Gazimestan
Sign in to saveGazimestan (, , ) is the name of a memorial site and monument commemorating the Battle of Kosovo (1389), situated about 6–7 kilometres southeast of the actual battlefield, known as the Kosovo field. Gazimestan is accessible from the Pristina–Mitrovica highway, on a 50-metre-high hill above the plain, ca. 5 km northwest of Pristina. Every year, on Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day), 28 June, a commemoration is held by the monument, which in later years is also covered by an image of Prince Lazar, who led the Serbian army at the Battle of Kosovo.
Key facts
- Monument.name
- Gazimestan
- Monument.native_name
- Газиместан Gazimestani
- Monument.image
- Mramorni_stub_na_Kosovu1.jpg
- Monument.caption
- A pillar in Gazimestan, on which the text of Stefan Lazarevic is carved
- Monument.location
- from Pristina, Kosovo
- Monument.designer
- Aleksandar Deroko
- Monument.type
- memorial, tower
- Monument.material
- stone
- Monument.complete
- 1953
- Monument.dedicated_to
- fallen Serbian soldiers at the Battle of Kosovo (1389)
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- Image
- Gazimestan, May 2000.jpg
- Height
- 25
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Gazimestan (, , ) is the name of a memorial site and monument commemorating the Battle of Kosovo (1389), situated about 6–7 kilometres southeast of the actual battlefield, known as the Kosovo field. Gazimestan is accessible from the Pristina–Mitrovica highway, on a 50-metre-high hill above the plain, ca. 5 km northwest of Pristina. Every year, on Vidovdan (St. Vitus Day), 28 June, a commemoration is held by the monument, which in later years is also covered by an image of Prince Lazar, who led the Serbian army at the Battle of Kosovo.
== Name == Gazimestan derives from the Arabic word ghazi 'hero, holy warrior' and the Serbian word 'place'.
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