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Raška (region)

Index Raška (region)

Raška (Рашка) or Old Raška (Стара Рашка/Stara Raška) is a region in south-western Serbia, Kosovo and northern Montenegro. [1]

68 relations: Administrative division, Appanage, Arilje, Čačak, Čajetina, Časlav, Capital districts and territories, Catepanate of Ras, Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Ras, Constantine VII, Crown land, De Administrando Imperio, Diocese, Duklja, Eparchy of Raška and Prizren, Exonym and endonym, First Bulgarian Empire, Gradac Monastery, Grand Principality of Serbia, Herzegovina, Historical region, Hungary, Ivanjica, Kingdom of Serbia (medieval), Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Kotor, List of regions of Serbia, List of World Heritage Sites in Serbia, Middle Ages, Montenegro, Moravica District, Narentines, North Kosovo, Nova Varoš, Novi Pazar, Old Serbia, Pannonian Basin, Pešter, Pljevlja, Podrinje, Pope, Priboj, Prijepolje, Principality of Serbia (medieval), Procopius, Raška (river), Raška architectural school, Raška District, Raška, Serbia, ..., Rascians, Rác (surname), Sandžak, Serbia, Serbia in the Middle Ages, Serbian Despotate, Serbian Empire, Sirmium (theme), Sjenica, Stara Pavlica, Stari Ras, Stefan Nemanja, Travunija, Užice, Western Europe, Zachlumia, Zlatibor, Zlatibor District. Expand index (18 more) »

Administrative division

An administrative division, unit, entity, area or region, also referred to as a subnational entity, statoid, constituent unit, or country subdivision, is a portion of a country or other region delineated for the purpose of administration.

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Appanage

An appanage or apanage (pronounced) or apanage is the grant of an estate, title, office, or other thing of value to a younger male child of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture.

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Arilje

Arilje (Ариље) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia.

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Čačak

Čačak (Чачак) is a city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia.

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Čajetina

Čajetina (Чајетина) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia.

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Časlav

Časlav (Τζεέσθλαβος, Часлав; 890s – 960) was Prince of the Serbs from 927 until his death in 960.

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Capital districts and territories

A capital district, capital region or capital territory is normally a specially designated administrative division where a country's seat of government is located.

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Catepanate of Ras

The Catepanate of Ras κατεπανίκιον Σερβλίας) was a Byzantine province established between 971–976 in Serbia, during the rule of John Tzimiskes (r.

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Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Ras

The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Црква светих апостола Петра и Павла / Crkva svetih apostola Petra i Pavla), commonly known as Church of St.

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Constantine VII

Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos or Porphyrogenitus ("the Purple-born", that is, born in the purple marble slab-paneled imperial bed chambers; translit; 17–18 May 905 – 9 November 959) was the fourth Emperor of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, reigning from 913 to 959.

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Crown land

Crown land, also known as royal domain or demesne, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown.

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De Administrando Imperio

De Administrando Imperio ("On the Governance of the Empire") is the Latin title of a Greek work written by the 10th-century Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII.

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Diocese

The word diocese is derived from the Greek term διοίκησις meaning "administration".

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Duklja

Duklja (Διοκλεία, Diokleia; Dioclea; Serbian Cyrillic: Дукља) was a medieval Serb state which roughly encompassed the territories of present-day southeastern Montenegro, from the Bay of Kotor in the west to the Bojana river in the east, and to the sources of the Zeta and Morača rivers in the north.

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Eparchy of Raška and Prizren

Eparchy of Raška and Prizren or Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Raška-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija (Епархија рашко-призренска и косовско-метохијска, Eparhija raško-prizrenska i kosovsko-metohijska, Eparkia Rashkë - Prizren) is one of the oldest eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, featuring the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Serbian Patriarchal Monastery of Peć, as well as Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Visoki Dečani, which together are part of the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Serbia.

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Exonym and endonym

An exonym or xenonym is an external name for a geographical place, or a group of people, an individual person, or a language or dialect.

