Lepenski Vir
Đerdap · The Iron Gates gorge
A Mesolithic and early Neolithic settlement (9th–6th millennium BC) with famous fish-faced stone sculptures, under a glass roof with a museum.
Paid
How to get there
- 14 km from the centre
- Timetables Beograd – Donji Milanovac: 5 departures on weekdays, from 3 h 32 min
- Website
- virtuelnimuzejdunava.rs/serbia/cultural-heritage/archaeological-map-of-the-danube/lepenski-vir.lepenski-vir.350.html
About
Lepenski Vir (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепенски Вир, "Lepena Whirlpool"), located in Serbia, is an important archaeological site of the Lepenski Vir culture (also called as Lepenski Vir-Schela Cladovei culture). It includes Mesolithic Iron Gates Hunter-Gatherers period and transition to Early Neolithic Early European Farmers period of Southeastern Europe. The latest radiocarbon and AMS data suggests that the chronology of Lepenski Vir spans between 9500/7200 and 5500 BC, divided into Early–Middle Mesolithic, Late Mesolithic, Transition and Neolithic. There is some disagreement about when the settlement and culture of Lepenski Vir began, but the latest data indicates that it was between 9500 and 7200 BC.
Nearby
- Centar za posetioce Lepenski Vir Museum · 3 m
- Muzej Lepenski Vir Museum · 12 m
- Lepenski Vir Attraction · 508 m
- Lepinski Vir Parking · 529 m
- Sur sport etno kuća Lepenski vir Restaurant · 542 m