Rudnik (mountain)
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Rudnik is a mountain in the Šumadija region of central Serbia, near the town of Gornji Milanovac. Its highest peak Cvijićev vrh, named after geologist and biologist Jovan Cvijić, has an elevation of 1
A detail on Rudnik mountain
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Typical Serbian (Balkan) architecture in the mountains
Milosev konak
Irene Kantakouzene
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Irene Kantakouzene, known simply as Despotess Jerina was the wife of Serbian Despot Đurađ Branković. Her father was probably the Byzantine nobleman Theodore Kantakouzenos. In Serbian folk legends, she
Rudnik (mountain)
…by despot Đurađ Branković around 1430, who used it as a summer retreat with his family. The popular legend attributed the city building to his wife Eirene Kantakouzene, already infamous for her role in building of the Smederevo Fortress, so the fortress is today referred to as Jerinin Grad (Eirene's City), even though…
Irene Kantakouzene, Esphigmenou charter