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First Bulgarian Empire

The First Bulgarian Empire (Old Bulgarian: ц︢рьство бл︢гарское, ts'rstvo bl'garskoe) was a medieval Bulgarian state that existed in southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD.

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Gradac Monastery

Gradac Monastery (Serbian Cyrillic: Манастир Градац) an endowment of queen Helen was built from 1277 to 1282 during the reign of her son king Stefan Dragutin.

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Grand Principality of Serbia

Serbia (Србија / Srbija), also known as Raška (Serbian Cyrillic: Рашка, Rascia) was a Serb medieval state that comprised parts of what is today Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and southern Dalmatia, being centred in the region of Raška (hence its exonym).

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Herzegovina

Herzegovina (or; Serbian: Hercegovina, Херцеговина) is the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Historical region

Historical regions (or historical countries) are geographic areas which at some point in time had a cultural, ethnic, linguistic or political basis, regardless of present-day borders.

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Hungary

Hungary (Magyarország) is a country in Central Europe that covers an area of in the Carpathian Basin, bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west.

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Ivanjica

Ivanjica (Ивањица) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of southwestern Serbia.

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Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)

The Kingdom of Serbia (Краљевина Србија / Kraljevina Srbija), or Serbian Kingdom (Српско краљевство / Srpsko kraljevstvo), was a medieval Serbian state that existed from 1217 to 1346, ruled by the Nemanjić dynasty.

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Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian, Slovene: Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; Кралство Југославија) was a state in Southeast Europe and Central Europe, that existed from 1918 until 1941, during the interwar period and beginning of World War II.

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Kosovo

Kosovo (Kosova or Kosovë; Косово) is a partially recognised state and disputed territory in Southeastern Europe that declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 as the Republic of Kosovo (Republika e Kosovës; Република Косово / Republika Kosovo).

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Kotor

Kotor (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор,; Cattaro) is a coastal town in Montenegro.

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List of regions of Serbia

The regions of Serbia (региони Србије / regioni Srbije) include geographical and, to a lesser extent, traditional and historical areas.

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List of World Heritage Sites in Serbia

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Montenegro

Montenegro (Montenegrin: Црна Гора / Crna Gora, meaning "Black Mountain") is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe.

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Moravica District

The Moravica District (Моравички округ / Moravički okrug) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia.

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Narentines

The Narentines were a South Slavic tribe that occupied an area of southern Dalmatia centered at the river Neretva (Narenta), active in the 9th and 10th centuries, noted as pirates on the Adriatic.

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North Kosovo

North Kosovo (Северно Косово/Severno Kosovo; Kosova Veriore), also known as the Ibarski Kolašin (Serbian Cyrillic: Ибарски Колашин; Koloshini i Ibrit), is a region in the northern part of Kosovo, composed of four municipalities with ethnic Kosovo Serbs majority: North Mitrovica, Leposavić, Zvečan and Zubin Potok.

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Nova Varoš

Nova Varoš (Нова Варош) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia.

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Novi Pazar

Novi Pazar (Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar") is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia.

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Old Serbia

Old Serbia (translit) is a term used for the territory which was the core of medieval Serbia.

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Pannonian Basin

The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large basin in Central Europe.

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Pešter

The Pešter plateau (Пештерска висораван/Pešterska visoravan; Rrafshnalta e Peshterit), or simply Pešter (Пештер,; Peshter), is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia, in the Raška (or Sandžak) region.

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Pljevlja

Pljevlja (Cyrillic: Пљевља) is a town and the center of Pljevlja Municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro.

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Podrinje

Podrinje (Cyrillic: Подриње) is the Slavic name of the Drina river basin, known in English as the Drina Valley, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

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Pope

The pope (papa from πάππας pappas, a child's word for "father"), also known as the supreme pontiff (from Latin pontifex maximus "greatest priest"), is the Bishop of Rome and therefore ex officio the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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Priboj

Priboj (Прибој) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia.

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Prijepolje

Prijepolje (Пријепоље) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia.

