Maglič
| Maglič | |
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| Kraljevo, Serbia | |
Maglič Fortress
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| Coordinates | 43°36′47″N 20°33′02″E / 43.6131°N 20.5506°ECoordinates: 43°36′47″N 20°33′02″E / 43.6131°N 20.5506°E |
| Type | Castle |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | City of Kraljevo |
| Open to the public |
Yes |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Site history | |
| Built | 13th century |
| Materials | Stone |
Maglič (Serbian Cyrillic: Маглич [mâɡlitʃ]) is a 13th-century castle about 20 km south of Kraljevo, Serbia. The castle is located atop a hill around which the Ibar river makes a curve, about 100 m above the river. The fortress protected the only road that connected the Great Morava Valley and Kosovo polje. Its name means The Foggy One from the Serbian word "Magla" (Магла), meaning fog.
Maglič was included on the list of Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance in 1979.
Maglič was probably built in the first half of the 13th century by Stephen the First Crowned or his son Urosh I. During the Serbian empire it was the seat of Archbishop Danilo II, who wrote his famous hagiographies and regiographies in Maglič.
After capturing Smederevo on June 20, 1459, the Ottoman Empire occupied Maglič and held it until its recapture by Serbs during the Great Turkish War. After the defeat of the Serbian uprising the Ottoman Turks retook the fortress, abandoning it soon after.
During the Second Serbian Uprising, Voivod Radoslav Jelečanin ambushed a group of Turkish soldiers at Maglič and halted their advance from Novi Pazar.
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