Klisa () is an urban area of the city of
Novi Sad
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, Serbia.
Name
Its name derived from
Latin
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word "ecclesia", meaning "church place". During
Ottoman rule, the
Serb
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population used word "klisa" to designate places where ruins of the church buildings were located.
Location
Klisa is located in the northern part of Novi Sad, between
Klisanski breg and
Industrijska Zona Sever in the west,
Industrijska Zona Jug in the south,
Vidovdansko Naselje,
Slana Bara and
Veliki Rit in the east, and
Rimski Šančevi
Rimski Šančevi () is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is mostly an industrial region, industrial zone, but it is partially a residential area as well.
Name
Its name means "the Roman trenches". It was named like this bec ...
and
Deponija in the north.
Parts of the neighborhood
Klisa is divided into two parts: ''Gornja Klisa'' ("upper Klisa") and ''Donja Klisa'' ("lower Klisa"). The nearby neighborhood of
Slana Bara is sometimes also seen as a third part of Klisa.
History
In the territory of present-day Gornja Klisa, there was an ancient human settlement dating from 1000 BC. This is the oldest known human settlement in the present-day territory of Novi Sad.
In the medieval period (13th-16th century), a settlements named Gornje Sajlovo (Zajol) and Vašaroš Varad (Vásárosvárad) existed at this location.
Population
Klisa's population consists mostly of
Serbs
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and
Romani people.
Image:Novi sad stara naselja02.png, Medieval settlements of Gornje Sajlovo and Vašaroš Varad in the location of modern Klisa (13th-16th century)
Image:Novi sad stara naselja03.png, Settlements of Sajlovo and Varadinci in the location of modern Klisa during Ottoman administration (16th-17th century)
Gallery
Image:Klisa01.JPG, Street in southern part of Klisa (western part of Slana Bara)
Image:Klisa02.JPG, Street in southern part of Klisa (western part of Slana Bara)
Image:Fk proleter novi sad.jpg, FK Proleter football stadium in southern part of Klisa (western part of Slana Bara)
Image:Fk borac klisa.jpg, FK Borac football stadium in Klisa
Features
The district prison is located in the northern part of Klisa.
See also
*
Neighborhoods of Novi Sad
References
*Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002.
*Milorad Grujić, Vodič kroz Novi Sad i okolinu, Novi Sad, 2004.
External links
Klisa za radikale, centar za DS i koaliciju oko LDP(in Serbian)
{{Novi Sad
Novi Sad neighborhoods