Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Novo Brdo Fortress (Serbian: Тврђава Ново Брдо, Tvrđava Novo Brdo; Albanian: Kalaja e Novoberdës) is a medieval fortress in Kosovo, whose ruins are located near the town of Novo Brdo, about 20 km from Pristina and 30 – 35 km from Gnjilane. It is strategically situated on the 1124 m high top of Mala planinica, between the Kriva reka river, the Prilepnica river, and the Novo Brdo river, which are all tributaries of the Binačka Morava. The fortress was built in the early 14th century to protect gold, silver, iron and lead mines which were abundant throughout the area. Novo Brdo was famous for its silver. Together with the castles of Prizrenac, 12 km to the southwest and Prilepac, 13 km to the southeast, which guard access roads to the fortress, Novo Brdo helped form a defensive complex overlooking the lucrative mining operations. Novo Brdo was at its height during the Serbian Despotate (1402–1459), when it was the most important mining area and second most important town in Serbia. A significant number of Saxon miners and a large merchant colony from Republic of Ragusa lived within the town.For its fortress and production of silver and gold, Novo Brdo has been referred to as the "Mother of all Serbian cities", a "mountain of gold and silver", and the "strongest fortification of Serbia". Systematic archaeological research of the site began in 1952. Novo Brdo Fortress was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1948. After Kosovo's declaration of independence the site was established as a Special Protective Zone of Kosovo. Remains of fortifications, buildings and mining facilities are scattered all over the areas. Constant illegal diggings in order to find buried treasure, plundering and amateur excavations are destroying valuable archaeological strata.. }
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- Novo_Brdo_Fortress abstract "Novo Brdo Fortress (Serbian: Тврђава Ново Брдо, Tvrđava Novo Brdo; Albanian: Kalaja e Novoberdës) is a medieval fortress in Kosovo, whose ruins are located near the town of Novo Brdo, about 20 km from Pristina and 30 – 35 km from Gnjilane. It is strategically situated on the 1124 m high top of Mala planinica, between the Kriva reka river, the Prilepnica river, and the Novo Brdo river, which are all tributaries of the Binačka Morava. The fortress was built in the early 14th century to protect gold, silver, iron and lead mines which were abundant throughout the area. Novo Brdo was famous for its silver. Together with the castles of Prizrenac, 12 km to the southwest and Prilepac, 13 km to the southeast, which guard access roads to the fortress, Novo Brdo helped form a defensive complex overlooking the lucrative mining operations. Novo Brdo was at its height during the Serbian Despotate (1402–1459), when it was the most important mining area and second most important town in Serbia. A significant number of Saxon miners and a large merchant colony from Republic of Ragusa lived within the town.For its fortress and production of silver and gold, Novo Brdo has been referred to as the "Mother of all Serbian cities", a "mountain of gold and silver", and the "strongest fortification of Serbia". Systematic archaeological research of the site began in 1952. Novo Brdo Fortress was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1948. After Kosovo's declaration of independence the site was established as a Special Protective Zone of Kosovo. Remains of fortifications, buildings and mining facilities are scattered all over the areas. Constant illegal diggings in order to find buried treasure, plundering and amateur excavations are destroying valuable archaeological strata.".