Podgorac

Serbian town, Boljevac

About

Podgorac (Serbian Cyrillic: Подгорац; Romanian: Podgorț) is a village in the municipality of Boljevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2218 people. The village is situated in the Crna Reka region. There is an 18th-century Ottoman Turkish public fountain built with the funds donated by a certain Osman Bey and therefore named (in Serbian) Osmanbegova česma. The village was a site of operations in the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13). The Crna Reka nahija was organized into Revolutionary Serbia, with a seat at Zaječar and the establishment of a magistrate (court). A Serbian military camp was located at Podgorac. For a brief period in 1840/41 school year, Đura Jakšić was a village school teacher here.

Podgorac, Boljevac — Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

Nearby

• Osnovna škola „Đorđe Simeonović” School · 114 m
• Spomenik poginulim Podgorčanima u ratovima 1912-1918 i 1941-1945 Monument · 156 m
• Osmanbegova česma 173 m
• Crkva Sošestvija Svetog Duha Place of worship · 262 m
• 19233 Podgorac Post office · 522 m
• Mlekara Podgorac Restaurant · 1063 m
• Stadion FK Malinik Pitch · 1436 m
• Spomenik stradalim radnicima farme u NATO bombardovanju 1999. Monument · 1587 m

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