Memorial Cemetery, Javor
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Memorial Cemetery, Javor is located on Mount Javor, near the town of Ivanjica, Serbia. It is known as monumental mark "Major Ilić", in the central part of the cemetery.
Memorial Cemetery, Javor Спомен гробље на Јавору Spomen groblje na Javoru | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Serbian Orthodox |
Leadership | Institute for Cultural Heritage Preservation Kraljevo |
Location | |
Location | Javor, Ivanjica, Serbia |
Geographic coordinates | 43°25′21″N 20°22′44″E |
Website | |
http://zavodkraljevo.rs/ |
The cemetery is located in the area where the decisive battle took place in the Serbo-Turkish War (1876–78), which is also known as Javor war. The cemetery is now one of the cultural monuments of great importance as immovable property, built in gratitude to Serbian soldiers killed in battle on Javor mountain in 1876. Not far from the cemetery, there is a faucet of Vasilije.[1][2]
At the memorial cemetery on Javor seven thousand Serbian soldiers were buried. They died in Kalipolje on Ivanjdan, on 6 July 1876. Among the mounds in the cemetery of heroes of Javor, a monument to major Mihailo Ilić was built on 24 June 1907, who was the commander in chief during the fight and was credited for the victory of the Serbian army in the battle of Javor, and later in other battles of the Sandzak.[3]