Novi Pazar (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Пазар) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the urban area has 71,462 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 106,720 inhabitants. The city is the cultural center of the Bosniaks in Serbia and of Sandžak. A multicultural area of Muslims and Orthodox Christians, many monuments of both religions, like the Altun-Alem Mosque and the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, are located in the region which has a total of 30 protected monuments of culture.
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👉 Novi Pazar in the context of Old Serbia
Old Serbia (Serbian: Стара Србија, romanized: Stara Srbija) is a Serbian historiographical term that is used to describe the territory that according to the dominant school of Serbian historiography in the late 19th century formed the core of the Serbian Empire in 1346–71.
The term does not refer to a defined region but over time in the late 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century it came to include the regions of Raška, Kosovo and Metohija and much of modern North Macedonia. The term Old Serbians (Serbian: Старосрбијанци, romanized: Starosrbijanci) were used as designations by Serb authors and later governments for Slavic populations from regions such as Vardar Macedonia. In modern historiography, the concept of Old Serbia as it developed in the 19th century has been criticised as a historical myth, based often on invented or tendentiously interpreted historical events.
In this Dossier
- ⭐ Core Definition: Novi Pazar
- 👉 Novi Pazar in the context of Old Serbia
- Novi Pazar in the context of Sandžak
- Novi Pazar in the context of Stari Ras
- Novi Pazar in the context of Islam in Serbia
- Novi Pazar in the context of Rogozna
- Novi Pazar in the context of Pešter
- Novi Pazar in the context of Altun-Alem Mosque
- Novi Pazar in the context of Church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul (Novi Pazar)
Novi Pazar in the context of Sandžak
Sandžak (Serbian: Санџак; Bosnian: Sandžak) is a historical and geo-political region in the Balkans, located in the southwestern part of Serbia and the eastern part of Montenegro. The Bosnian/Serbian term Sandžak derives from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative district founded in 1865. Sandžak is inhabited by a plurality of ethnic Bosniaks.
Various empires and kingdoms have ruled over the region. In the 12th century, Sandžak was part of the region of Raška under the medieval Serbian Kingdom. During the Ottoman territorial expansion into the western Balkans in a series of wars, the region became an important administrative district, with Novi Pazar as its administrative center. Sandžak was under Austro-Hungarian occupation between 1878 and 1909 as a garrison, until an agreement between Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire resulted in the withdrawal of Austro-Hungarian troops from Sandžak in exchange for full control over Bosnia. In 1912, it was divided between the Kingdom of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Serbia.
Novi Pazar in the context of Stari Ras
Ras (Serbian Cyrillic: Рас; Latin: Arsa), known in modern Serbian historiography as Stari Ras (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Рас, "Old Ras"), is a medieval fortress and area located in the vicinity of former market-place of Staro Trgovište, some 10–11 kilometers (6.2–6.8 mi) west of modern-day city of Novi Pazar in Serbia.
Old Ras was initially part of the First Bulgarian Empire (until the 10th century), then Byzantine Empire (mid-10th until mid-12th century), in the end becoming one of the first and main capitals of the Grand Principality and Kingdom of Serbia (from mid-12th until early 14th century). Located in today's region of Raška, its favorable position in the area known as Old Serbia, along the Raška gorge at Pešter plateau, on the crossroads and trading routes between neighbouring regions of Zeta and Bosnia in the west and Kosovo in the south, added to its importance as a city.
Novi Pazar in the context of Islam in Serbia
Serbia is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority faith representing around 4.2% of the total population (excluding the disputed region of Kosovo, in which Islam is the predominant faith) as per the 2022 census. Islam spread to Serbia during the three centuries of Ottoman rule. The Muslims in Serbia are mostly ethnic Bosniaks, Albanians and significant part of Muslim Roma as well as members of the smaller groups, like ethnic Muslims, Gorani and Serbs (Čitaci).
Novi Pazar in the context of Rogozna
Rogozna (Serbian Cyrillic: Рогозна) is a mountain in southwestern Serbia, near the city of Novi Pazar. Its highest peak Crni vrh has an elevation of 1,504 meters above sea level.
Novi Pazar in the context of Pešter
The Pešter Plateau (Serbian: Пештерска висораван, romanized: Pešterska visoravan), or simply Pešter (Serbian Cyrillic: Пештер, pronounced [pɛ̌ʃtɛr]) is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia, in the Raška (or Sandžak) region.
It lies at an altitude of 1,150–1,492 metres (3,773–4,895 ft), with the highest point (Kuljarski vrh) at 1,492 meters. The territory of the plateau is mostly located in the municipality of Sjenica, with parts belonging to Novi Pazar and Tutin.
Novi Pazar in the context of Altun-Alem Mosque
The Altun-Alem Mosque (Serbian: Алтун-алем џамија, romanized: Altun-alem džamija, lit. 'Golden Gem Mosque') is a mosque located in Novi Pazar, Serbia.
Abdul Gani, an architect, constructed the Altun-Alem Mosque in the first half of the 16th century.
Novi Pazar in the context of Church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul (Novi Pazar)
The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Serbian: Црква Светих апостола Петра и Павла / Crkva Svetih apostola Petra i Pavla), commonly known as Church of St Peter (Црква Светог Петра / Crkva Svetog Petra) or simply Peter's Church (Петрова црква / Petrova crkva) is a Serbian Orthodox church, the oldest intact church in Serbia and one of the oldest ones in the region, situated on a hill of Ras, the medieval capital of the Serbian Grand Principality (Rascia), in Novi Pazar, Serbia. It is part of the Stari Ras complex, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It was founded in the 4th century during Roman rule, while additions were made in the 7th and 9th centuries, after which it served as the ecclesiastical seat of the Serbian church, and as the baptismal church and state council site of the Nemanjić dynasty, until the last years of the 12th century. It is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul.