Maglič Castle [eng/срп] Замак Маглич

Maglič is a 13th-century castle about 20 km south of Kraljevo, Serbia. The castle is located at the top of a hill below which there’s a valley of the river Ibar. It was built for the reаson of control and protection to the only road that connected the Great Morava Valley and Kosovo polje in medieval times. It was named by the usual weather conditions in that part of Serbia — Maglič can be translated as “Fog Castle”. We have passed by it early in the morning, Sun still hasn’t rise, and we could see how appropriate its name was.

It is not certain who built it up — Stephan First Crowned, or his son Urosh I. It was also raised as the protection of two very important monasteries, Sopoćani and Studenica, as well as to prevent any future Mongol incursions deeper into Serbian countries.

Maglič was included on the list of Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance in 1979.