Kamena Gora

Kamena Gora is the prettiest village in the municipality of Prijepolje, at altitudes from 800 to 1496 meters above sea level. It is some twenty kilometers away from the town.

A several centuries old pine tree dominates over Kamena Gora. It symbolizes the longevity of the local highlanders. Under its crown, many people from Kamena Gora have turned centenarians. Kamena Gora represents a true nature reserve. In its arethere are over a hundred springs rich with water. Only at the foot of Pribojno Hill there are over 30 rich wells.

Between the two World Wars, Kamena Gora had been officially declared a health resort. It is visited by numerous seekers for beauty and adventure. Paragliders fly over it, speleologists descend into numerous abysses and caves, mountaineers climb its heights...

In Kamena Gora, people show and prove that beauty and brains can go hand in hand. The inhabitants of the “forest on the stone“ open the doors of their homes to the guests with warmth and, in addition to the natural amenities, generously offer their so valuable hospitality. Apart from private accommodation, Kamena Gora offers accommodation in a comfortable forest lodge, the property of Srbijašume (Forest Management Authority).

Kamena Gora has already become a distinct destination on the tourist map of Serbia. Nature has adorned it with beautiful landscapes and mild climate, and its inhabitants with “sweet disposition“. Come and see it for yourself. Build in your small stone into the mosaic that is being made in the „forest on the stone“. Under the watchful eye of the Holy Pine.

The village of centenarians also offers a recipe: for your good EKG, KG is the best.

Those who once discover the fairytale attractions of the 'forest on the stone' will always come back to them.

THE SECRET OF THE OLD PINE

Pine has been a cultic tree in our regions from times immemorial. Elderly people, in order to avoid putting the God’s name into their mouth in vain, often used to say “The pine is my witness“. It was often linked to a personality or an event from the past. Folk medicine has not avoided it either – folk healers used to prepare medicines of the pine resin for any wounds. 

Kamena Gora is situated on the other bank of the River Lim, above Prijepolje. The namesake village is located in the mountain and a pine tree grows on one of its peaks, which dominates above the village and the entire mountain. Arborescent, solitary, it looks magnificent. They say that it is at least four centuries old, and that the ancestors of the people nowadays living in Kamena Gora had come to this region from somewhere 350 years ago. The previous inhabitants had had left the mountain some fifty years prior to their arrival.

What trouble had driven them to leave this gorgeous region was known only to them, but also to the old solitary pine. An old story says that, before they left, they had made a hole in the trunk of the pine and left a message in it. It explained the reasons of their migration. The hole had been closed with a plug and resin and annual rings have taken their toll. The secret of the indigenous inhabitants of Kamena Gora will remain in the heart of the pine tree for ever.

 

The people from the mountain respect this cultic tree and would not pick even a single gall from it. They respect its age and its secrets... 

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