor District
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