Golubatsk fortress - Monastery of Mist - Silver Lake

Tumane Monastery is a monastery dedicated to Archangel Gabriel, located on the left bank of the Tumanka River, 9 km from Golubac.

According to legend, the monastery was founded by Milos Obilic in the XIV century, who accidentally while hunting in the forest mortally wounded the hermit Zosim Sinaita. Milos tried to save the saint and take him on his horse to the doctor who lived at his court. Zosimus foresaw his own death and told Milos to let him die. At the place where Zosimus died, Milos decided to build a monastery in memory of the ascetic.

Milos Obilic built a monastery shortly before the Battle of Kosovo. Prince Lazar invited Milos to Kosovo, where he died heroically by killing Sultan Murad I.

The first mention of the monastery of Tuman in Turkish written sources 1572-1573.

During the Kochin Rebellion, the monastery was burned down by the Turks. The monastery was rebuilt, but it also suffered during the First and Second Serbian Uprisings. The monastery was severely damaged in the 1883 earthquake.

In 1910, the monastery was destroyed, and a new temple was built in the Moravian style in 1924.

In 1936, 30 Russian monks arrived from the Milkov Monastery to the Tuman Monastery, who brought with them the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Mother of God Kurskaya.

The monastery contains the relics of St. Zosimus Sinai and the relics of St. James, which are revered as miraculous, as evidenced by many who come here.

Golubatsk fortress is a medieval fortress built in the XIV century on the banks of the Danube, at the entrance to the Jerdap National Park (Iron Gate), on the border with Romania. On the site of the fortress, the width of the Danube is more than 6 km.

It is not known whether the medieval fortress was built by Serbs or Hungarians. An Orthodox chapel in one of the towers indicates that it was built by a local nobleman. The first mention of the fortress is found in Hungarian documents in 1335.

The Hungarian king Sigismund in 1403 ceded the Golubac fortress to the Serbian despot Stefan. King Sigismund and despot Stephen made a treaty according to which, after the death of the despot, his heir is obliged to return the Golubak fortress to the Hungarians. Despot Stefan was a member of the highest rank of the Hungarian knighthood of the Order of the Dragon, founded by King Sigismund. After the death of the despot Stephen in 1427, the voivode Jeremiah, the commander of Golubac sold the fortress to the Turks for 12,000 ducats. Golubac was captured by the Turkish Sultan Murad II.

In 1427, on the left bank of the Danube, opposite the Golubatsk fortress, Sigismund built the fortress Laslovar. From there, the Hungarian king in 1428 sent thousands of troops to liberate Golubak fortress, but could not capture Golubac. In this battle, Zavisha Black, a Polish knight, was killed.

Golubak fortress consists of nine towers.

According to one legend, the fortress was named in honor of a proud, beautiful girl named Goluban, with whom a Turkish pasha fell in love. The girl flatly refused to become his wife, and he ordered her chained to a rock and left to die.

Silver Lake is the most popular lake in Serbia, the Serbian Sea. It was one of the arms of the Danube, on its right bank. Two dams blocked the river and formed one of the most beautiful lakes in Serbia. The length of the lake is 14 km and the width is 300 meters. The lake shines in the rays of the sun, giving the water the effect of silver glare. The clear and clear water of the lake is filtered through many sand layers. The lake is rich in fish: carp, catfish, perch, pike, amur ...

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