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Devil's Town |
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| Elevation | 1,408 m (4,619 ft) [1] |
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Radan (Serbian Cyrillic: Радан) is a mountain in southern Serbia, near the town of Kuršumlija. Its highest peak, Šopot, has an altitude of 1408 metres above sea level.
Radan separates the valleys of the Toplica and Jablanica rivers. It is well covered with deciduous and evergreen forests.[2]
The most attractive spot on Radan is the Devil's Town – a peculiar rock formation consisting of hundreds mushroom-like posts, located on its southern slopes.[3]
On the southeast of the mountain lie the ruins of Caričin Grad, a Byzantine city from 6th century.[2]
In summer 2010, Radan attracted media attention because of a "magnetic hill" located on a road near the village of Ivanje. After initial sensationalist articles about "anti-gravity", it soon turned out that it is just an optical illusion. Still, the hill is seen as an opportunity for a tourist attraction.[4]