MARKO'S CHAIR

BY MIRKOVIC SNEZANA AND PAVLOVIC BRANKO ( DECEMBER 1996 )

MARKO'S CHAIR IS A LITTLE PLATEAU IN THE VIDRAK HILL NEAR VALJEVO.

THERE IS A LEGEND ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF NAME OF THAT PLACE. THE LEGEND

SAYS: MARKO KRALJEVIC SAT TO REST ON THE TOP OF THE HILL AND HIS FEET

WERE IN THE KOLUBARA RIVER; HE MADE THE PLATEAU AND NOW IT IS COLLED

MARKO'S CHAIR. MARKO KRALJEVIC ( PRINCE MARKO ) IS A FAMOUS SERBIAN

HERO FROM THE MIDDLE AGES. HIS POWER AND HEROISM ARE VERY WELL

KNOWN. THE WHOLE VALJEVO AND KOLUBARA RIVER, WHICH FLOWS TROUGH

THE FOOT OF THE VIDRAK HILL, ARE WELL SEEN FROM MARKO'S CHAIR. NOW

MARKO'S CHAIR IS A AND WALKING-PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE FROM VALJEVO.