Prokuplje

Prokuplje lies on the Toplica River, beneath the fortified hill of Hisar. Its medieval name honours Saint Procopius, whose relics were brought here from Niš. In a charter of 1395 Princess Milica called the settlement the town of Saint Procopius. The church at the foot of the hill and the castle above it recall a time when the Toplica valley formed part of the lands governed by the Serbian princes.