Sirogojno

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sirogojno ( Serbian - Cyrillic Сирогојно ) is a village in Serbia with 763 inhabitants (as of 2002). It is part of the Čajetina municipality belonging to the Zlatibor district .

geography

Sirogojno is located in the west of the country at 911 meters above sea level. in the Zlatibor Mountains . The Stopića limestone cave is located near the village .

Attractions

The village is one of the Serbian cultural monuments of particular importance. The biggest attraction in Sirogojno is the open-air museum Muzej Staro selo ( Museum Old Village ), which depicts life in the Zlatibor region in the 19th century on almost 15 hectares. The traditional wooden houses, a bakery, a dairy and an old restaurant are shown.

The Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Peter and Paul from 1764 was rebuilt with works by the icon painter Simeon Lazović. Next to the church is the village's Orthodox cemetery.

population

In 2002 the place had 763 inhabitants.

Population development
1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2002
1055 1129 1099 962 890 844 763

See also

Web links

Commons : Staro selo, Sirogojno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 43 ° 41 ′ 27 ″  N , 19 ° 53 ′ 10 ″  E