The city of Nis/Grad Nis

Situated at the crossroads of the Balkan and European roads, connecting Asia Minor to Europe, City of Niš is one of the oldest cities in the Balkans, and was considered a gateway between the East and the West even in the ancient times.

Legend has it that Niš was founded by a Prince Nisa, who built it using the nearby Humska Čuka stone. There is abundant archaeological evidence that Niš was inhabited in prehistoric times. Near the Fortress bridge, in 1878, a soldier excavated a 153 mm long prehistoric axe-hammer made of basalt from Ostrovica, near Niš. Another similar artifact, roughly hewn and 155mm long, was excavated from the ancient tombs near the Nišava River, and a flintstone saw was found near the City suburb Vrežina. All the archaeological finds dating from about 4000 BC are exhibited in the National Museum of Niš.


The town was named after the Nišava River, which was named Navissos by the Celtic inhabitants of the town. Each new conqueror gave the town a new name: Roman Naissus, Byzantine Nysos, Slovene Niš, or German Nissa.

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[McVeljko]

hvala,trudim se :)

[todor0]

Dobr ti je video ali ono Srbija i Crna Gora....

[lady89nen]

Super ti je video. Ja sam iz Nisa :)

[011MONK]

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