Drežnička Gradina

Drežnička Gradina
Drežnička Gradina

Location in Serbia

Highest point
Elevation 932 m (3,058 ft) [1]
Coordinates 43°47′02″N 19°56′14″E / 43.783889°N 19.937222°E / 43.783889; 19.937222Coordinates: 43°47′02″N 19°56′14″E / 43.783889°N 19.937222°E / 43.783889; 19.937222
Geography
Location Serbia

Drežnička Gradina (Serbian Cyrillic: Дрежничка Градина) is a mountain in western Serbia, between cities of Požega and Užice. Its highest peak, Gradina, has an elevation of 932 m (3,058 ft) above sea level. On the cone-shaped hilltop, there is a small stone-built pyramid erected as monument to Yugoslav Partisans died in a battle against German forces in August 1941, at the time of the Republic of Užice.[2]

A prominent feature on the mountain is the cave Potpećka pećina (43°47′44″N 19°55′59″E / 43.79556°N 19.93306°E / 43.79556; 19.93306), located near the village of Potpeće. Its main entrance, 72 m tall, is the largest of all caves on the Balkans. Apart from the main, upper entrance for tourists, there is a smaller, lower entrance into an underground lake, which overflows in rainy seasons, creating an intermittent water flow called Petnica, flowing into Đetinja river. The upper hall has lightened tourist trail, 555 m long, reachable by a staircase of over 700 stairs. The hall with stalactites and stalagmites is still geologically active, and is protected from outer atmosphere by an iron gate.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Drežnička Gradina (in Serbian), Staze i Bogaze
  2. ↑ Radoslav Poznanović, Istorijski i kulturni spomenici (1945-1975) (PDF), City of Užice
  3. ↑ Potpećka Pećina
  4. ↑ Ivana Kladarin Panić (2010-06-22), Potpećka pećina, podzemni biser Srbije, JAT Revija/B92

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