Church of St. Apostle in Turekovac

Church of St. Apostola is located about 5 kilometers west of Leskovac near the village of Turekovac. The church was completed in 1845 and was built on the foundations of an older place of worship in a p...
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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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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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Permanent exhibition "Time machine of the Leskovac region"

The crown of the Museum's decades-long work is a new permanent exhibition, "The Time Machine of the Leskovac Region", which chronologically and thematically exhibits material from prehistory to the begi...
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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. 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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National Theatre

The beginnings of theatrical life date back to the end of the 19th century, when in 1896 the theater company "Jug Bogdan" was founded. In the period between the two world wars, the City Theater (1926) a...
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Monastery of St. John the Baptist

The church of the monastery of John the Baptist was built on the foundations of an older building during the time of Abbot Theodosius, during the reign of Sultan Selim. The founder was Andronicus of the...
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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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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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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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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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Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Grdelica

It is located outside the town of Grdelica, on the edges of the Grdelica gorge, southeast of Leskovac. It was built as an endowment of the industrialist Jovan P. Jovanovic. The construction of the churc...
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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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National Museum in Leskovac

The National Museum in Leskovac is a regional non-profit cultural institution in the service of society, which takes care of the cultural and historical heritage of the Leskovac region, collects, preser...
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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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Book collaboration Botevgrad - Leskovac

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