List of places named after Prince Marko explained

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

Named

• Kula Kraljevića Marka (Tower of Prince Marko) near Višegrad;^[1]
  • Markovo sedalo, a chair-shaped boulder near the tower;^[1]
  • Markove stope (Marko's footprints), indentations in the stone;^[1]
  • Other indentations in the stone were explained as hoofprints of Marko's horse Šarac. The three were destroyed while building a railway.^[1] The Šarac'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.^[1] The boulder had a hoof-shaped indentation explained as hoofprint of Marko's horse Šarac.^[2]
• Markov kamen (Marko's stone), a boulder on Kopaonik mountain.^[3]
• Markov kamen (Marko's stone), near Konavle, on hill between Cavtat and Konavle^[4]
• Stope Kraljevića Marka (Marko's footprints), near Trpanj^[5]
• 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^[6]
• Markov kamen (Marko's Stone) or Markov val, a stećak near Žabljak, explained as being the gravestone of Marko.^[7]
• 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.^[1]
• Markova crkva (Marko's church) or Markova peštera^[8] (Marko's Cave), remains of a church built in a cave church near the Babuna river near Veles.^[9]
• Markova Crkva (Marko's Church), a village and its church in the Lajkovac Municipality. Named by monks who escaped from the Marko's monastery.^[10]
• Markova noga (Marko's Leg), the southernmost point of North Macedonia.^[11]
• 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.^[12]
• 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.^[13]
• Šarčeva kopita (Šarac's hooves) in Sarajevo.^[1]
• Šuplji kamen (Hollow stone), a boulder with a hole near the village of Spaj; the hole is explained as made by Marko with his mace.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Građevine između istorije i legende - Panorama - Glas Srpske . 2010-12-25 . 2011-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721071509/http://www.glassrpske.com/vijest/5/krozrs/19310/cir/Gradjevine-izmedju-istorije-i-legende.html . dead .
2. Web site: Kerameia is a Fabulous Ancient City.. Know the Myths, History, etc.
3. Web site: Kopaonik.NET . 2010-12-25 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723174617/http://www.kopaonik.net/eng/_html/about_themountainofsunandsnow%20.html . 2011-07-23 .
4. Web site: [Projekat Rastko - Boka] Narodna zastava ujedinjenih Srba i Hrvata, Dubrovnik 1905.
5. Н. З. Бјеловучић, Полуострво Рат (Пељешац), Јањина 1922, 238
6. http://www.srbijasume.rs/doc/31sert-osn_lat.pdf{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
7. https://archive.today/20120906205536/http://www.mojaskola.me/os-dusan-obradovic/home/markov-grob/
8. Web site: King Marko and His Legends in Macedonia.
9. Web site: SCIndeks - Članak . 2010-12-25 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110826204816/http://scindeks.nb.rs/article.aspx?artid=0350-13619927135D . 2011-08-26 .
10. Web site: Почетна .
11. Web site: King Marko and His Legends in Macedonia.
12. Web site: Kerameia is a Fabulous Ancient City.. Know the Myths, History, etc.
13. Web site: King Marko and His Legends in Macedonia.
14. Web site: Kerameia is a Fabulous Ancient City.. Know the Myths, History, etc.