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Kaçanik Gorge
Kaçanik Gorge (Albanian: Gryka e Kaçanikut, Serbian: Качаничка клисура/Kačanička klisura) is a gorge located in southern Kosovo, stretching between the town of Kaçanik and the Macedonian border, with the Lepenac River running through it. During Ottoman rule, the gorge saw fierce fighting, and inspired songs still used today.
Drill stone"
The "Ravine of Kaçanik" (Albanian: "shpuem" English: "Drill") refers to a perforated stone. It sits at the entrance of the Kacanik Gorge. A street traverses the gorge that comes from a short tunnel, which was removed after the Serbian Occupation of Kosovo. The tunnel was 15 meters long, about three meters wide and 2.5 meters high. At the entrance to the tunnel was a plaque that displayed the year of construction (1794) and the name of the Turkish Pasha.
It is also called Mark Stone, as in Kraleviq Mark. It was named after a Serbian prince from Prilep, who made the journey to the Kaçanikasin stone or legendarily, Musa Musa Kesedžija.
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Kaçanik
Kaçanik or Kačanik (Albanian: Kaçanik or Kaçaniku; Serbian: Качаник, Kačanik, pronounced [kâtʃaniːk]) is a town and municipality in southern Kosovo, in the Ferizaj district. The municipality covers an area of 211 km2 (81 sq mi), including the town of Kaçanik and 31 villages. It has a population of approximately 33,454. With the exception of eight Roma and 30 Bosniaks, the municipality is ethnically homogeneous Kosovo Albanian.
In March 2011 the pilot municipal unit of Elez Han was established within the Kaçanik municipality, holding approximately 10,000 out of the 33,454 total inhabitants.
History
The region of Kaçanik was one of the pathways, which were employed during Central European (akin to the Lusatian culture) migrations in the southern Balkans between 1200 and 1150 BCE. Roman era monuments include an altar that dates to 158–9 CE and is dedicated to a deity named Andinus (Deo Andino). The name Andinus appears among the central Illyrian and Dalmatian names, but the worship of Andinus seems to have been a local cult of southwestern Dardania as it doesn't appear in other parts of the Illyricum or the Roman Empire. In the Middle Ages, this region was part of Serbia.
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