Sirogojno

Last updated
Sirogojno
Village
Staro Selo - Sirogojno5.JPG
View of a small part of the village of Sirogojno
Coordinates: 43°41′10″N19°52′47″E / 43.68611°N 19.87972°E / 43.68611; 19.87972 Coordinates: 43°41′10″N19°52′47″E / 43.68611°N 19.87972°E / 43.68611; 19.87972
CountryFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Area
[1]
  Total19.14 km2 (7.39 sq mi)
Elevation
911 m (2,989 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total630
  Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Sirogojno is a village in Serbia located on Mt. Zlatibor. The village of Sirogojno was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1983, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia.

Contents

Museums

It is known for his open-air museum, or "ethno village" known as the Old Village Museum (Serbian : Музеј Старо село, romanized: Muzej Staro selo), covering nearly 5 hectares with authentic elements of ordinary life collected from all over the Zlatibor region from the 19th century. The ethno village displays a set of traditional wooden buildings, including a bakery, a dairy, and an inn, all in authentic form. [2]

Sirogojno is also housing a Knitting museum in honor of women knitters from the Zlatibor region, who created unique clothing items with their work. [3]

Church of Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles

The Serbian Orthodox church in Sirogojno was built in 1764. It is dedicated to the apostles St. Peter and St. Paul, as is written on the royal doors beside the signature of icon painter Simeon Lazović. The reconstruction of the original layout of the church in Sirogojno was based on special preserved manuscripts, protocols, records, and other historical sources. The village graveyard is located next to the church and has gravestones from the 19th century with unique artistic pictures and texts. [4]

Notable people

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Krupanj</span> Town and municipality in Šumadija and Western Serbia, Serbia

Krupanj is a town and municipality located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. The municipality has a total population of 17,295 inhabitants, while the town has a population of 4,429 inhabitants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Our Lady of Ljeviš</span> Church in Prizren, Kosovo

Our Lady of Ljeviš is a 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church in the town of Prizren, in southern Kosovo. Since 2006, the church is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site named Medieval Monuments in Kosovo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zlatibor</span> Mountainous region in western Serbia

Zlatibor is a mountainous region situated in the western part of Serbia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stari Ras</span> Archaeological site in Serbia

Ras, known in modern Serbian historiography as Stari Ras, is a medieval fortress located in the vicinity of former market-place of Staro Trgovište, some 11 km west of modern-day city of Novi Pazar in Serbia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manasija</span> Monastery in Serbia

The Manasija Monastery also known as Resava, is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near Despotovac, Serbia founded by Despot Stefan Lazarević between 1406 and 1418. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It is one of the most significant monuments of medieval Serbian culture and it belongs to the "Morava school". The monastery is surrounded by massive walls and towers. Immediately following its foundation, the monastery became the cultural centre of the Serbian Despotate. Its School of Resava was well known for its manuscripts and translations throughout the 15th and 16th centuries, even after the fall of the Despotate to the Ottoman Turks. Manasija complex was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia, and monastery have entered a UNESCO Tentative List Process in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grgeteg Monastery</span>

The Grgeteg Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was founded by Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk in 1471. The earliest historical records about the monastery date back to 1545/1546. The monastery had been deserted before the 1690 Great Migration of the Serbs, but a renewal, undertaken by Bishop Isaija Đaković, took place in 1708. Around 1770, the extant baroque church was erected and it underwent restoration in 1898 under the guiding hand of Hermann Bollé. It was then that the residential buildings which enclose the church from all four sides were reconstructed. The first walled rocaille iconostasis in the church interior was painted and inlaid by Jakov Orfelin in 1774–1775. The extant iconostasis is a 1902 work of Uroš Predić.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kuveždin Monastery</span>

The Kuveždin monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. Traditionally, its foundation is ascribed to Stefan Štiljanović. The first reliable record of its existence is from a Turkish tax book dated from 1566 to 1569, though the building was constructed much earlier. In 2009, the entire monastery complex has been reconstructed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade</span> Church in Belgrade, Serbia

