TAKOVO 185 YEARS AGO

Although it is not the oldest place in the municipality, Takovo has numerous attractions that are not just of local interest for the municipality of Gornji Milanovac.

This is the place where the Second Serbian Insurrection started under the flag of Miloš Obrenovic. A withered bush, remnant of the oak under which Miloš exclaimed »Here I come, here you are...«, monument to the 1887 Insurrection, bronze casting of the central detail from Paja Jovanovic's picture »The Takovo Insurrection«, late 18th century log-built church where the rebels received Communion from Archpriest Melentije Pavlovic, and finally the Museum of the Second Serbian Insurrection, located at the school building given to Takovo by King Aleksandar of the Obrenovic Dynasty, commemorate this event, which took place 185 years ago.

SAVINAC CHURCH HOLDS THE REMAINS OF MINA VUKOMANOVIC-KARADŽIC

Savinac is a part of the Šarani village, just four kilometers away from Takovo. According to legend, St Sava once rode across that site, and the trace of his horse's hoof is still visible in the stone. Centuries later, in 1819, Prince Miloš built his first endowment, a church, in the memory of his wife, Princess Ljubica. It is no accident that Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic's daughter, Mina, an artist, poet and translator, was buried in the Savinac Church. Namely, she was married to university professor Aleksa Vukomanovic, who was a member of the Princess Ljubica's family. The old gazebo, built in Miloš's time, and two mineral water springs in the River Dicina riverbed, Svetinja and Mlacac, are some of the attractions of Savinac. If we add that woody slopes stretch everywhere around this settlement and that there is plenty of sunshine and shade, nothing will be left out from the story about Savinac.