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70-570: Pomoravlje may refer to: Morava Valley (Serbian Latin: Pomoravlje), a geographical area in Serbia around the Great Morava and its tributaries Great Morava Valley (Great Pomoravlje), or only Morava Valley (Pomoravlje) West Morava Valley (Western Pomoravlje) South Morava Valley (Southern Pomoravlje) Kosovo Morava Valley ( Kosovo Pomoravlje ), or Binač Morava Valley (Binač Pomoravlje),

140-595: A caravanserai . They were destroyed by the Austrians in 1738. Due to the heavy forestation, during the Ottoman rule Tara was the hiding place for the hajduks . The fort of Solotnik is also located on the mountain. For a period of time, Tara was an important railway crossroad. Exhibits from that period are kept in the Railway Park "Bela Voda"  [ sr ] , near the spring of the same name. They include

210-407: A branch splitting at Niš for Sofia , Bulgaria , which is actually a crossroads of the routes E75 and E80 which connects Portugal and Turkey . Since 2019, route has been turned into a highway. The South Morava Valley is also a railway crossroads: railway Belgrade-Niš-Skopje, trans-Balkan railway Peć - Prahovo , etc. The Great Morava Valley ( Serbian : Велико Поморавље / Veliko Pomoravlje )

280-561: A compact area, but males range more widely travelling west, crossing the Drina into Bosnia where hunting is permitted. The bears do not tend to travel into central Serbia, to the east or northeast of the mountain, but the first animal which was tracked used to go all the way to the slopes of the Kopaonik mountain, in the southeast. In April 2019 there were some 60 bears on the Tara, making 80% of

350-627: A geographical area in Kosovo around the Binač Morava Pomoravlje District , a district in Serbia Kosovo-Pomoravlje District , a former district in Kosovo, still recognized by Serbia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

420-517: A population of 531,978 inhabitants by the 2002 census of population, which gives an average population density of 102 inhabitants per square kilometer. The largest is in the area of Čačak (184 per km ) and the smallest in the neighboring area of Lučani (54 per km ). Despite large urban centers, population has been depopulating for almost two decades. The population of the Morava Valley by the official censuses of population: Largest settlements of

490-572: A string of heavily industrialized towns: Požega, Čačak, Kraljevo, Trstenik and Kruševac. With the valley of the Ibar, the West Morava has a huge potential in electricity production. Hydroelectric power plants Ovčar (6 MW) and Međuvršje (7 MW) with artificial lakes are built near Čačak, in the Ovčar-Kablar gorge, so as the lakes Parmenac (also on Morava) and Ćelije (on Rasina). The entire river valley

560-587: Is a Serbian Orthodox monastery built by king Stefan Dragutin (1276-1282) on the right bank of the Rača river. Three centuries later, a famous scriptorium, known as the School of Rača ( Serbian : Рачанска школа , romanized :  Račanska škola ) developed and flourished in the 16th and 17th century. The monks translated texts from Ancient Greek, wrote histories, and copied manuscripts. They translated and copied not only liturgical but scientific and literary works of

630-813: Is a general term which in its widest sense marks valleys of any of three Morava rivers in Serbia : the West Morava ( West Morava Valley ), the South Morava ( South Morava Valley ) and the Great Morava ( Great Morava Valley ). In the narrow sense, the term is applied only to the Great Morava Valley ( Serbian : Велико Поморавље / Veliko Pomoravlje ). The Serbian term follows the general manner of coining river valley names in Serbian using

700-492: Is a natural route for both roads and railways connecting eastern, central and western Serbia, so traffic is also important for the economy of the region. Tourism is almost entirely based on mineral spas, as the West Morava Valley is dubbed "First spa region of Serbia". Best known spas include Vrnjačka Banja, Mataruška Banja, Bogutovačka Banja , Ovčar Banja, Vička Banja , Gornja Trepča , etc. Additional interests are

