Project №CB007.2.11.224 "Heterotopias" CCI Number 2014TC16I5CB007

Leskovac Carnival

Leskovac is a city with a carnival tradition of more than eighty years. The first carnival was held in 1929 at Poklade on the theme "Marriage of Marko Kraljevic". The Leskovac Carnival is one of the mos...

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Monastery in Oraovica

The monastery is located near the village of Oraovica, two kilometers from Grdelica, on a hill next to the river Južna Morava. The monastery complex consists of two buildings in a terraced courtyard, th...

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Church of St. Nikola in Čukljenik

Church dedicated to St. Father Nikola, is located south of Leskovac, on the northern slopes of Kukavica in the village of Čukljenik, near the Nakrivanjskariver. It is assumed that it was built on the fo...

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Church of St. Fridays in the village of Rudar

3.5 kilometers east of Leskovac, on a branch of the mountain Kukavica, on Rudarskakosa, outside the village of Rudar, there is a church dedicated to St. PetkaTrnovska. In the immediate vicinity is a boa...

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Convent of the Presentation of the Most Holy Mother of God

Female monastery of St. The Mother of God of the Introduction was raised in 1499 by the founders Ksenija, Teofana, Marta and Marija. It is presumed that they belonged to the Kantakuzin family and that t...

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Church of St. John the Baptist in Vučje

The church dedicated to the birth of Saint John the Baptist is located south of Leskovac on a hill near Vucje on the slopes of Kukavica. According to the legend, it was built on the foundations of an ol...

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Barbecue

The barbecue is an annual gastronomic economic and tourist event that is traditionally held in the last week of August and the first week of September at the "Wide Bazaar" in the center of Leskovac. It ...

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Church of Odžaklija

It is located in the center of Leskovac, in the former Crkvena Mala. According to incomplete data, the church was built on the foundations of the old temple in 1803, and rebuilt in 1839. It was built in...

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Skobaljić town on Kukavica

Skobaljićgrad is located 20 kilometers southeast of Leskovac. Erected on the steep and inaccessible cliff of the mountain Kukavica on the left bank of the canyon of the river Vučjanka, hidden by the nei...

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Leskovac Cultural Center LKC

The Leskovac Cultural Center was established in 1981 with the aim of making the organization of public events in the city even more professional. Through his programs and activities - literary, art, fil...

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KostaStamenković Memorial House

The memorial house of the national hero KostaStamenković represents an immovable cultural good as a cultural monument. KostaStamenković (October 3, 1893-26, 1942) was a participant in the national liber...

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Babičko Monastery

It is located about 10 kilometers from Pecenjevac, two kilometers southeast of the village of Babicko. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and was built in the 16th century. It is a single-nave...

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Museum of Textile Industry in the village of Strojkovac

The Textile Museum in Strojkovac is the only museum of its kind in Serbia. It is located in a mill that was built in the second half of the 19th century. Judging by the size and living quarters in its c...

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Public Library "RadojeDomanović" in Leskovac

The RadojeDomanović Public Library is one of the oldest cultural institutions in the city. The first written information about the founding of the Chitalishte comes from 1879. Today, it is a modern publ...

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Cathedral of St. Three

The cathedral church in Leskovacis dedicated to the descent of the Holy Spirit - the Holy Trinity. It was built next to the old church of Odžaklija. The church was completed and consecrated in 1931 acco...

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Church of St. Friday at Kumarevo

Near the village of Kumareva, 4 kilometers northwest of Leskovac, in the same gate there are two churches, both dedicated to St. PetkiParaskevi. The old church was built according to tradition from the ...

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Book collaboration Botevgrad - Leskovac

This Website was created in the framework of project №CB007.2.11.224 “Heterotopias” with the financial support of the European Union through the Interreg –IPA CBC Bulgaria –Serbia Programme 2014-2020 CCI No. 2014TC16I5CB007. The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of Municipality of Botevgrad and National Museum of Leskovac and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union or the Managing Authority of the Programme.