Soko Grad (Ljubovija)
The cross
Soko Grad (Serbian: Соко Град) is a town and medieval fortification near Gračanica, Ljubovija, western Serbia.
The fortress is dated to pre-Ottoman medieval Serbia first recorded in 1476, as a fort of Dizdar Sokol Kemal. The town was liberated in 1862, and the Fort was destroyed after the Turks surrendered.
The Soko Grad monastery (dedicated to St. Nicholas) was built at the foot of the town. In 2000, a large 13,6 metre cross was put on the highest point of Soko Grad with a Helicopter of the Army of FR Yugoslavia (SCG).[1]
See also
- St. George's cross (Kragujevac)