770-660: Is also known for the cattle and sheep . Walnuts and almonds are produced as well. Region is also known for producing melons and watermelons . Textile industry is developed, because the region produces much linen . Sunflower seeds provide vegetable oil . Water from South Morava is also used for the irrigation, due to parts of the region being semi-arid . The mountains surrounding the region are rich in minerals and ores. The mountain of Besna Kobila has findings of zinc , lead and silver . Other findings include chromium , antimony , graphite , lithium and tungsten . Oil shales are found near Leskovac and Aleksinac. Aleksinac

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840-496: Is also part of a large Aleksinac coal basin, while lignite is abundant in the area. Though South Morava has a significant potential for electricity production, it has not been dammed, though some parts of its watershed on the east (Vlasina, Vrla) have a series of hydro electrical plants (Vrla I, II, III and IV). Area is rich in mineral springs with many spas: Vranjska Banja, Bujanovčaka Banja, Ribarska Banja, Kulinska Banja, Klokot Banja, etc. There are several large industrial centers in

910-532: Is an integral part of the park, can be toured by boat. There is a total of 10 arranged scenic viewpoints, of which Banjska is the most visited. Others include Kićac, Vranovina, Veliki Teferič, Mali Teferič and Vranica. There are 290 kilometres (180 mi) of arranged hiking trails and bicycle paths. On the rivers, there are facilities for kayaking, rafting, board rowing and canyoning . Locally made items include woolen handcrafts, dairy products, juniper and plum spirits and honey, particularly Pine honey . Since

980-399: Is created for the purpose of irrigation and further fertilization of the land. Also, out of all three sections of the Morava Valley, the West Morava Valley is the most forested one. The West Morava Valley is rich in ores . It includes the mining of brown coal ("West Morava's coal basin"), hard coal , asbestos , magnesite , chromium , etc. As a result, the industry is very developed with

1050-792: Is fertile and thus is the major fruit and vegetable growing area in Serbia, especially the areas of Vranje, which is specialized in the production of peppers, and Leskovac, important tomato producing region, but other early vegetables as well. Vranje is also known for floriculture . The area is also producing grains (corn in Vranje and Leskovac, wheat in Leskovac and Aleksinac- Niš region), figs , fruits (cherries in Vranje, grapes in Leskovac) and industrial plants (sugar beet in Aleksinac- Niš, tobacco in Aleksinac- Niš, Vranje and Leskovac). Leskovac

1120-533: Is located in nearby Bajina Bašta . The protective zone of the park, which encircles it, is much larger and spreads over the area of 376 km (145 sq mi). The national park consists of a group of mountain peaks with deep picturesque gorges between them. The highest point of the park is the Kozji Rid peak on the Zvijezda mountain, with 1,591 m (5,220 ft). The most striking of these gorges

1190-619: Is located near Svilajnac. One of three Serbian cement plants is located in Popovac (formerly "Novi Popovac", in 2002 bought by one of the Swiss cement company Holcim ). The Great Morava Valley was always an important traffic route. In Roman times, it was the location of Via Militaris , while in the medieval period Constantinople road ran through. Today, it makes a section of the European route E75 (Belgrade-Niš highway) which continues into

1260-611: Is meridionally elongated, in the south-to-north direction. In the narrower sense, as a valley of the South Morava, it occupies an area of 4,800 km , of which 1,660 km on Kosovo and the rest in Central Serbia. In wider sense, the South Morava Valley is identified with southern Serbia in general and covers the entire watershed of the South Morava (15,469 km ). Sub-regions which partially make up

1330-556: Is the valley of the Great Morava . It is often referred to only as the Morava Valley ( Serbian : Поморавље / Pomoravlje ; Pomoravlje District is located in the southern area of the Great Morava Valley). At the beginning, it is bounded by the mountains of Juhor on the west and Kučaj on the east. In the later section, the Morava Valley gets much wider, with only smaller hills bounding it and opens widely to

1400-529: Is the Drina Gorge, with its sheer drops from 1,000 to 250 m (3,280 to 820 ft) and extensive views of western Serbia and nearby Bosnia. It also encompasses the gorges of the rivers Rača, Brusnica and Derventa and the waterfall of Veliki Skakavac on the river Beli Rzav . The area is also characterised by karst caves, pits, springs, and viewing points (Kićak, Smiljevac, Bilješke Stene, Kozje Stene, Vitimirovac and Kozji Rid). The deepest sections of

