Čegar
Čegar is a location in Serbia where the Battle of Čegar Hill took place. It was first marked on July 4, 1878 with the following inscription: Today's monument in the shape of a tower - a symbol of the soldiers' fortification - was erected for the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Niš from the Turks, on June 1, 1927.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Majstor Mile, Public domain.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 358 metres
- Description: mountain in Kamenica, Serbia
- Also known as: “Cegar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kamenica Monastery and Latin Church in Gornji Matejevac.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donji Matejevac and Kamenica.
Kamenica
Village
Photo: Драгољуб, CC BY-SA 3.0 rs.
Kamenica is a village situated in Niš municipality in Serbia. It was the site of the Battle of Čegar.
Gornji Matejevac
Village
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gornji Matejevac is a village situated in Pantelej municipality in the city of Niš, Serbia. It is located to the north of the center of Niš, on the northern slope of the Nišava river valley.
Čegar
- Categories: monument, mountain, and landform
- Location: Pantelej, Nišava District, Central Serbia, Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Serbo-Croatian—“Čegar” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Čegar”
- Dutch: “Čegar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سيجار”
- French: “Mémorial du mont Cegar”
- French: “mémorial du mont Čegar”
- French: “Mémorial du mont Čegar”
- Greek: “Τσέγκαρ”
- Ladin: “Čegar”
- Macedonian: “Чегар”
- Russian: “Чегар”
- Serbian: “Čegar”
- Serbian: “Spomenik na Čegru”
- Serbian: “Чегар - место из Првог српског устанка”
- Serbian: “Чегар”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Čegar”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Železnička Stanica Matejevac and Vinik.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Čegar”. Photo: Majstor Mile, Public domain.