PopovicT2010.02.13 [23:44]
Temple of St. John the Baptist, above Vucje
Church of St. John the Baptist was built in 1938th year, according to the plans of architect Gregory Samojlova, where they found the foundations of the old medieval endowments Skobaljića Nicholas, destroyed by the Turks after the conquest of Old Dubočica. Fortified city from where the army guarding the pass and travel through the river canyons in your suburb and had a church for the spiritual needs of residents and all those who are serving them from the environment. The people known as Skobaljića church, and many mentioned earlier, under a different name, as''mother of God Bučanska v Bučje moves''in the Charter of Princess Milica and her sons as the temple along with gratuitous village monastery of St. Panteleimon on Mount Montenegro.
On the foundations of ruined church for years to gather the people, by maintaining awareness of their faith and history, their ancestors and history. Guided by the national desire to inspire and guarded tradition for centuries, gathered hosts and prominent people Vucje and the environment and the widow of the first known vines Teokarević, which is called Vana, start building a new temple on the old foundations. Completed several years before the start of the Second World War and to this day serves as a meeting place for residents of settlements under the coward. Many experts assess that the church''a significant and original achievement of recent Serbian church architecture''.
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Village Vučje and places in its surroundings there are more in the age old Serbian state. Vučje Bučje was called by a large number of beech trees on the nearby mountain slopes, and later called Vučje''by a large number of wolves, who izvirivali behind every beech tree''.
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History and legends of this region are inevitably related to the name of Nicholas Skobaljića, heroes and generals''who defended the approach of the New hill side''. So next Skobaljića church, there Skobaljića mill, Skobaljića kladenac and ... Skobaljića city. On these walls heroically died Nikola Skobaljić in battle with the Turks 1454th year. Turks are tired of it known, then how najsvirepiji raje punish disobedience, and especially its patron. The people, in their legends, is not reconciled with the death of this hero. He was on his horse left; the sky and thus remained alive in the legends.