1470-400: Is today considered as the oldest date when the tourism on Tara began to develop. Also, there are over 650 shepherd's huts scattered over the mountain, the oldest being from the 1700s. Earlier, there were also specific log cabins , called kućer . Instead on the foundations, they were built on the sledge -type pedestals, so they could be easily moved by the yokes or teams . A mini hydro

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1540-544: The Danube and Banat region, across the river. It covers an area of 4,360 square milometers, which is over 70% of the entire Great Morava watershed. The Great Morava Valley is a valley region of the middle, Peripannonic Serbia. In the Neogene, it was a deep bay ("Morava Bay") of the inner Pannonian Sea , which flowed off through the Đerdap gorge 600,000 years ago. As the sea withdrew, the Great Morava cut in its flow through

1610-616: The Zvijezda Canyon  [ sr ] , was discovered only on 12 June 2010. Due to its seclusion and inaccessibility in the bend of the Perućac lake , it is inhabited by bears and chamois. The canyon is located on the right side of the Drina, being completely within the national park area. The stream of Selski Potok flows through it for 25 kilometres (16 mi), down the altitude of 500 metres (1,600 ft) through some 40 waterfalls, varying from 5 to 40 metres (16 to 131 ft). Over

1680-680: The "maginot railway wagon " for the ammunition transport during the World War I or the German locomotive from 1928. There is also a Railway Museum in Mokra Gora , in the building constructed in 1916 by the Austro‑;Hungarians when they were building the narrow gauge railway in occupied Serbia. Known today as the Šargan Eight , it is a heritage railway and a major tourist attraction. The main tourist points are Kaluđerske Bare on

1750-930: The Derventa canyon, while Alpine edelweiss habitats only one ridge on Mokra Gora and is strictly protected. Another endemite is common lady's mantle . Other plants include woodland strawberry , wild raspberry and various fungi. The mountain is known for numerous medicinal plants, including trees, shrubs and herbs, used in folk and modern medicine. Several hundred of them have been described and compiled in assorted manuals and monographies: sessile oak , alder buckthorn , beech, dog rose , black elder , largeleaf linden , black pine , Serbian spruce, common yarrow , couch grass , sticklewort , green-winged orchid , gentiana , greater celandine , European holly, common mallow , coltsfoot , chamomille , lemon balm , oregano , cowslip , comfrey , dandelion , burn nettle , orange mullein . There are total of 140 insect species in

1820-417: The Drina canyon are cut on the slopes of the Zvijezda, Tara's natural northwestern extension, sometimes also called High Tara, between the mouths of the Žepa river and Neveljski stream. The canyon is cut in the massive, layered mid- Tertiary limestone deposits. The cliffs are extremely steep, with rock creeps, partially under the vegetation (forests and shrubs) and partially barren. The deepest canyon in Serbia,

1890-586: The Drina is a starting point of the Drina Regatta , an annual event which grew into a tourist attraction as in July 2017 it was attended by 1,500 vessels with 20,000 people on the boats and 120,000 visitors in total. Next to the Zaovine Lake the photovoltaic solar power plant "Brana Lazići" was built. Location, at an altitude of 880 m (2,890 ft), was chosen in 2014 when the conceptual design

1960-451: The Drina, there is a population of common merganser , with 50 pairs. Tara is inhabited by 53 mammalian species, including the protected brown bear and otter , as well as chamois , roe deer , lynx , wolf , jackal , wild boar , European pine marten , and European wildcat . The area where the river Derventa flows into the Drina, is the natural spawning area of the fishes living in the Drina. In total, there are 19 species of fish in

2030-449: The Drina, while floating garbage covered areas around the barges. In 2018, all but 4 objects along the bank were removed, but in the next two years additional 150 were placed or built. The situation was described as "everyone is having a jurisdiction and no one is having a jurisdiction". Only the management of the national park publicly and officially protested, but neither the state nor the municipal authorities reacted. The Rača monastery

