Sirogojno is a village in Serbia located on Mt. Zlatibor. The village of Sirogojno was declared a Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1983, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia.

Sirogojno
Village
View of a small part of the village of Sirogojno
Country	Serbia
Area [1]
• Total	19.14 km2 (7.39 sq mi)
Elevation	911 m (2,989 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	630
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Museums

It is known for his open-air museum, or "ethno village" known as the Old Village Museum (Serbian: Музеј Старо село, romanized: Muzej Staro selo), covering nearly 5 hectares with authentic elements of ordinary life collected from all over the Zlatibor region from the 19th century. The ethno village displays a set of traditional wooden buildings, including a bakery, a dairy, and an inn, all in authentic form.[2]

Sirogojno is also housing a Knitting museum in honor of women knitters from the Zlatibor region, who created unique clothing items with their work.[3]

Church of Saints Peter and Paul the Apostles

The Serbian Orthodox church in Sirogojno was built in 1764. It is dedicated to the apostles St. Peter and St. Paul, as is written on the royal doors beside the signature of icon painter Simeon Lazović. The reconstruction of the original layout of the church in Sirogojno was based on special preserved manuscripts, protocols, records, and other historical sources. The village graveyard is located next to the church and has gravestones from the 19th century with unique artistic pictures and texts.[4]

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  View of a small part of the village of Sirogojno
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  Sirogojno Serbian Orthodox church, exterior
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  Iconostasis of Saints Peter and Paul Church
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  Sirogojno Serbian Orthodox church, interior
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  Graveyard outside the church in Sirogojno

Notable people

• Milan Smiljanić (1891–1979), Minister of Agriculture in the Socialist Republic of Serbia (1944-1946).
• Savo Jovanović, nicknamed Sirogojno (1926-1944), Yugoslav Partisan.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sirogojno.

• Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance
• Tourism in Serbia

References

External links

• Photo Gallery of the Sirogojno Old Village Museum
• The Sirogojno Old Village Open-Air Museum, Official Site
• Information on the Old Village Museum
• Photo Gallery of Sirogojno