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10 unusual facts about Smederevo


Dargoron

They had their first performance at the Open Air festival in Smederevo on August 9, 2002.

Demetrios I Kantakouzenos

George Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, "Sachatai" (d. circa 1456–59), scholar and military commander, defended Smederevo during a Hungarian attack in 1456

Despot Stefan Tower

After the Despot's death, the Serbian Despotate was destroyed by the Turks and its last city, Smederevo, succumbed.

However, most of present-day Central Serbia remained independent under his son Stefan for another fifty years, which allowed the northern Serbian cities, such as Smederevo, Belgrade or Kragujevac to further develop.

Helena Palaiologina, Despotitsa of Serbia

After Smederevo fell to the Ottoman Turks on 20 June 1459, Helena left Serbia and fled to the Greek island of Leukas where she converted to Catholicism.

KK Mega Vizura

In addition to Belgrade, the club played its home games in Kruševac and Smederevo.

Music of Old Serbia

Traces of his existence are found in the monastery in Kumanovo, in today's Macedonia, in a monastery in Romania, but also in the court of despot Lazar Branković in Smederevo.

Şehzade Ahmet

Although he was initially refused on the ground that Rumeli sanjaks were not offered to princes, with the support of the vassal Crimean khan Meñli I Giray (who was his father-in-law), he was able to receive the sanjak of Semendire (modern Smederevo in Serbia), which, although it was technically in Rumeli, was quite far from Istanbul nevertheless.

Smederevka

Smederevka (Смедеревка) is a white wine grape variety grown in Smederevo, Serbia and in Tikveš wine-growing region of Macedonia.

Zorica Dimitrijević-Stošić

Zorica Dimitrijević-Stošić (Smederevo, 1934 - Belgrade, February 14, 2013) was a Serbian pianist and accompanist and professor of piano at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.


Branislav Nušić

His father Goerge Nusha (Đorđe Nuša) was a well known grain merchant of Cincar (Aromanian or Vlach) origin who lost his wealth shortly after his son's birth and was forced to move the family to Semedria orSmederevo where young Alkibijad attended elementary school and first two grades of boarding school.

Stevan Knićanin

During the rule of Prince Miloš Obrenović, Knićanin's political career began as a commissioner of the Jasenica municipality in 1835, and in 1839 as a commissioner of the Smederevo district, but he eventually joined the opposition as a Constitutionalist and supporter of the rival Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević of the Karađorđević dynasty.

Tommy Miller

The following season, the club did play in the UEFA Cup again due to UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking where Miller was involved in the First Round against Smederevo and won 2–1 on aggregate.