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List of places named after Prince Marko

This is a list of toponyms named after or connected with Prince Marko.

Named

  • Kula Kraljevića Marka (Tower of Prince Marko) near ViÅ¡egrad;
  • Markovo sedalo, a chair-shaped boulder near the tower;
  • Markove stope (Marko's footprints), indentations in the stone;
  • Other indentations in the stone were explained as hoofprints of Marko's horse Å arac. The three were destroyed while building a railway. The Å arac's hoofprints are mentioned in the opening of Ivo Andrić's novel The Bridge on the Drina.
  • Markov kamen (Marko's stone), a boulder on Miroč mountain. The boulder had a hoof-shaped indentation explained as hoofprint of Marko's horse Å arac.
  • Markov kamen (Marko's stone), a boulder on Kopaonik mountain.
  • Markov kamen (Marko's stone), near Konavle, on hill between Cavtat and Konavle
  • Stope Kraljevića Marka (Marko's footprints), near Trpanj
  • Markov kamen (Marko's Stone), a mountain peak in Montenegro near Bijelo Polje.
  • Markov kamen - Mečji vrh (Marko's Stone - Bear Sow's peak), a forest in Boljevac Municipality
  • Markov kamen (Marko's Stone) or Markov val, a stećak near Žabljak, explained as being the gravestone of Marko.
  • Markov manastir (Marko's Monastery), a monastery built by Marko.
  • Markov točak (Marko's spring), a spring in the village of Prpe near Banjaluka. Explained as created by Marko when he threw a huge stone there.
  • Markova crkva (Marko's church) or Markova peÅ¡tera (Marko's Cave), remains of a church built in a cave church near the Babuna river near Veles.
  • Markova Crkva (Marko's Church), a village and its church in the Lajkovac Municipality. Named by monks who escaped from the Marko's monastery.
  • Markova noga (Marko's Leg), the southernmost point of North Macedonia.
  • Markova stolica (Marko's Chair), a small plateau on Vidrak hill near Valjevo. Explained as created by Marko when he sat to rest on the mountain while cooling his feet in the river Kolubara.
  • Markovi Kuli (Marko's Towers), a fortress where Marko lived.
  • Markovo kale, a fortress ruin near Vranje.

Related

  • Musov grob (Musa's Grave) near Stenkovec, explained as the place of the fight between Marko and Musa the Robber.
  • Å arčeva kopita (Å arac's hooves) in Sarajevo.
  • Å uplji kamen (Hollow stone), a boulder with a hole near the village of Spaj; the hole is explained as made by Marko with his mace.

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