Dostinik or Destinikon (Serbian language: Достиник, Dostinik, Greek: Δεστινίκον, Latin language: Dostinica[1]) was the first capital of Serbia (Rascia) during the Middle Ages (early 7th century) in present-day Metohia (Drsnik)[2][3] or Prijepolje-Sjenica[4][5] or somewhere between rivers Bosna and Drina.[6]
Remains of a fortification thought to be that of Destinikon have been found in the Archaeological site of Vrsjenice, near Sjenica. The findings date from late antiquity and early Byzantine.[7]
Serbia comprised the following fortifications (καστρα, 'castle'): Destinikon (Δεστινίκον), Černavusk (Τςερναωουσκεή), Međurečje (Μεγυρέτονς), Dresneik (Δρεσνεηκ), Lesnik (Λεσνηκ), Salines (Σαληνέζ), in the Zhupa of Bosnia (Βοσνωνα): Katera (Κατερα) and Desnik (Δέσνηκ).
Klonimir of Serbia had Destinikon occupied during his rule in the 9th century.[8]
See also[]
- Destenika, a town in Greece
References[]
- ↑ http://books.google.se/books?id=HdoLAAAAYAAJ
- ↑ http://www.rastko.rs/isk/vkorac-medieval_architecture.html
- ↑ Relja Novakovic, Gde se nalazila Srbija od VII do X veka (Where Serbia was situated from the 7th to 10th centuries) [Serbia, Belgrade: Narodna knjiga, 1981], pp. 61-63.
- ↑ [1] Slowanské starožitnosti
- ↑ http://www.skgo.org/php/opstine/detalji.php?Id=101&IdSvojstva=KU
- ↑ http://books.google.se/books?id=-a8WAAAAQAAJ
- ↑ http://www.novavizija.org/REPOSITORY/136_sjenica_bastina.pdf
- ↑ http://books.google.se/books?id=YIAYMNOOe0YC
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