{"id":8086,"date":"2022-09-23T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jelenadogshows.com\/eng\/topical\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2022-09-23T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:12:10","slug":"tourism-svilajnac-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jelenadogshows.com\/eng\/topical\/tourism-svilajnac-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism | Svilajnac (Serbia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Svilajnac\u00a0(pronounced \/svi\u02d0la\u026an\u028ct\u0361s\/;\u00a0Serbian Cyrillic:\u00a0\u0421\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0458\u043d\u0430\u0446<\/span>) is a town and municipality located in the\u00a0Pomoravlje District\u00a0of central Serbia. The population of the town is 9,131 inhabitants, while the municipality has 23,391 inhabitants.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is located 100\u00a0km (62\u00a0mi) south-east of\u00a0Belgrade, on the banks of the river\u00a0Resava, and bordering the river\u00a0Morava. Its name stems from the word for\u00a0silk\u00a0in Serbian.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Svilajnac was first mentioned in Ottoman records in 1467 as a village with a hundred households. The village, and later town, gained prominence through its silk production, from which it derives its name (svila<\/i>, “silk”). Located in central Serbia, it flourished as a trading center, where silk, wool and livestock were traded.<\/span><\/p>\n

Svilajnac is the birthplace of the\u00a0First Serbian Uprising\u00a0revolutionary\u00a0Stevan Sin\u0111eli\u0107. A statue in his honor was raised in the central square of Svilajnac, in the pedestrian zone of\u00a0Kriva \u010dar\u0161ija<\/i>. It was erected in 1991 after the design of sculptor Mihailo Paunovi\u0107. The bronze monument marks the decisive moment in the\u00a0Battle of \u010cegar, when Sin\u0111eli\u0107, standing in the trench shot the powder keg.<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

In 1832 a hospital was established in Svilajnac, one of the first medical centers in this part of Serbia. Due to its architectural and historical importance, the building of the Old Hospital has been declared a cultural monument and placed under the state protection.<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

Modern town began to develop on the location of the medieval village in 1820. It was based on the urban regulatory plan which consisted of four main streets:\u00a0Prava \u010dar\u0161ija<\/i>\u00a0(today\u00a0Saint Sava<\/i>\u00a0Street),\u00a0Kriva \u010dar\u0161ija<\/i>,\u00a0Gospodska<\/i>\u00a0(today\u00a0Ustani\u010dka<\/i>\u00a0Street) and Resava Square (today Park of the European friendship).\u00a0Kriva \u010dar\u0161ija<\/i>\u00a0is one of the best preserved ambient units in the town. It was later called\u00a0Kneza Mihailova<\/i>, then\u00a0Lenjinova<\/i>\u00a0after the\u00a0World War II, then\u00a0Stevana Sin\u0111eli\u0107a<\/i>\u00a0before its original name was returned. Today it is the central pedestrian zone in Svilajnac.<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

On 29 June 1866 Prince\u00a0Mihailo Obrenovi\u0107\u00a0officially declared Svliajnac a\u00a0varo\u0161ica<\/i>\u00a0(“small town”). In 1868 a library was open. The building previously belonged to Dimitrije Mita Isakovi\u0107, founder of the Resava Savings Bank, the first money institution in Svilajnac. The building was declared a cultural monument in 2001 and the library today holds 60,000 books and 9,000 non-book units. A\u00a0gymnasium\u00a0was open in 1877. The school building was also declared a cultural monument and was fully renovated in 2015.<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n