Odžaklija
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Odžaklija | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Serbian Orthodoxy |
Leadership | Serbian Orthodox Church |
Location | |
Location | Leskovac, ![]() |
Architecture | |
Completed | 1805-1812 |
The Odžaklija church (Serbian: Оџаклија, Chimney church also known as the Old church, Стара црква) is an early 19th-century Serbian Orthodox church located in Leskovac, Serbia.
It was built during the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian revolution. The Ottoman Empire forbade the locals to build a church, so the people announced the building of a home to the town priest, adding a nonfunctioning chimney to fool the Turkish lords.
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