The Cathedral Church of St. Michael the Archangel is a Serbian Orthodox cathedral church in the centre of Belgrade, Serbia, situated in the old part of the city, at the intersection of Kralja Petra and Kneza Sime Markovića streets. It was built between 1837 and 1840, on the location of an older church also dedicated to Archangel Michael. It is one of the most important places of worship in the country. It is commonly known as just Saborna crkva among the city residents. It was proclaimed as a Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance in 1979.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stopića Cave</span> Limestone cave in Serbia

The Stopića Cave is a limestone cave near Sirogojno, on the slopes of Mount Zlatibor in western Serbia. It has been protected by the state as a natural monument. By 2022 it became the most visited cave in Serbia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Architecture of Serbia</span>

The architecture of Serbia has a long, rich and diverse history. Some of the major European style from Roman to Postmodern are demonstrated, including renowned examples of Raška, Serbo-Byzantine with its revival, Morava, Baroque, Classical and Modern architecture, with prime examples in Brutalism and Streamline Moderne.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ravanica</span>

The Ravanica Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Kučaj mountains near Senje, a village in Ćuprija municipality in Central Serbia. It was built in 1375–1377 as an endowment of prince Lazar of Serbia, who is buried there. The Ravanica church is called the birthplace of the new artistic movement "Morava school" because of architectural and artistic features. It is original blend of the Mount Athos and the cross-in-square five-domed model that became standard in the time of King Milutin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Ras</span> Orthodox church in Novi Pazar, Serbia

The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, commonly known as Church of St Peter or simply Peter's Church is a Serbian Orthodox church, the oldest intact church in Serbia and one of the oldest ones in the region, situated on a hill of Ras, the medieval capital of the Serbian Grand Principality (Rascia), in Novi Pazar, Serbia. It is part of the Stari Ras complex, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patriarchate Court, Sremski Karlovci</span>

The Patriarchate Court is a listed historical building which was the seat of the Patriarchate of Karlovci between 1848 and 1920, in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia.

Cultural Heritage of Serbia represents the totality of national cultural heritage in Serbia as defined by Serbia's Law on Cultural Goods. Some of national heritage sites in Serbia are also World Heritage Sites.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pine of Tsar Dušan</span>

Pine of Tsar Dušan was a giant black pine tree located in the courtyard of the old Serbian Orthodox Monastery of the Holy Archangels, in the village cemetery of Gornje Nerodimlje, Ferizaj, Kosovo. The pine tree was planted in 1336 by Stefan Dušan and cut down and burned by local Albanian villagers in 1999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of St. Nicholas, Prizren</span> Church in Prizren, Kosovo

The Church of St. Nicholas, also known as Tutić Church is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Prizren in Kosovo. It was founded in 1331–1332 by Dragoslav Tutić, whose monastic name was Nikola (Nicholas), and his wife Bela. Later, the church became a possession of the Visoki Dečani Monastery. Since 1990, it has been on Serbia's list of Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance. At the time of the 2004 unrest in Kosovo, the church was vandalized. Since 2005, with financial support from the European Union, work has been undertaken to restore the church to its original state.

Monuments of Kosovo comprise all the monuments that are located in Kosovo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Topčider</span>

Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, known as the Topčider Church is the Serbian Orthodox Church, located in Topčider park, in the municipality of Savski Venac in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Built between 1832 and 1834, it was an endowment of Prince Miloš Obrenović, who was also its founder. It is located next to the Residence of Prince Miloš. The church was declared a cultural monument and protected by the state in 1949.

Milan Smiljanic was an archpriest of the Serbian Orthodox Church, a participant in the Balkan Wars and the People's Liberation Struggle, and a socio-political worker of the People's Republic of Serbia. His voice was on the Voyager 1 record saying: "Желимо вам све најлепше са наше планете " on English We wish you all the best, from our planet.

References

  1. "Насеља општине Чајетина" (PDF). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. Ethno village in Sirogojno, the unique open-air museum Archived 2022-10-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. The unique women-knitters organization from Sirogojno Archived 2022-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. St Apostles` Peter and Paul Church Archived 2022-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 October 2022.