Historical place profile

Stari Ras

Stari Ras, the first capital of Serbia, is the site of an impressive group of medieval monuments consisting of fortresses, churches and monasteries listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:68277902
Catalogue ID
pleiades:68277902
Place type
fort, settlement
Coordinates
43.128222, 20.415535
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

Stari Ras, the first capital of Serbia, is the site of an impressive group of medieval monuments consisting of fortresses, churches and monasteries listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Pleiades

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

Compare this place with the chronological map at the relevant year, nearby political units, routes, institutions and the period portals. Where the source record is silent about jurisdiction, population or ecclesiastical rank, this profile makes no such claim.