Dragovo (Serbia)

Dragovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгово) is a village in Šumadija and Western Serbia area of Levač which is part of (Šumadija), in the municipality of Rekovac (Region of Levač). Neighbour larger city is Kragujevac, regional center of Šumadija. It lies at 43°47′27″N 21°05′23″E / 43.79083°N 21.08972°E / 43.79083; 21.08972, at the altitude of 300 m. On this area there were settlements through centuries, but larger settling started through 18th century. Originally, present Dragovo consisted of three villages - Puljci, Volujak and Dubnica. During the 19th century, in 1864, there were 156 homes and 980 residents totally in the first two named villages. On August 29, 1900 the three villages were united as Dragovo. Godfathers of Dragovo were their majesties King of Serbia Aleksandar Obrenović and Queen Draga Mašin. Unfortunately, their planned visit to this village never realized. That year (1900) Dragovo had 1884 residents and 270 homes. During 20th century Dragovo had significant increasing - 1931. 400 homes and 2190 residents and 1948. maximum of 2987 people in 470 homes. Recently (2000.) in Dragovo lived 1621 resident in 381 homes and 924 of them in the biggest part Puljci. During most of past time, last more than century and a half Dragovo was the biggest village in Levač and until recent times, by population bigger than municipality center Rekovac. School in Dragovo is very old, established in 1843, and the current church was made in 1894. The total area of village land is 20.02 square kilometers. Culture and mentality of Dragovo and its people are parts of cultural heritage of Šumadija.

Trivia

Puljci, a part of Dragovo is birthplace of Milosav Mitrović Losa, one of the most recognisable figures in Serbia and former Yugoslavia. His image is on traditional logo of nearby Jagodina brewery. After him, "Jagodina Beer" is commonly nicknamed "Čiča" (Serbian: Old man). Mitrović has spent his entire life in this village.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Milosav Mitrović Losa story at blic.rs


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