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Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
in 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...
(Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
province). It is mostly an industrial zone, but it is partially a residential area as well.
Name
Its name means "the Roman trenches". It was named like this because of land shapes ("trenches") that exist at this location. Although, these land shapes are of unknown origin, they were named "rimski" (Roman) because of the popular belief that old RomansAncient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
created them. However, modern researchers agree that Romans were not builders of the trenches - it is most likely that trenches were built in the 3rd and 4th century by old Sarmatians
Sarmatians
The Iron Age Sarmatians were an Iranian people in Classical Antiquity, flourishing from about the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD....
.
Geography
Neighborhood is located in northern part of Novi Sad, near neighborhoods of Klisa and Gornje LivadeGornje Livade, Novi Sad
Gornje Livade , also known as Gornje Sajlovo and Šumice , is a quarter of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia.-History:...
and Deponija
Deponija
Deponija can refer to:* Deponija, Belgrade, an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia.* Deponija, Novi Sad, part of Novi Sad, Serbia....
industrial zone.