Ponikve (Golubac)

Ponikve is a village in the municipality of Golubac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 97 people.

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Coordinates: 44°41′26″N 21°34′05″E / 44.69056°N 21.56806°E / 44.69056; 21.56806

Golubac

Golubac (Serbian Cyrillic: Голубац, pronounced [ɡǒlubats]) is a village and municipality in north-eastern Serbia, on the right side of the Danube river. It is bordered by Romania to the east, Veliko Gradište to the west and Kučevo to the south. The population of the village is 1,655 and the population of the municipality is 8,161.

Name

In Serbian, the town is known as Golubac (Голубац), in Romanian as Golumbei or Columbaci, in Hungarian as Galambóc, in German as Taubenberg and in Turkish as Güvercinlik which means "dovecote." The name Golubac is derived from golub, which is Serbian for "pigeon" or "dove," and is therefore often translated as "the town of doves."

Its historical names were Columbria, in Latin,as a contraction of Columbaria that means city of pigeons (Latin: Columba, Greek: kòlymbos), and as a city derived from Cuppae during pre-Roman times.

History

It was a stronghold called Cuppae during Roman and Early Byzantine times (1-6th century) and turned into a city (Columbria) in 554/5 AD.

Golubac (Mionica)

Golubac is a village situated in Mionica municipality in Serbia.

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Coordinates: 44°11′29″N 20°01′20″E / 44.1914°N 20.0222°E / 44.1914; 20.0222

Golubac (mountain)

Golubac (Serbian Cyrillic: Голубац) is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Guča. Its highest peak Stanojev vrh has an elevation of 733 meters above sea level.

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