Veliko Gradište
Encyclopedia
Veliko Gradište is a town and municipality located in Serbia
, in north-east Serbia
(Braničevo District
), on the right bank of the Danube
river and left bank of the Pek river
. In 2011, the town has total population of 5,868, while the municipality has 17,559.
of the Trojan Cycle
depicting Achilles
and Hector
was found in Ritopek
.
.
Municipality of Veliko Gradište include following settlements:
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...
, in north-east 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...
(Braničevo District
Branicevo District
The Braničevo District expands in the north-east of Serbia. It has a population of 180,480. Seat of the District is in the city of Požarevac, a famous cross-roads, with numerous communications running through it still today...
), on the right bank of the Danube
Danube
The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....
river and left bank of the Pek river
Pek River
The Pek , is a river in eastern Serbia. It is a 129 km long right tributary of the Danube, flowing through the regions of Homolje, Zvižd and Braničevo.- Homolje region :...
. In 2011, the town has total population of 5,868, while the municipality has 17,559.
History
Thracians and Dacians lived in the region prior to the Roman conquering of the Balkans in the 1st century BC, when the town was known as "Pincum", in the province of Upper Moesia. The Pincum reliefPincum relief
The Pincum relief is a funerary art fragment of an early 2nd century AD Roman marble relief depicting Achilles and Hector of the Trojan cycle of Homer's Iliad...
of the Trojan Cycle
Iliad
The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles...
depicting Achilles
Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.Plato named Achilles the handsomest of the heroes assembled against Troy....
and Hector
Hector
In Greek mythology, Hectōr , or Hektōr, is a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. As the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, a descendant of Dardanus, who lived under Mount Ida, and of Tros, the founder of Troy, he was a prince of the royal house and the...
was found in Ritopek
Ritopek
Ritopek is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Grocka, 20 km east of Belgrade and 19 km west of the municipal seat, on the right bank of the Danube, across the village of Ivanovo in Banat region of the Vojvodina...
.
Name
Its name stems from the phrase "big building site" in SerbianSerbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
.
Municipality of Veliko Gradište include following settlements:
- Veliko Gradište
- Biskuplje
- GarevoGarevoGarevo is a small village in Serbia close to Veliko Gradiste. There are around 70 houses in Garevo, and the village has a very small population...
- Desina
- Doljšnica
- ĐurakovoĐurakovoĐurakovo is a village in the municipality of Veliko Gradište, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 338 people.-References:...
- Zatonje
- Kamijevo
- Kisiljevo
- Kurjače
- Kumane
- Kusiće
- Ljubinje
- Majilovac
- Makce
- Ostrovo
- Pečanica
- Požeženo
- Ram
- Sirakovo
- Srednjevo
- TopolovnikTopolovnikTopolovnik is a village in the municipality of Veliko Gradište, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 1098 people.-References:...
- Tribrode
- Carevac
- Češljeva bara
Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups in the Veliko Gradište municipality (2002 census):- SerbsSerbsThe Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
= 19,540 - Vlachs = 354
- Roma = 188
- RomaniansRomanians of SerbiaRomanians are a recognised national minority in Serbia. The total number of declared Romanians in the 2002 Serbian census was 34,576, while 40,054 people declared themselves Vlachs; there are differing views among some of the Vlachs over they should be regarded as Romanians or as members of a...
= 117