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other ; from which it would appear that they had been repaired 

 at different times, perhaps, even by the Turks. In Bosnia there 

 are remains of a Roman city (Adubo) near Mostar in Herze- 

 gowina. At Vischegrad there is said to be a Roman brido-e 

 with columns. 



It does not seem probable that the Romans inhabited the 

 whole of Servia, but only some parts of it, particularly those 

 bordering on the Danube, and the great Morava valley, through 

 which the road led to Sophia and RomeHa as at present. Every 

 one is acquainted with the site of the bridge across the Danube 

 constructed by Trajan near Cladova, the inscription called 

 Trajan's Tablet opposite to Ogradina near Oroschova, and some 

 remains of castles along the defiles of the Danube. It seems 

 probable that the Romans used the sulphureous warm-bath at 

 Banya, near Alexinitza in Servia, and that the Turkish build- 

 ing is founded on the Roman one. 



Although time, and the destructive hands of the Turks and 

 the nomades of the middle ages, have left so few remain sof Ro- 

 man and Grecian buildings, there are still many ancient Ser- 

 vian churches and castles. A Gothic castle exists at Prisrend 

 in Macedonia, once the seat of the kings of Servia. At Perlepe 

 in Macedonia, we find, on a most singularly shaped conical gra- 

 nitic hill, the remains of the vast castle of Marco-Kralowitsch, 

 one of the most renowned of the Servian heroes. The whole 

 top of the hill, which rises about 280 or 300 feet above the 

 plain, was surrounded by a high stone wall ; and there were at 

 least seven square towers for the further protection of the place : 

 their remains are still visible on the summits of five hillocks, 

 near the gate of the fortress. The ground is divided by a small 

 ravine ; on one side of which are two towers, and, on the opposite 

 side, the others, together with the remains of seven or eio-ht 

 buildings, viz. the castle and a small garden, the stables, a small 

 chapel on the edge of a precipice, a tower of refuge with a room 

 and chimney cut out of the rock, &c. We can still see the steps 

 cut in the stone, which were used as a staircase, and were per- 

 haps at one time covered with wood. It is difficult to reach 

 the highest tower, as the steps are partly worn away. The cita- 

 del had only one gate, on the side looking towards Perlepe, and 

 the entrance to it was defended by a large square tower, with- • 



