Dostinika
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Dostinik or Destinikon was the first capital of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 (Rascia
Rascia
Rascia was a medieval region that served as the principal province of the Serbian realm. It was an administrative division under the direct rule of the monarch and sometimes as an appanage. The term has been used to refer to various Serbian states throughout the Middle Ages...

) during the Middle Ages (early 7th century) in present-day Metohia (Drsnik
Drsnik
Drsnik is a village/settlement in the Klina municipality of Kosovo.It is a settlement which has had a strong Serbian majority. In June of 1999 the Serbian population fled due to war. Serbs returned to the village after five years, on June of 2005. The church of St...

) or Prijepolje
Prijepolje
Prijepolje is a town and municipality in the Zlatibor District of Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the municipality of Prijepolje has a population of 36,713 people, while the town itself has a population of 13,068...

-Sjenica
Sjenica
Sjenica , is a town and municipality in the Zlatibor District of Serbia. The population of the town, according to 2011 census, is 13,056 inhabitants, while the municipality has 25,448.-History:...

 or somewhere between rivers Bosna and Drina.

Remains of a fortification thought to be that of Destinikon have been found in the Archaeological site of Vrsenice, near Sjenica
Sjenica
Sjenica , is a town and municipality in the Zlatibor District of Serbia. The population of the town, according to 2011 census, is 13,056 inhabitants, while the municipality has 25,448.-History:...

. The findings date from late antiquity and early Byzantine
Byzantine
Byzantine usually refers to the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages.Byzantine may also refer to:* A citizen of the Byzantine Empire, or native Greek during the Middle Ages...

.

Serbia comprised the following fortifications (καστρα, 'castle'): Destinikon (Δεστινίκον), Černavusk (Τςερναωουσκεή), Međurečje (Μεγυρέτονς), Dresneik (Δρεσνεηκ), Lesnik
Lesnik (Serbia)
Lesnik was a fortified town in medieval Serbia , registered by Byzantine Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus, under the rule of Časlav Klonimirović....

 (Λεσνηκ), Salines (Σαληνέζ), in the Zhupa of Bosnia (Βοσνωνα): Katera (Κατερα) and Desnik (Δέσνηκ).

Klonimir of Serbia had Destinikon occupied during his rule in the 9th century.
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