Oskoruša is a hill close to the city of

Smederevska Palanka Smederevska Palanka ( sr-cyr, Смедеревска Паланка, ) is a town and municipality located in the Podunavlje District and the geographical region of Šumadija. According to the 2022 census, the town has 20,345 while the municipality ...

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. The top of the hill is above sea level.

Description

From the top of the hill it is possible to see the city of

Vršac Vršac ( sr-Cyrl, Вршац, ) is a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022, the city urban area had a population of 31,946, while the city administrative area had 45,462 inhabitants. It is located in the geographical ...

to the north; the mountain range

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to the south at a distance of ; the area close to the river

Drina The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long river in the Balkans, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Al ...

to the west; and the area near the city of

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to the east at a distance of . Also visible are the mountain

Rtanj Rtanj ( , ) is a mountain situated in eastern Serbia, approximately 200 km southeast of Belgrade, between the towns of Boljevac on north and Sokobanja on the south. It belongs to the Serbian Carpathians. Its highest peak is Šiljak () (1,56 ...

, the mountain

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near the city of

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, the mountains Jastrebac,

Avala Avala ( sr-cyr, Авала, ) is a List of mountains in Serbia, mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view of Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the sur ...

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, and Rudnik; and the cities of

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, Svilajnac,

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, and Arandjelovac.

History

Less than one mile away is the archaeological site at

Medvednjak Medvednjak () is an archaeological site in central Serbia, in Šumadija region, from center of Smederevska Palanka. The locality is situated in the village of Grčac. Just as the neighboring locality of Staro Selo, near Selevac, it belongs to ...

. Research has been conducted at Medvednjak by

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. It is assumed that Oskoruša was the site of a church that was destroyed in the 17th century by a landslide.

References

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