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SEMENDRIA (Smederevo)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 616 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SEMENDRIA (Smederevo) , an important commercial See also:town and See also:capital of the Smederevo See also:department, See also:Servia, on the See also:Danube, between See also:Belgrade and the See also:Iron See also:Gates. Pop. (1900) 6912. It is believed to stand on the site of the See also:Roman See also:settlement See also:Mons aurcus, and there is a tradition that its famous vineyards—supplying See also:Budapest and See also:Vienna with some of the finest table grapes--were planted by the Roman See also:emperor See also:Probus (A.D. 276-282). In the 15th See also:century, when the Servian See also:prince See also:George Brankovich became See also:lord of Tokay, in See also:Hungary, he planted vines from Semendria on his estates there; and from these came the famous See also:white See also:wine Tokay. At the eastern end of the town, See also:close to the See also:river, there is a picturesque triangular See also:castle with twenty-four square towers, built by George Brankovich in 1430 on the See also:model of the See also:Constantinople walls. Semendria was the See also:residence of that Servian ruler and the capital of Servia from 1430 to 1459. It is the seat of the See also:district prefecture and a tribunal, and has a See also:garrison of See also:regular troops. Besides the See also:special export of grapes and white wine, a See also:great See also:part of the Servian export of pigs, and almost all the export of cereals, pass through Semendria. In 1886 the town was connected with the Belgrade-See also:Nish railway by a See also:branch See also:line.

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