Galič

Galič (Greek: Γαλίτζτ, Serbian: Галич) was a medieval fortification (kastron) located in the village of Luka, on a hill on the right side of the Sočanica river into the Ibar, 20 km north of Mitrovicë. It was a military fort that protected the neighbouring roads and mining areas and also served as a refugium.[1] Its name is of Slavic origin, derived from gal-, which is another word for "black, dark".[1] The mining region of Kopaonik–Rogozna includes the Roman-era municipium Dardanorum.[2] The Sokoljača fortification existed at the same time on the other side of the Sočanica.[2] Oral tradition calls Galič "Trojan's city" (Trojanov grad) and Čivutana.[2] There are remains of the medieval fort foundations, and later Ottoman-period trenches.[2] Material from Galič was used to build the Sočanica church.[2]

Serbian archaeologist Đorđe Janković studied Sočanica in 2009 and also visited Galič and Sokoljača.[3] He believed that Galič was a Byzantine fort that was rebuilt by the Serbs with wood, during the Byzantine-Serbian conflict in 1149.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Janjić 2018, p. 11.
  2. ^ a b c d e Janjić 2018, p. 13.
  3. ^ Janjić 2018, p. 14, Janković 2009, p. 117
  4. ^ Janjić 2018, p. 14.

Sources

  • Janjić, Dragana (2018). "ГАЛИЧ–СРЕДЊОВЕКОВНО УТВРЂЕЊЕ". Vojnoistorijski glasnik. 2: 9–24.
  • Janković, Đorđe (2009). "Галич, Сеченица и Тара". Митолошки зборник. 21: 113–130.
  • Mišić, Siniša (2010). Лексикон градова и тргова средњовековних српских земаља: према писаним изворима. Завод за уџбенике. ISBN 978-86-17-16604-3.
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