Smederevo
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Smederevo is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about 45 kilometres downstream of the Serbian capital, B
Црква Св. Георгија у Смедереву 3
Smederevo building at the market
Smederevo, Crkva Svetog Đorđa, 13
Smederevo city administration
Serbian Despotate
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The Serbian Despotate was a medieval Serbian state in the first half of the 15th century. Although the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 is mistakenly considered the end of medieval Serbia, the Despotate, a su
Smederevo
…by the name of Vinceia. The modern city traces its roots back to the Late Middle Ages when it was the capital (1430–39, and 1444–59) of the last independent Serbian state before Ottoman conquest. In Serbian, the city is known as Smederevo (Смедерево), in Latin, Italian, Romanian and Greek as Semendria, in Hungarian as…
Despot's Gate in Belgrade, built by Despot Stefan Lazarević
Smederevo Fortress, capital of the Serbian Despotate
Vršac Castle was founded by Branković
Despot Đurađ's coat of arms, Prussian ed. Chronicle of the Council of Constance (before 1437)