Krusevac
Kruševac (
/krû transformation/at savings/ (?·i) in Serbian: Крушевац) is a city of Serbia, outside the West Morava River and 153 km southeast of Belgrade. His name comes from the Serbian word "krušac" - (in Serbian: krushatz 'river'), a type of round stone typical of the rivers of the region and used in the construction of buildings of that time. The current population is 58,745, according to the 2011 census. It is the administrative capital of the Rasina district in the province of Central Serbia.
History
Krusevac was founded in 1371 by Lazar Hrebeljanović, which he erected as the capital of the kingdom, a fortified city in his possession. He ordered the construction of the Lazarica (or St. Stephen Nemanja) Church, between 1375 and 1378 in the Moravian style, on the outskirts of the city. One of Lazar's edicts in 1387 mentions when he signed the merchants' rights Venetians in Serbian territory. From the city Lazar launched his armada against the Ottoman Empire, losing his life and empire in Kosovo, known as the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. The site of Lazar's palace is marked by a ruined compound containing a fragment of the tower of his wife, Princess Milica Nemanjić; Legend has it that the news of the defeat was brought by ravens from the battlefield. After the war, the city passed into the hands of Princess Milica as part of her domain.
Of the remnants of the town of Lazar only the Kruševac fortress remained, which was declared a Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance in 1979. Several old Ottoman houses were left behind at the turn of the century XX, plus an old Turkish fountain and bath, known as Alacahisar (Aladža Hisar) during the Ottoman occupation (1427-1833) a exception of the Austrian occupations in the periods 1688-1690 and 1717-1739. His son, Stefan Lazarević, moved the kingdom's capital to Belgrade in 1408.
A large monument dedicated to the fallen Serbs in the Battle of Kosovo was sculpted by artist Petar Ubaković (1852-1910). As part of the monument is a statue of the famous Serbian blind poet and guslar Filip Višnjić.
Krusevac is an industrial and market town where cars and tractors are mainly produced.