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List of former capitals of Serbia

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This is a list of the historical capitals of Serbian statehood:[1][2][3]

Capital Timeline Notes
100px Ras ?–960 capital of the Serbian Principality under the Vlastimirović dynasty.
100px Ras fl. 969–976 capital of the Byzantine Catepanate of Ras.
100px Sirmium ca. 1018–1071 capital of the Byzantine Theme of Sirmium.
100px Stari Ras ca. 1050–1148 capital of the Principality of Duklja under the Vojislavljević dynasty.
100px Stari Ras ca. 1083–1166 capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under the Vukanović dynasty.
100px Bele Crkve 1166–1168 First capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under Stefan Nemanja.
100px Niš ca. 1183–1191 capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under Stefan Nemanja.
Deževo, Debrc and Belgrade 1276–1282 capitals of Stefan Dragutin's Kingdom in Syrmia.
100px Skopje 1282–1321 capital of King Stefan Milutin.
100px Prizren 1300–1345 first capital of King Stefan Dušan.
100px Skoplje 1345–1371 first capital of Serbian Empire of Stefan Dušan and later Stefan Uroš V.
100px Serres 1345–1355 second capital of Serbian Empire of Stefan Dušan.
100px Kruševac 1371–1402 capital of Moravian Serbia under Lazar Hrebeljanović.
100px Vučitrn 1371–1402 capital of District of Branković under Vuk Branković.
100px Prilep 1371–1395 capital of Lordship of Prilep under Marko Mrnjavčević.
100px Belgrade 1404–1430 capital of Serbian Despotate under Stefan Lazarević.
100px Smederevo 1430–1459 capital of Serbian Despotate under the Branković dynasty.
100px Belgrade 1718–1739 capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia (1718–39).
100px Topola 1805–1813 capital of Revolutionary Serbia under Karadjordje, during the First Serbian Uprising.
100px Smederevo 1806 temporary capital of serbia under Karadjordje and seat of Praviteljstvujušči Sovjet (government headed by Dositej Obradović).
100px Gornja Crnuća 1815–1818 capital of Revolutionary Serbia under Miloš Obrenović, during the Second Serbian Uprising
100px Kragujevac 1818–June 12, 1839 capital of the Principality of Serbia under Miloš Obrenović.
100px Belgrade June 12, 1839–June 1840 capital of the Principality of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović III.
100px Kragujevac June 1840 – 1841 capital of the Principality of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović III.
100px Belgrade April 25, 1841 – 1915 capital of the Principality of Serbia and Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918).
100px Temišvar 1849–1860 capital of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (1849–1860).
100px Niš July 1914–October 1915 capital of Serbia during Austro-Hungarian occupation of Belgrade (World War I). From 1878 onwards, it was treated as the "second capital".
100px Belgrade 1916–present capital of the Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943), Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992), Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and Serbia (2006–)

See also

  • Serbia
  • History of Serbia

References

  1. ↑ Makas, Emily Gunzburger; Conley, Tanja Damljanovic (2009-12-04) (in en). Capital Cities in the Aftermath of Empires: Planning in Central and Southeastern Europe. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-16725-7. https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Capital_Cities_in_the_Aftermath_of_Empir/M_aMAgAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=ancient+capitals+of+serbia&pg=PA7&printsec=frontcover. 
  2. ↑ Cybriwsky, Roman Adrian (2013-05-23) (in en). Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-61069-248-9. https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Capital_Cities_around_the_World/3kzEEAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=ancient+capitals+of+serbia&pg=PA46&printsec=frontcover. 
  3. ↑ Djokić, Dejan (2023-01-26) (in en). A Concise History of Serbia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-30865-6. https://www.google.pt/books/edition/A_Concise_History_of_Serbia/aROpEAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=history+of+serbian+principality&pg=PA69&printsec=frontcover. 

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