10 Sights in Uzice, Serbia (with Map and Images)

Küstendorf also known as Drvengrad and Mećavnik, is a traditional village that the Serbian film director Emir Kusturica built for his film Life Is a Miracle from 2003 to 2004. It is located near the village of Mokra Gora in western Serbia, in the administrative area of Užice. Kusturica was the 2005 recipient of the Philippe Rotthier European Architecture award.

Wikipedia: Küstendorf (EN)

Small hydropower "under the city" or MHE "under the city", on the river, is the first hydroelectric power plant, on 2 August 1900, according to Tesla's multiphase alternating current system, the second hydroelectric power plant and the third public electrical central in Serbia. It belongs to the oldest preserved hydropower plants in the world that is trained that even today from their museum "Simens-Halke" generators produce electricity. The hydropower was constantly working from 1900 to 1974, when it is due to the construction of the Belgrade-southern Adriatic railway, a gap is overwhelmed. Not far from the Museum Hydropower in Užice, on the slopes of Zlatibor and Tara, through whose massifs are passing by the unusual route of the narrow track in the shape of a giant eight throughout the same geographical point at the same time different altitude. On the eve of the 100th anniversary from the construction of the Hydropower Plant, with huge efforts, the facility itself, for Central, 2 August 2000, was solemnly open and released because it is of great historical, scientific and technical significance for Serbia and the whole the world. The complex "under the city" In addition to the museum-tourist purpose, it is an unofficial educational institution in which practical training of students and students where they get acquainted with basic data on technical and technological development. Near the oldest preserved hydroelectric power plant "under the city", on the river, in just 6 km upstream, there is another hydraulictrana "Turica", released on January 1, 1929. Both hydropower plants represent very significant engineering works, which when it comes to when designed and built, they were the most modern facilities of that kind. Based on the decision in 1979, it was determined for the immovable cultural and cultural monument of great importance.

Wikipedia: Мала хидроелектрана Под градом (SR), Website

The memorial complex of Kadinjača near Užice, on the pass between the villages of Volujac and Zaglavak, testifies to the November days of 1941 when members of the Workers' Battalion of the Užice Partisan Detachment, commanded by Andrija Djurovic, offered fierce resistance to a far superior enemy who was conducting an offensive on the liberated territory of the "Republic of Užice" in that period. The soldiers of the Workers' Battalion were bravely killed in the Battle of Kadinjača on November 29, 1941. The enemy forces broke through the last defense of free Užice, but the heroism of these heroes was remembered in the times that followed.

Wikipedia: Спомен-комплекс Кадињача (SR)

Drežnička Gradina is a mountain in western Serbia, located between cities of Požega and Užice. Its highest peak, Gradina, has an elevation of 932 m (3,058 ft) above sea level. On the cone-shaped hilltop, there is a small stone-built pyramid erected as monument to Yugoslav Partisans died in a battle against German forces in August 1941, at the time of the Republic of Užice.

Wikipedia: Drežnička Gradina (EN)

The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Biosca, a village on the territory of the city of Uzice, was built in 1898 and belongs to the Diocese of Žiča of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The church was built, according to the approved project in the Ministry of Construction, in the central part of the village, in the valley of the Djetinja River, under the limestone section near Suvorelo. For a long time, it was a parish church for the neighboring villages of Šljivovica and Kremna, and priests from the famous priestly family Zaharica worked in it.

Wikipedia: Црква Светих апостола Петра и Павла у Биосци (SR)

The St. Mark's Church is a church in the town of Užice, in western Serbia. It is noted for its appearance, as an old, small, mostly wooden church in the town's modern urban setting. Originally constructed in 1721, it was rebuilt in 1828 and is the oldest surviving church in the entire Užice region. It was protected by the state in 1951 and declared a Cultural Monument of Great Importance in 1987. The church is colloquially called by the residents the Small Užice Church.

Wikipedia: St. Mark's Church, Užice (EN)

The Memorial Home of the Prophet Tarabić is located in Kremne, a populated place on the territory of the city of Uzice, three kilometers away from the center of the settlement, on the way to the mountain Tara.

Wikipedia: Спомен-дом пророка Тарабића (SR)

Railway station Mokra Gora is a station of the former narrow-gauge railway Užice - Višegrad - Sarajevo, and today it is the starting station of the museum and tourist complex Šarganska osmica. It is located in the village of the same name on the territory of the city of Užice.

Wikipedia: Железничка станица Мокра Гора (SR)

The White Church of Karan is a Serbian Orthodox parish church in the village of Karan, Užice Municipality, Serbia. It is dedicated to the Annunciation to Mary. The church was listed as a Cultural Monument of Great Importance.

Wikipedia: White Church of Karan (EN)

Uzice city is the medieval fortress was most likely in the second half of the 14th century Vojislava and Altoman Vojinovic, as to protect the Užice and the Karavan, which was connected by the Moravian Valley, Hum and the Coast of the Adriatic Sea, primarily to the Republic of Dubrovnik. . It is located on a high sharp rock that descends steeply in the Đetinje, which is surrounded by three sides and prevents access. The most famous episode in her history took place in November 1373, when the joint forces of Knez Lazar (1371-1389) and Ban company (1353-1391) were supported by King Hungarian Lajos and (1342-1382), which led Macvanski Ban Nikola Gorjanski older To her extent of the Great Coupan Nikola Altomanovića (1366-1373). After a shorter siege, with the help of cannons and siege devices, Nikola surrendered and there was deterred by the command of Stefan Music, and his countries were distributed by the winners. The fortress was finally abandoned at the end of 6 others when the Ottoman military crew left it according to the agreement, after which, in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement, in the end of winter, was blown into the air and disabled for further military use. Today, other remains of ramparts, towers and buildings in the amount of about one meter were found in 1863, but in addition, it may be medden for the former appearance of the fort. It is one of the tourist attractions today of Uzice.

Wikipedia: Ужички Град (SR)