| Pločnik Плочник |
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| Pločnik train station | |
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Pločnik
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| Country | Serbia |
| Municipality (Општина) |
Prokuplje |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,378 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 182 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | |
| Area code(s) | 027 |
| License plate | PK |
Pločnik (Плочник) is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Toplica District, Republic of Serbia. According to the 2002 population census, it's populated by 182, all of whom declared Serbs.
It was the seat of the historical notable 1386 Battle of Pločnik. Ottoman Sultan Murad I led a sizable Turkish Army in an invasion of Serbia. Moravian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović led the Serbian Army to intercept him. The Ottoman army suffered a defeat. However though beaten, the Turkish forces were still strong enough to conquer Niš from the Prince on their return.
Not long ago, an important European-archaeology excavation site has been founded in Pločnik. At this site, and in Belovode, archaeologists have found the earliest current evidence of copper smelting, dating from between 5500 BCE and 5000 BCE.[1][2] This shows that the Copper Age started 500 years earlier than previously thought, and probably somewhere near this region.