Novo Brdo

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Novo Brdo was a major medieval mining and commercial center in the Balkans, renowned for its rich silver and gold deposits and strategic importance to Serbian and later Ottoman rulers.

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Label Occurrences
Novo Brdo canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical settlement ⓘ
medieval mining town ⓘ
conqueredBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Sultan Mehmed II ⓘ
linked to: Mehmed II
conqueredIn 1455 ⓘ
country Kosovo ⓘ
economicImportance important source of silver for Ottoman Empire ⓘ
major source of revenue for Serbian rulers ⓘ
one of the richest mining centers in medieval Balkans ⓘ
elevation approximately 1000 meters above sea level ⓘ
flourishedIn 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
governedBy Saxon mining law traditions ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
cultural heritage of Kosovo ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic Ragusan merchants ⓘ
Saxon miners ⓘ
Serb inhabitants ⓘ
multi-ethnic population ⓘ
hasRole commercial center ⓘ
mining center ⓘ
hasStructure Novo Brdo Fortress ⓘ
churches ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
mining shafts ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
knownFor fortified medieval town ⓘ
gold mining ⓘ
lead mining ⓘ
rich ore deposits ⓘ
silver mining ⓘ
strategic importance ⓘ
languageUsed Old Serbian ⓘ
locatedIn Balkans ⓘ
eastern Kosovo ⓘ
region of Metohija and Kosovo ⓘ
nearbyCity Pristina ⓘ
partOf Medieval Serbia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Serbian Despotate ⓘ
religionPresent Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
tradedWith Adriatic coastal cities ⓘ
Republic of Ragusa ⓘ
underRuleOf Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Serbian Despotate ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Serbian Despotate → notableCity → Novo Brdo ⓘ
Eastern Kosovo → hasCity → Novo Brdo ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Kosovo