2100-471: The Goč mountain and medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries of Žiča, Kalenić , Lazarica , Ljubostinja , Naupara , etc. One of top mountain resorts of Serbia, Tara and Zlatibor , are marking the eastern border of the region. The South Morava Valley ( Serbian : Јужно Поморавље / Južno Pomoravlje ) is the valley of the South Morava . It is the southernmost region of Serbia, bordering North Macedonia . It

2170-630: The Great Morava Valley is the granary of Central Serbia. The Great Morava agricultural region covers much larger area than the Great Morava Valley or even the watershed of the Great Morava: regions of Mlava and Pek on the east ( Braničevo District ) and almost half of Šumadija , on the west. Main products in the valley are corn, wheat, sugar beet and sunflower. Hilly areas surrounding the valley are producing fruits, grapes (Smederevo), fodder plants and livestock. Braničevo region has

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2240-527: The Great Morava and West Morava are considered the eastern and southern borders, respectively, of the super-region of Šumadija , they largely overlap with it in these areas. The South Morava Valley had a population of 545,517 inhabitants by the 2002 census of population, with an average population density of 125 inhabitants per square kilometer. Extremes include Smederevo, with 230 per km , and Despotovac , with 41 per km . Despite being developed as an agricultural and industrial region, it has been depopulating for

2310-549: The South Morava Valley include: The South Morava Valley had a population of 680,176 inhabitants by the official 2018 estimate by the State Statistical Office, with an average population density of 217 inhabitants per square kilometer, but the area's density is in general smaller, average density being enlarged by the large centers like the city of Niš (430 per km ) and Leskovac. The South Morava Valley has been known for rural depopulation and stagnation almost for

2380-670: The South Morava Valley. It also a route for the Belgrade-Niš railway. In past times, the Great Morava used to be navigable, but due to the huge amounts of materials which are brought by the South Morava, as a result of extreme erosion in its watershed, the river bed of the Great Morava is literally being covered up so the river is not navigable today. Only some 3 kilometers near its mouth into the Danube can be used for navigation. Tara Mountain Initial attempts at protecting parts of

2450-417: The West Morava Valley in 2002 were: The West Morava Valley is economically the most developed of all three Morava river valleys. Being a large floodplain, frequently flooded by the West Morava due to the extreme fluctuation of its discharge, The West Morava Valley was always an agricultural area, but in the second half of 20th century industry also developed in all major towns along the river. Fertile land in

2520-555: The area during the Bronze Age . Though it is often mentioned that tara means "star" in Sanskrit , name of the mountain is derived from the name of the tribe. On the locality of "Borovo Brdo" near Kaluđerske Bare , a Slavic pottery from the 6th and 7th century was found. The medieval necropolis of Mramorje is located near the village of Perućac . As one of the most important stećci complex in Serbia, it has been protected by

2590-520: The area has vast finding of coal, near Kostolac (Kostolac-Podunavlje Basin; brown coal ), in the valley of Resavica (Despotovac Basin; brown coal at Makvište and Resavica, lignite at Despotovac) and near Ćuprija (Senje Basin; brown coal). Also, the Great Morava Valley has only a few mineral springs (Lućička Banja, Stragarska Banja, etc.). Major industrial centers are Jagodina, Smederevo, Smederevska Palanka and Ćuprija, followed by Paraćin, Požarevac and Velika Plana. Thermal power plant "Morava" (125 MW )

2660-520: The canyon of the Mileševka river and on the Zvezda massif. Oldest trees in the park are the beeches, (some are estimated to be over 500 years old) but other old and rare Tertiary species include European holly , Blagaj's daphne and European yew . With several other beech localities in the national parks of Fruška Gora and Kopaonik , beech forests Zvezda and Rača Gorge on Tara have been submitted for

