Soko Grad (Gračanica, Serbia)
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Soko Grad is a town and medieval fortification near Gračanica
, Ljubovija
, western Serbia
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The fortress is dated to pre-Ottoman medieval Serbia first recorded in 1476, as a fort of Dizdar Sokol Kemal. The town was liberated in 1862, and the Fort was destroyed after the Turks surrendered.
The Soko Grad monastery (dedicated to St. Nicholas) was built at the foot of the town. In 2000, a large 13,6 metre cross was put on the highest point of Soko Grad with a Helicopter of the Army of FR Yugoslavia (SCG).
Gracanica, Ljubovija
For other uses, see Gračanica Gračanica is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Ljubovija municipality, in the Mačva District of Central Serbia...
, Ljubovija
Ljubovija
Ljubovija is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the town is 3,946 while the population of the municipality is 14,424.-Municipality:The municipality of Ljubovija includes the following settlements:...
, western 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...
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The fortress is dated to pre-Ottoman medieval Serbia first recorded in 1476, as a fort of Dizdar Sokol Kemal. The town was liberated in 1862, and the Fort was destroyed after the Turks surrendered.
The Soko Grad monastery (dedicated to St. Nicholas) was built at the foot of the town. In 2000, a large 13,6 metre cross was put on the highest point of Soko Grad with a Helicopter of the Army of FR Yugoslavia (SCG).