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Principality of Serbia (medieval)

The Principality of Serbia (Кнежевина Србија / Kneževina Srbija) or Serbian Principality (Cрпска кнежевина / Srpska kneževina), was an early medieval state of the Serbs, located in western regions of Southeastern Europe.

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Procopius

Procopius of Caesarea (Προκόπιος ὁ Καισαρεύς Prokopios ho Kaisareus, Procopius Caesariensis; 500 – 554 AD) was a prominent late antique Greek scholar from Palaestina Prima.

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Raška (river)

The Raška (Рашка) is a river in southwestern Serbia, a 60 km-long left tributary to the Ibar river.

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Raška architectural school

Raška architectural school (Рашка школа архитeктуре), also known as the Raška style (Рашки стил, Raški stil), or simply as the Raška school, is an ecclesiastical architectural style that flourished in the Serbian High Middle Ages (ca. 1170–1300), during the reign of the Nemanjić dynasty.

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Raška District

The Raška District (Рашки округ / Raški okrug) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia.

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Raška, Serbia

Raška (Рашка) is a town and municipality located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia.

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Rascians

Rascians (Rasciani, Natio Rasciana) was an exonym in the early modern period that designated Serbs of the Habsburg Monarchy, and in a wider perspective other related South Slavic ethnic groups of the Monarchy, such as the Catholic Bunjevci and Šokci (designated "Catholic Rascians").

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Rác (surname)

Rác or Racz (Rác) is Hungarian language surname derived from "Rascians", an early term for Serbs.

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Sandžak

Sandžak (Санџак) or Sanjak is a historical geo-political region, now divided by the border between Serbia and Montenegro.

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Serbia

Serbia (Србија / Srbija),Pannonian Rusyn: Сербия; Szerbia; Albanian and Romanian: Serbia; Slovak and Czech: Srbsko,; Сърбия.

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Serbia in the Middle Ages

The medieval history of Serbia begins in the 6th century with the Slavic invasion of the Balkans, and lasts until the Ottoman occupation of 1540.

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Serbian Despotate

The Serbian Despotate (Српска деспотовина / Srpska despotovina) was a medieval Serbian state in the first half of the 15th century.

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Serbian Empire

The Serbian Empire (Српско царство/Srpsko carstvo) is a historiographical term for the empire in the Balkan peninsula that emerged from the medieval Serbian Kingdom.

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Sirmium (theme)

The Theme of Sirmium (Θέμα Σιρμίου) was a Byzantine administrative unit (theme), which existed in present-day Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 11th century.

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Sjenica

Sjenica (Сјеница), is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia.

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Stara Pavlica

Stara Pavlica (Стара Павлица) is a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Pavlica, Raška, in south Serbia on a rocky plateau above the Ibar River, six kilometres north of the town of Raška.

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Stari Ras

Ras (Arsa), known in modern Serbian historiography as Stari Ras (meaning Old Ras), is a medieval fortress located in the vicinity of former market-place of Staro Trgovište, some 11 km west of modern day city of Novi Pazar in Serbia.

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Stefan Nemanja

Stefan Nemanja (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Немања,; 1113 – 13 February 1199) was the Grand Prince (Veliki Župan) of the Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Rascia) from 1166 to 1196.

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Travunija

Travunija or Travunia (Травунија / Travunija; Τερβουνία, Terbounía, modern pronunciation Tervounía), was a medieval principality that was part of Medieval Serbia (850–1371), and later the Bosnian Kingdom (1373–1482).

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Užice

Užice (Ужице) is a city and the administrative center of the Zlatibor District in western Serbia.

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Western Europe

Western Europe is the region comprising the western part of Europe.

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Zachlumia

Zachlumia or Zachumlia (Zahumlje / Захумље), also Hum, was a medieval principality located in the modern-day regions of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia (today parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, respectively).

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Zlatibor

Zlatibor (Златибoр) is a mountainous region situated in the western part of Serbia.

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Zlatibor District

The Zlatibor District (Златиборски округ / Zlatiborski okrug) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raška_(region)

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