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'''Ivan kula''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Иван кула}}, "Ivan tower"; '''Ivanova kula''', Иванова кула, "Ivan's tower") is a [[fortress]] of [[Ivan Kosančić]], located 33&nbsp;km south of town [[Kuršumlija]], [[Serbia]], on the mountain [[Radan (mountain)|Radan]]. The fort is located on a separate top 1076 m. near the village of [[Ivan Kula]], southwest tip of Đak (1400 m).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tokursumlija.rs/ivan_kula.html |title=Turistička organizacija Kuršumlija - Ivan kula |access-date=2013-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191541/http://www.tokursumlija.rs/ivan_kula.html |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Archaeological Site ==
The city is built on top of the volcanic cone, which is flattened. Tower has a height of 14 m, the sides ca 7.78 and 5.80 m, standing on Roman foundations, with 1.34 m thick walls of rough-cut blocks hourglass. On the north side of the tower rests on a medieval church with my 56 degree, razed to the ground. On the south side are the remains of the young building.
== Historical facts ==
After the [[Battle of Kosovo]], the city came under the rule of [[Despot Stefan Lazarevic]] until 1412.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/19021511/Aleksandar-Deroko-Srednjovekovni-Gradovi-u-Srbiji-Crnoj-Gori-i-Juznoj-Srbiji |title=Aleksandar Deroko - Srednjovekovni Gradovi u Srbiji, Crnoj Gori i Juznoj Srbiji |website=www.scribd.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831162149/http://www.scribd.com/doc/19021511/Aleksandar-Deroko-Srednjovekovni-Gradovi-u-Srbiji-Crnoj-Gori-i-Juznoj-Srbiji |archive-date=2009-08-31}} </ref>
=== Tradition ===
From this fort are Ivan Kosančić and [[Milan Toplica]], host of the upper and lower [[Toplica District|Toplica region]] passed over Trpeze (plateau on the mountain Radan), went to the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. Along with his blood brothers, Milan Toplica and [[Miloš Obilić]] belonged to the Knights - the dragon.<ref>Red Zmaja -Stefan Corvus</ref>
== Literature ==
*  Serbien — historisch-ethnographische Reisestudien (Serbia — Ethnographic and Historical Travel Studies)-[[Felix Philipp Kanitz]]. [[Leipzig]] (1868).
* Medieval cities in Serbia, Montenegro and southern Serbia - [[Aleksandar Deroko]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Forts in Serbia]]
[[Category:Toplica District]]
[[Category:Medieval Serbian architecture]]
[[Category:Kuršumlija]]
[[Category:Ruins in Serbia]]