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Rajac Wine Cellars

Rajac, Negotin, Negotin Krajina · Serbia

UNESCO Tentative List

A settlement of stone wine cellars (pivnice) above the village of Rajac in the Negotin Krajina, built during the 19th century. A unique example of vernacular architecture and of a centuries-old winemaking tradition, it is on the UNESCO Tentative List as part of the Negotin wine cellars.

Rajac Wine Cellars

Why it is in the database

The monument meets the following criteria:

  • III
    CreativityThe work of Serbian builders, painters and sculptors or of a school of Serbian art.
  • V
    IdentityPermanently inscribed in Serbian historical memory, tradition and literature.

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