Lukovo is a village on the eastern slopes of Mount Kopaonik

Kopaonik

Kopaonik ; is one of the larger mountain ranges of Serbia. It is located in the central part of Serbia, while a small portion extendeds to North Kosovo. Its highest point, Pančić's Peak, is above sea level....

, in the municipality of Kuršumlija

Kuršumlija

Kuršumlija is a town and municipality located in the south of Serbia, nearby the rivers Toplica, Kosanica and Banjska, on the southeast of mountain Kopaonik, and northwest of Radan Mountain...

, in southern 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...

. It is a spa town (Lukovska Banja) of highest altitude in Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 366 people.

Lukovo Spa

Lukovo Spa (Lukovska Banja) is situated 681m above sea level, has 37 mineral water springs with temperatures ranging from 35-69,5°C, warm also during the winters. The water is of hydro carbonate sodium-magnesium-calcium type, making it a good treatment by bathing as a part of medical rehabilitation, for diseases of locomotive apparatus, gynecology diseases and skin diseases. The sub-alpine region has temperate-continental climate, winters are temperately cold, summer temperately warm, autumns are warmer, clearer and drier than spring, the surrounding mountains makes the summer heats bearable with cold winds.

Churches in vicinity

• Štava church
  Štava church
  The Church of St. Mina or Štava church is a 17th century Serbian Orthodox Church situated in the village of Štava, 5,5 km south from Lukovska Banja, Pirot District, Serbia. It was built between 1614-1647....
  
  , (Church of St. Mina), in Štava
  Štava
  Štava is a village in the municipality of Kuršumlija, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 176 people.-References:...
  
  
• Lukovo church
  Lukovo church
  The Church of St. Peter and Paul or Lukovo church is a Serbian Orthodox church in the village of Lukovo, Serbia dedicated to apostles Peter and Paul, built during the reign of king Milutin near mines of lead, copper and gold. It was damaged in the end of the 14th century and reconstructed in 1871,...
  
  , (Church of St. Peter and Paul) in Lukovo
• Nenadov kamen church
  Nenadov kamen church
  The Nenadov Kamen Church is a Serbian Orthodox church dedicated to St. George is situated in Lukovo, Lukovska Banja, Serbia on a stone height called Nenad’s stone at the eastern slopes of Mt. Kopaonik.According to legend, Saint Sava raised a wooden cross on the Nenadov Kamen hill and declared it...
  
  , (Church of St. George) on the Nenad hill
• Monastery of Saint Gabriel
  • Pećinska cave church
    Pećinska church
    The Pećinska church is a 14th century Serbian Orthodox cave-church dedicated to St.Peter and Paul in heights of Kalik on the right gorges of Stara planina near Lukovska Banja. It has a unique fresco of Jesus called the Bald Jesus . It is part of the Monastery of Saint Gabriel .-External...
    
    , (Church of St. Peter and Paul), has a unique icon of a bald Jesus
    Jesus
    Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
    
    .

External links

• Lukovska Banja