Odžaklija

Odžaklija
The church
Basic information
Location	Leskovac,  Serbia
Affiliation	Serbian Orthodoxy
Leadership	Serbian Orthodox Church
Architectural description
Completed	1805-1812
Specifications

The Odžaklija church (Serbian: Оџаклија, Chimney church also known as the Old church, Стара црква) is an early 19th-century Serbian Orthodox church located in Leskovac, Serbia.

It was built during the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian revolution. The Ottoman Empire forbade the locals to build a church, so the people announced the building of a home to the town priest, adding a nonfunctioning chimney to fool the Turkish lords.

References

Sources

• 52 Amazing Weekends in Serbia! » Leskovac, Lebane, Bojnik

External links

• Grad Leskovac: Spomenici kulture - Stara leskovačka crkva Odžaklija

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