Niševačka gorge

The Niševac gorge is located in the southeast of Serbia, in the area of the village of Niševac, 6 km from Svrljig and 36 km from Niš. Position Niševačka gorge is located within the composite valley of Svrljiški Timok and is an integral part of Svrljiška gorge. The valley is located in the Carpathian-Balkan port of eastern Serbia and as such represents a special landscape unit. It covers most of the Svrljiški Timok basin, the left component of Beli Timok, and lies between the Svrljiški mountain range in the south, Paješki kamen in the east, Tresibaba mountain in the north and Calafat and its branches in the west. In the northwest, the gorge is bounded by the Golak area, in the north by the Knjaževac valley, in the east by Zaglavka, in the southeast by the Belopalanac Budžak, in the south by the Belopalanka valley, Sićevačka gorge, Niš and Aleksinac valley in the south and southwest. Historical significance In ancient times, in the area of the village of Niševci, there was also Timacum Minus, which was located on the great Roman road Lisijus - Nais - Racijarija, as today's corpses were called in Albania, Niš in Serbia and Archer in Bulgaria. The fortress, whose towers were demolished in 1999, on the rocks above the gorge watched the road that connected the Nis valley with the Danube, and was built by the Romans in the 1st century AD. in the time of King Milan Obrenović, a railway through the Niševačka gorge was planned, but the tunnels were broken only in the 20th century and there are a total of 32 and almost as many bridges designed by the famous Serbian scientist Milutin Milanković. The most interesting event related to the Nisevac gorge is certainly the photo-colony of Terra incognita. It has been organized since 2018 and aims to promote the natural and cultural-historical values of this area.