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Stari Ras

Ras, known in modern Serbian historiography as Stari Ras, is a medieval fortress and area located in the vicinity of former market-place of Staro Trgovište, some 10–11 kilometers west of modern-day city of in .
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Photo: Саша Стефановић!!!, Public domain.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Serbia
  • Also known as: “Ras”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sopoćani.

Monastery
Photo: Pavle Marjanovic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monastery, an endowment of King Stefan Uroš I of , was built from 1259 to 1270, near the source of the Raška River in the region of Ras, the centre of the Serbian medieval state. is situated 3½ km west of Stari Ras.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Šavci and Zabrdje.

Village
is a village situated in the municipality in . According to the 2011 census of the area, there is 330 inhabitants. The population is up 83 people from 2002's 247 inhabitants.

Hamlet
Zabrđe is a village situated in municipality in . is situated 2½ km west of Stari Ras.

Village
Požega is a small village near in , . According to the 2002 census, the population was 523 people. A tributary of the Raska Ljudska flows through Požega. is situated 3 km north of Stari Ras.

Stari Ras

Latitude
43.12822° or 43° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
20.41554° or 20° 24′ 56″ east
Open location code
8GM24CH8+76
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4011769811
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q917814
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Stari Ras” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Arsa”
  • Armenian: “Ստարի Ռաս”
  • Belarusian: “Стары Рас”
  • Belarusian: “Стары-Рас”
  • Bosnian: “Stari Ras i Sopoćani”
  • Bulgarian: “Рас”
  • Bulgarian: “Стари Рас”
  • Bulgarian: “Търговище”
  • Burmese: “စတာရီရက် ခံတပ်”
  • Catalan: “Stari Ras”
  • Chinese: “斯塔里拉斯”
  • Croatian: “Stari Ras”
  • Czech: “Stari Ras”
  • Dutch: “Stari Ras”
  • Finnish: “Stari Ras”
  • French: “Ras”
  • French: “Stari Ras”
  • French: “Vieux Ras”
  • Galician: “Stari Ras”
  • Georgian: “სტარი-რასი”
  • German: “Stari Ras”
  • Greek: “Ρας”
  • Greek: “Στάρι Ρας”
  • Hebrew: “סטארי ראס”
  • Hindi: “स्टारी रस”
  • Indonesian: “Stari Ras”
  • Italian: “Stari Ras”
  • Japanese: “スタリ・ラス”
  • Korean: “스타리라스”
  • Latvian: “Stari Rasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Stari Rasas”
  • Macedonian: “Стари Рас”
  • Maltese: “Ras”
  • Maltese: “Stari Ras”
  • Persian: “استاری راس”
  • Persian: “راس”
  • Polish: “Stari Ras”
  • Portuguese: “Antiga Ras”
  • Romanian: “Stari Ras”
  • Russian: “Стари Рас”
  • Russian: “Стари-Рас”
  • Serbian: “Stari Ras”
  • Serbian: “Градина”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Стари Рас”
  • Serbian: “Остаци средњовековног града Раса”
  • Serbian: “Рас(тврђава)”
  • Serbian: “Рас”
  • Serbian: “Средњовековни град Рас”
  • Serbian: “Стари град Рас”
  • Serbian: “Стари Рас / Stari Ras”
  • Serbian: “Стари Рас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ras”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stari Ras”
  • Slovak: “Stari Ras”
  • Slovenian: “Stari Ras”
  • Spanish: “Stari Ras”
  • Swedish: “Stari Ras”
  • Turkish: “Stari Ras”
  • Ukrainian: “Старий Рас”
  • Ukrainian: “Старий-Рас”
  • Vietnamese: “Stari Ras”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include остаци цркве and Пазариште.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Stari Ras”. Photo: Саша Стефановић!!!, Public domain.