{"id":173820,"date":"2025-03-31T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=173820"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:45:18","slug":"mysterious-fortress-on-tara-jerinas-town-holds-a-dark-legend-about-the-origin-of-three-serbian-villages-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/mysterious-fortress-on-tara-jerinas-town-holds-a-dark-legend-about-the-origin-of-three-serbian-villages-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"MYSTERIOUS FORTRESS ON TARA: Jerina&#8217;s town holds a dark legend about the origin of three Serbian villages! (PHOTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Listening to numerous legends about the wife of \u0110ur\u0111e Brankovi\u0107 and her building of Smederevo, numerous fortresses of unknown origin found in Serbia are known as Jerinin gradovi (Jerina&#8217;s cities). One such is located on the slopes of Mount Tara near Bajina Ba\u0161ta, nine kilometers away from Kalu\u0111erske bare, today known as the Solotu\u0161a archaeological site.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The fortress was built on a rocky plateau below which is a long limestone cliff that descends to the Solotu\u0161a river spring. There are no historiographical records about it, nor any special folk tradition, except for the names Grad, Kulina or Jerinin grad. According to archaeologists, Solotnik is a typical medieval castle, and this name owes to the village in which it is located. During archaeological research, fragmentary remains of a fortress from the Iron Age were discovered, with continuity in the early Byzantine period, while the castle with the manor house was built in the 15th century,&#8221; said Ranko Milanovi\u0107 from Tara National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1607790306Solotnik-Foto_Szabo_Bela-7219-copy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25713\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arheolo\u0161ko nalazi\u0161te Solutu\u0161a kod Bajine Ba\u0161te, Foto: NP Tara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Petrified lime mortar, numerous weapon finds and scarce fragments of stone pottery, indicated that Solotnik was hastily built and was conquered in a Turkish attack, most likely between 1459 and 1463.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;According to a legend that is passed down from generation to generation, the city was built by three masters, but the cursed Jerina did not get along well with them and during construction, according to legend, she removed the ladders and they perished. The places where they fell later became villages and were named after these three builders \u2013 Luke, Kostin do and Pale\u017e,&#8221; says Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SAZNAJTE VI\u0160E:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0oJU7AvJexKKrjEd26xtrHsDjoeNYF7qheYsmbvAHv3355KXg2pWZx21amLXFvLM1l&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>The castle had an approximately trapezoidal base, dimensions 16.85 x 28.20 meters, two entrances and a circular defensive tower above the main gate from the southeast. In the construction, hewn limestone and rubble bound with lime mortar were used, and the walls are wide from 1.20 to 1.70 meters and preserved at a height of 4.2 meters. The water cistern, discovered in the castle, has an irregular circular base, with a circular well. 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