Tour: Orasac and Oplenac
Tourist Guide
Maja Rogan
Orasac is well-known place, 70km away from Belgrade, is considered the cradle of the modern Serbian statehood. It was in this Sumadian village that in the far 1804, on 15 February, all prominent Serbs met and agreed to raise an insurrection against long Turkish rule and to elect Djordje Petrovic Karadjordje as their leader.
Topola was the center of Serbian state in the beginning of XIX century, where Karadjordje Petrovic built his fortified Town and King Petar I Karadjordjevic selected to build his Endowment. Topola is rich historical monuments: The Church of St. Djordje, Karadjordje's Town, Viticultural House ...
Church of St. Djordje Foundation of Karadjordje Excursion in Orasac