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SEMENDRIJA

Volume 20 · 85 words · 1860 Edition

or SMEDEREWO, a town of European Turkey, in Servia, on the right bank of the Danube, 24 miles S.E. of Belgrade. It is fortified and defended by a citadel. Formerly the residence of the kings of Servia, Semendria is still the seat of a bishop. On the hills that encircle the town to the S. and S.W. lie many vineyards, celebrated for the excellence of their grapes and wine. Fishery, trade, and navigation, are carried on here. Pop. (1854), exclusive of the Turkish garrison, 3829.