Medveđa

Medveđa lies in the upper Jablanica valley, among the wooded hills of southern Serbia. A Roman road passed through this country towards the mining districts of the interior, and remains of mines and forts can be found in the surrounding hills. At nearby Sijarinska Banja, warm mineral springs were known in antiquity. The name Medveđa comes from the Slavic word for a bear, an animal associated with the forests of the region.