House of Venijamin Marinković

43°25′21″N 20°22′44″E / 43.42250°N 20.37889°E / 43.42250; 20.37889

The house of Venijamin Marinković
Кућа у којој је живео Венијамин Маринковић
Kuća u kojoj je živeo Venijamin Marinković
The house of Venijamin Marinković.
Religion
LeadershipInstitute for Cultural Heritage Preservation Kraljevo
Location
LocationIvanjica, Serbia
Interactive map of The house of Venijamin Marinković
Кућа у којој је живео Венијамин Маринковић
Kuća u kojoj je živeo Venijamin Marinković
Website
http://zavodkraljevo.rs/

The house of Venijamin Marinković is located in the village of Devići in Ivanjica.

The house of Venijamin Marinković is an example of rural architecture in villages that are located at the foot of the mountain of Golija. Today, the monument is enlisted as an immovable cultural property.

Venijamin Marinković

Political activist Venijamin Marinković was born and lived in this house in the interwar period. He was one of the leaders of the armed uprising against the occupation of Yugoslavia in the Užice region. He was a teacher and a commander in the uprising. In the beginning of year 1941 he was a member of The District Committee that was located in Užice, together with Zelimir Djuric Zeljo, Vukola Dabic, Dobrilo Petrovic, Mihajlo Jevtic and Radoje Maric. [1] He was killed in 1941 in Pozega.[2]

References

  1. ^ The war of April and occupation of city Užice in 1941 Archived 2014-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, "Užice in the past and in the present", multisoft.rs, graduzice.org, Accessed: 9 May 2014.
  2. ^ Pozega in 1941. Enemy offensive in Western Serbia, Jovan Stamatovic. Retrieved 9 May 2014.