2730-571: The confluence with South Morava). It is generally bounded by the mountains of Tara , Zlatibor , Jelica , Goč , Suvobor , Maljen , Kotlenik and Gledić , that is, by the large geographical regions of Šumadija and Stari Vlah . The West Morava Valley is a composite valley, which means it consists of a sequence of valleys (depressions) and gorges. Sections include: The West Morava Valley comprises several historical and geographical regions of Serbia, which are its own geographical sub-regions. From west to east, they are: The West Morava Valley had

2800-452: The drained bay, almost for 500 meters. The region is 120 kilometers long and up to 40 kilometers wide. Altitudes vary from 75 meters on the north to 130 meters on the south. It has a tempered continental climate with not much rainfall but frequent floods. Composite valley of the Great Morava has three main sections. Regions, which partially or completely make the Great Morava Valley, include Jasenica , Lepenica , Resava and Temnić . Because

2870-508: The entire brown bear population in Serbia. In the fall of 2021, a 15-year-old bear named Aleksandar (after Alexander the Great ) was equipped with the GPS collar camera. He was specifically selected due to his massive size, as he weighed around 250 kg (550 lb). Footage until August 2022, when he managed to tear the collar, proved that he indeed was an alpha bear on the mountain. Aleksandar

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2940-566: The final waterfall, the Selski Potok flows into the Drina. Forests account for three quarters of the national park's area, 160 km (62 sq mi), some of them being the best preserved and well-kept in Europe. With 83.5% of the territory under forest, Tara is the most forested area of Serbia and thus nicknamed the "lungs of Serbia". The forest growth is among the highest in Europe:

3010-723: The forests' rims. He was extremely cautious to avoid humans, even when close to the villages. Work published in May 2018 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America journal by the research team from the Northumbria University revealed that the locality "Crveni Tepih" shows the evidence of the oldest lead pollution in Europe. It is dated to 3600 BC, predating

3080-632: The inclusion into the UNESCO World Heritage Site Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe in May 2020. The nomination was rejected due to the Serbian laws allowing shelterwood cutting on the area of 5 hectares (12 acres), while UNESCO accepts cut areas no larger than 1 hectare (2.5 acres), and even that is not only in the areas of the highest level of protection, but also in

3150-401: The largest production of beans in Serbia. Horse stud farm Ljubičevo is located near Požarevac. In the past centuries the Great Morava Valley was famous for its vast forest, but today it is almost entirely turned into an arable land. Unlike the West Morava Valley and South Morava Valley, the Great Morava Valley has almost no ores or minerals, except for the cement marl near Paraćin. But

3220-539: The last few decades. The population of the Morava Valley by the official censuses of population: In the 1980s plans were made to join towns of Jagodina, Paraćin and Ćuprija into the first planned conurbation in Yugoslavia , including inter-city tramway lines, etc., but the idea was dropped later. The largest settlements of the Great Morava Valley in 2002 were: With very fertile arable land, almost endless gardens, orchards and vineyards and its intensive agriculture,

3290-514: The last five decades while the cities grew larger. The population of the Morava Valley by the official censuses of population and latest estimates (including the valley in narrower sense: municipalities of Preševo, Bujanovac, Vladičin Han, Vlasotince, Doljevac, Merošina, Gadžin Han, Aleksinac and Ražanj, and cities of Vranje, Leskovac and Niš): The largest settlements of the South Morava Valley (2011 census; * denotes 2002 data): The South Morava Valley

3360-482: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pomoravlje&oldid=957528764 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Morava Valley The Morava Valley ( Serbian : Поморавље / Pomoravlje , pronounced [pɔmɔ̝̌raːvʎe̞] ),

3430-415: The mid-2010s, construction of numerous objects on the mountain, in the park and along the lake began. By 2020 there were several thousands of them, vast majority being built illegally, without proper or any permits. Objects include houses, villas and floating barges with houses, with some covering several hundreds of square meters. There is no sewage, so the waste is dropped directly into the lakes, streams and

3500-583: The mountain occurred in the 19th century. Soon after Serbia's Institute for the Nature Protection was founded in 1948, six reserves were declared on the mountain in 1950. They were followed by the additional three in the 1960s and the 1970s. Tara National Park was established in July 1981. It encompasses Tara and part of the Zvijezda mountain, in a large bend of the Drina River. The area of

