Hisar Hill

The Hisar, is a hill near Leskovac and Prokuplje, Serbia which is the town's symbol. As the word "hisar" derives from Turkish and means "fortress", it is the site of the medieval fortress with a still well preserved tower, popularly called the Tower of Jug Bogdan, who was a hero of the Battle of Kosovo.

Excavations

Hisar is a multi-periodal settlement.

Traces of life of the Brnjica culture^[1] (8th century BC) is seen in the plateau that was protected by a deep moat with a palisade on its inner side, a fortification similar to that of another fortification on the Gradac site in Lanište in the Velika Morava basin.^[2]

A later Iron Age settlement existed at Hisar dating from the 6th century BC until the 4th century BC.^[3] Besides Greek fibulae and pottery, Triballi (Thracian) tombs have been excavated in 2005.^[4]

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