List of places named after Prince Marko
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This is a list of toponyms named after or connected with Prince Marko.
Named
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Kula Kraljevića Marka (Tower of Prince Marko) near Višegrad;[1]
- Markovo sedalo, a chair-shaped boulder near the tower;[1]
- Markove stope (Marko's footprints), indentations in the stone;[1]
- Other indentations in the stone were explained as hoofprints of Marko's horse Šarac. The three were destroyed while building a railway.[1] The Šarac's hoofprints are mentioned in the opening of Ivo Andrić's novel Bridge Over the Drina.
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Markov kamen (Marko's stone), a boulder on Miroč mountain.[1] The boulder had a hoof-shaped indentation explained as hoofprint of Marko's horse Šarac.[2] - Markov kamen (Marko's stone), a boulder on Kopaonik mountain.[3]
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Markov kamen (Marko's stone), near Konavle.[4] -
Markov kamen (Marko's Stone), a mountain peak in Montenegro near Bijelo Polje. - Markov kamen - Mečji vrh (Marko's Stone - Bear Sow's peak), a forest in Boljevac Municipality[5]
- Markov kamen (Marko's Stone) or Markov val, a stećak near Žabljak, explained as being the gravestone of Marko.[6]
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Markov manastir (Marko's Monastery), a monastery built by Marko. - Markov točak (Marko's Wheel), a spring in the village of Prpe near Banjaluka. Explained as created by Marko when he threw a huge stone there.[1]
- Markova crkva (Marko's church) or Markova peštera[7] (Marko's Cave), remains of a church built in a cave church near the Babuna river near Veles.[8]
- Markova Crkva (Marko's Church), a village and its church in the Lajkovac Municipality. Named by monks who escaped from the Marko's monastery.[9]
- Markova noga (Marko's Leg), the southernmost point of the Republic of Macedonia.[10]
- Markova stolica (Marko's Chair), a small plateau on Vidrak hill near Valjevo. Explained as created by Marko when he sat to rest on the mountain while cooling his feet in the river Kolubara.[11]
- Markovi Kuli (Marko's Towers), a fortress where Marko lived.
- Markovo kale, a fortress ruin near Vranje.
Related
- Musov grob (Musa's Grave) near Stenkovec, explained as the place of the fight between Marko and Musa the Robber.[12]
- Šarčeva kopita (Šarac's hooves) in Sarajevo.[1]
- Šuplji kamen (Hollow stone), a boulder with a hole near the village of Spaj; the hole is explained as made by Marko with his mace.[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 http://www.glassrpske.com/vijest/5/krozrs/19310/cir/Gradjevine-izmedju-istorije-i-legende.html
- ↑ http://www.kralemarko.org.mk/default-sr.asp?ItemID=73FA12C6D959EC4D800664B605514136
- ↑ http://www.kopaonik.net/eng/_html/about_themountainofsunandsnow%20.html
- ↑ http://www.rastko.rs/rastko-bo/istorija/zastava1905.html
- ↑ http://www.srbijasume.rs/doc/31sert-osn_lat.pdf
- ↑ http://www.mojaskola.me/os-dusan-obradovic/home/markov-grob/
- ↑ http://www.kralemarko.org.mk/default-mk.asp?ItemID=B9A8C7B3A736FC4BA873215CC056367D
- ↑ http://scindeks.nb.rs/article.aspx?artid=0350-13619927135D
- ↑ http://www.lajkovac.org.rs/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=57
- ↑ http://www.kralemarko.org.mk/default-mk.asp?ItemID=C8D83AD8140FD9449010A3AF0A723D09
- ↑ http://www.kralemarko.org.mk/default-sr.asp?ItemID=2CDBBB8A0626A340A3702CD285A8C6FE
- ↑ http://www.kralemarko.org.mk/default-mk.asp?ItemID=703FAFF7A98B504F9A6A8071CE8BBFA7
- ↑ http://www.kralemarko.org.mk/default-sr.asp?ItemID=D484C287F8B57C4A993A8FF4756697D2