3570-399: The mountain, representatives of the folk architecture. House of Vukajlović is one of the oldest, built in the middle of the 19th century. It was constructed by Vitor Vukajlović, a meyhane owner from Bajina Bašta . House is not residential anymore and is turned into the tourist facility. It is noted for the writing near the entry doors "Slaviša, with his Mrs. Ana, lodged here in 1905", which

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3640-399: The name of the locality. They are made in different shapes: slab, box, gable roof, slightly dressed rectangular stones, etc. Small scale exploration of the area was conducted in 2010 and the stone monuments were conserved in 2011. Rastište is 7 km (4.3 mi) from Perućac, in the valley of the Derventa river. It consists of two cemeteries, separated by 500 m (1,600 ft), north of

3710-624: The north, close to Bajina Bašta, and Mitrovac on the south. Hotels Beli Bor and Omorika, as well as several smaller ones, are located on Kaluđerske Bare, while Mitrovac hosts eponymous children's recreation hotel. The National Park can be reached from Bajina Bašta directly (by the Bajina Bašta - Kaluđerske Bare road), from Perućac via Bajina Bašta (by the Perućac - Mitrovac road) and from Kremna (the Kremna - Kaluđerske Bare road). The Drina gorge, which

3780-581: The park originally was 191.75 km (74.04 sq mi) with altitudes varying from 250 to 1,591 m (820 to 5,220 ft) above sea level. On 5 October 2015, the National Assembly of Serbia adopted the new law of national parks which enlarged the Tara National Park to 249.92 km (96.49 sq mi), by adding to it the protected area of " Zaovine Landscape of Outstanding Features". The park's management office

3850-611: The park, where woodcutting is forbidden. Some of the areas have been left unattended for centuries, making them basically a temperate rainforest . Forests mainly consist of beech, spruce and fir . Tara also boasts a rare endemic Tertiary species, the Serbian spruce which is now protected in the small area of the park. It was discovered by Josif Pančić in 1875 in the Zaovine 's hamlet of Đurići. Because of its rarity and scientific importance, it has been placed under national protection as it can only be found on two locations on Tara:

3920-457: The park. Since they have been fully protected, numbers of brown bears soon began to rise. By 2018, there were over 50, which is considered to be the optimal number of animals on the mountain. As their number grew, despite having feeders they began causing damage to local orchards and apiaries but have not attacked livestock nor the villagers. Some of the animals are tracked via satellite. The tracking shows that females, especially with cubs, occupy

3990-543: The park. Rare species include Pančić's grasshopper ( Pyrgomorphella serbica ), endemic cricket Balkan isophya discovered in 1882 by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl and aspen longhorn beetle, which in Serbia lives only on this location. 135 bird species make their temporary or permanent homes on the slopes of the mountain, including golden eagle , griffon vulture , peregrine falcon , Eurasian eagle owl , spotted nutcracker , Eurasian bullfinch , crossbill , black woodpecker , rock partridge and black grouse . On Perućac lake on

4060-524: The period so the history of Serbian literature is owing a lot to it. Turkish travel writer, Evliya Çelebi noted in his travelogue of 1630 that in Rača Monastery there were 300 monk scribes, who were served by 400 shepherds, blacksmiths, and other staff. The security guard included 200 armed men. It was damaged several times during the Ottoman period. During the Great Turkish War the monastery

4130-626: The prefix po- and suffix -je , meaning literally "(land) along the Morava". Morava valley lies in the central Balkans , at the crossroads which lead eastwards, towards the Black Sea and Asia Minor , and further south, down the Vardar River into the Aegean Sea . The West Morava Valley ( Serbian : Западно Поморавље / Zapadno Pomoravlje ) is the valley of the West Morava . It is

4200-583: The previous oldest findings dated to 3000 BC in southern Spain and pushed back the origins of lead metallurgy for six centuries. Locality Kremenilo, near the village of Višesava , is a prehistoric settlement, dated between 5000 and 7000 BC, as part of the Starčevo culture which developed in Podunavlje as the first agricultural culture in the Balkans. Mountainous Illyrian tribe of Autariatae inhabited

