Gornja Crnuća ( sr-cyr, Горња Црнућа ) is a village located in

Gornji Milanovac Gornji Milanovac ( sr-Cyrl, Гoрњи Милановац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 23,109, while the population of the municipality is 38,985 (2022 census data). ...

municipality of

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. In the 2002 census, it had 239 residents. There are several points of significance in the village. It is best known for the house of Miloš Obrenović in which the

Second Serbian Uprising The Second Serbian Uprising ( / ''Drugi srpski ustanak'', ) was the second phase of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire, which erupted shortly after the re-annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire in 1813. The occupation was ...

started. In fact, the village was the capital of what was then

Principality of Serbia The Principality of Serbia () was an autonomous, later sovereign state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation was negotiated first through an unwritten agre ...

, from 1815 until 1818. The house was the official residence of the Sovereign, the

Vraćevšnica Monastery The Vraćevšnica Monastery (, ) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in Vraćevšnica, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, built in 1428–29 on the orders of Radič (fl. 1389–1441), a magnate in the service of Stefan Lazarević and Đurađ Branković. It i ...

which is one of the more significant Serbian monasteries. There also is a well-stocked hunting range and a scenic hiking path. The village was deemed an Ecological Village within the Ecological Municipality of

Notable people

Mija Aleksić Milosav "Mija" Aleksić ( sr-cyr, Милосав "Мија" Алексић; 26 September 1923 – 12 March 1995) was a Serbian actor. Early life Aleksić was born in the Gornja Crnuća village within the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Kingdo ...

, actor

References

{{Moravica District Populated places in Moravica District