Banoà ¡tor () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the BeoÃÂin municipality, in the Vojvodina province. Although the village is geographically located in Syrmia, it is part of the South BaÃÂka District. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 643 people (2022 census).
The name Banoà ¡tor means "the monastery of the ban". It was named after a monastery that was founded at this location in the 12th century. The founder of a monastery was the son of the Serbian à ¾upan Uroà ¡ I, ban Beloà ¡, who was a palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary, and who ruled over Srem from 1142 to 1163.
In Serbian, the village is known as Banoà ¡tor (ÃÂðýþÃÂÃÂþÃÂ) and in Hungarian as Bánmonostor.
Following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC, Celtic tribes settled throughout Serbia, their settlement at Banoà ¡tor was called Malata. It was later conquered by the Romans in 1st century BC and was renamed to Bononia. Romans transformed the settlement into a military stronghold with a Roman military unit based here known as Cohors Alpinorum.
The Roman legion named Herculia VI was also stationed in the town. Two religious altars were also situated near Bononia, one of them was dedicated to Jupiter and another one to Neptune.
Many Serbs from this area were executed in the Jasenovac Concentration Camp (1941âÂÂ1945) by the Fascist Croatian regime of Ustashe who sided with Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
Banoà ¡tor is located on the edge of the Fruà ¡ka Gora Mountain Range and on the Danube River. Every year around September, the village celebrates the beginning of the wine season with a grape festival called the "Dan Groà ¾ÃÂa" or Grape Day and it is dedicated to Sveti Trifun (Saint Trifun), God's overseer of wine growers. The village's Serbian Orthodox Church was rebuilt in the early 19th century and is dedicated to Saint George.