4270-558: The region, some of the largest in Serbia (Niš, Leskovac, Vranje). Secondary centers are Aleksinac, Vlasotince and Preševo. Along with the Great Morava Valley, its natural continuation, the South Morava Valley is an important European transportation route and Niš is a major crossroads. It makes a section of the Belgrade- Skopje - Thessaloniki route, that is, of the European route E75 (which connects Norway and Greece ), with

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4340-534: The southernmost Peripannonic region of Serbia. It is parallel, latitudinally elongated, in the west-to-east direction, opposed to the meridian , south-to-north direction of South Morava Valley and Great Morava Valley. It occupies and area of 5,220 square kilometers and generally corresponds to the valley of the West Morava River and sections of its watershed around the rivers of Skrapež , Đetinja (headwaters of West Morava) and Rasina (a tributary, near

4410-510: The state as a Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance . Another such necropolis is near the village of Rastište . Mramorje is located near the Perućac lake . The necropolis originates rom the 1300s and the 1400s, and currently has 88 visible tombstones. All of them are plain, without ornaments, except for one which is decorated with a circle-shaped ornament. All stones are made of one white limestone block which weight 3 tons and more. They have been called mramorovi ("marble [blocks]"), hence

4480-410: The surrounding zones. It was announced that the rules will be changed, so that parts of Tara might be included in 2023. In total there are 1,200 plant species in the park, of which 84 are Balkans endemites , and 600 species of fungi. There are two species of edelweiss which can be found in Serbia only on the Tara. Pančić discovered the Derventa knapweed ( Centaurea derventana ) on the cliffs of

4550-453: The total wood mass increases each year and the quality of the forest is enhanced. Cutting of the wood is strictly controlled. Since 1960, the total measurement of the wood mass on Tara has been measured every 10 years. From 1990 to 2000, the mass grew from 463.7 m /ha (5,325 US bushels per acre) to 476.4 m /ha (5,471 US bushels per acre). Within the park, there are 9 reserves with an area of 29.5 km (11.4 sq mi), or 16% of

4620-471: The valley is best for grains and orchards. Corn is being cultivated in the Čačak-Kraljevo depression, while wheat is being grown in the Kruševac depression. Dragačevo region is known for the potato production. Čačak area is known for the plum growing, Požega is known for the apples ("budimka" brand) and Župa region around Aleksandrovac is famous for white grapes and wine production. The reservoir Parmenac near Čačak

4690-510: The village church. There are 35 tombstones at the Gajevi locality, and 33 at Uroševine. These stećci are decorated with carvings of bow and arrow, swords, etc. It is in the vicinity of the quarry Vagan, the source of the stone for the stećci . During the Ottoman period, a "Bosnian road" passed through the area. The hamlet of Gradina, near Kremna , was the location of a Turkish arsenal and

4760-418: Was constructed in 1927 on the Vrelo river. It became operational in 1928, powering Bajina Bašta, Perućac and Kaluđerske Bare. The Vrelo is considered the shortest river in Serbia, being only 365 m (1,198 ft) long, which is why it has been nicknamed the "Year". It ends with another attraction, a 8-metre-high (26 ft) waterfall into the Drina, with a lookout and a restaurant above it. This section of

4830-410: Was hibernating from mid-November to late March and was quite reluctant to leave the cave. Other animals were hiding from him and moving out of his way so much, that he had no encounters with other animals than bears. He was feeding at the mangers and "enjoyed" spending time with two she-bears in this period, but he mostly was just calmly wandering all over. The bear avoided open spaces, not crossing over

4900-440: Was partially destroyed by the invading Turks in 1689. In 1826 it was reconstructed due to being burned down several times. Gendarmerie lieutenant colonel Jaraković handed over the Miroslav Gospel to hegumen Platon Milojević in 1941, who kept it during the war. The Rača monastery is declared a cultural monument . Next to the monastery's glebe is the horse ranch and training yard "Dora", opened in 2007. There are houses on

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