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unusual facts about Novo Brdo


Jovan Branković

Đurađ Branković was deemed by his contemporaries as the richest monarch, having a steady income from the gold and silver mines of Novo Brdo.


Crnča

Crnča reached its peak in second half of 15th century during the time of despots Stefan Lazarević and Đurađ Branković when it was one of the richest mines of Serbia along with Novo Brdo, Srebrenica and Rudnik.


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Novo Brdo Fortress

Although the rest of Serbia was under Ottoman occupation for more than a year, during the two-year siege the residents of Novo Brdo stubbornly defended and even launched two attacks to repel the Ottoman forces, but they were unsuccessful and lost the battles of Gračanica, on 6 August 1439 and Makreš in 1440.