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Borač Fortress

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The walls were incorporated and well blended within the rocks, which serve as natural protection. The fortress consisted of the Big Town, located northeast and the Small Town, located southwest. The only features that currently remain of the fortress are the ruins of the bulwarks, several buildings
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The fortress was built on Borački krš which is a section of an inactive volcano within the Rudnik massive that was formed 20 million years ago. The local quarry features tough stones used for fortress walls. The only well preserved object from the time of the despot Stefan, is the Saint Archangel
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promulgated a charter to the people of Dubrovnik in Borač in 1405. In that period, it was one of the most significant fortifications in the dominion. After the fall of
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and towers with irregular bases – three of them on the outside of the Big Town and one on the bulwark separating Small Town from the Big Town.
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is a medieval town and fortress. The remains of the Borač fortress lie on top of a rocky hill 10 km northwest of
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additionally fortified Borač. In 1438, the fortress was conquered and razed to the ground by sultan
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Although the town of Borač existed as a center of a Serbian
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Church of Saint Archangel Mihailo in the village of Borač
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