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Encyclopedia > Sveti Nikole

Sveti Nikole (literally means Saint Nicholas) is the center of a plain called Ovche Pole (Plain of sheep), famous for sheep farming, lamb meat, and dairy products of all kinds. According to legend, the town was named after the church of Sveti Nikola, built in the beginning of the 14th century. In geography, a plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief. ... Species See text. ... Lamb A lamb being bottle fed A lamb is a young sheep. ... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffalo, sheep or goats) and other farm animals, for human consumption. ... Saint Nicholas is the common name for Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Lycia (modern day Antalya, Turkey), who had a reputation for secret gift-giving. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ...


The outlying villages of Sveti Nikole include Amzabegovo, with its barely excavated archaeological site, and Burilovci, famous for the magnificent frescoes paintings that adorn its own church of St. Nicholas. An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been investigated using the discipline of archaeology. ... Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ...


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Prevlaka je slavna od onog doba, kada je na početku cvjetanja i razvijanja naše srednjovjekovne kulture Svetitelj i Prosvjetitelj, Srpski Sveti Sava na njoj podigao na stepen katedralnog hrama veličanstven hram posvećen Arhangelu Mihailu.
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