Bajina Bašta

Bajina Basta ( Serbian Cyrillic Бајина Башта, dt garden of Baja ) is a small town in Okrug Zlatibor in Serbia with 9525 inhabitants. The city is the seat of the municipality of the same name.

History

1834 Bajina Basta was built on the ruins of the village Pljeskovo on the right side of the river Drina, Raca and between Pilicą at the foot of Tara Mountain. It lies on the border with Bosnia.

The name Bajina Basta comes from the large fruit and vegetable gardens of the Ottoman nobles Baja, which were managed by the River Pilicą. In 1858 the city became the administrative center of the municipality of Raca. On September 15, 1872 gave Prince Milan Obrenović IV by decree Bajina Basta city status. In order to facilitate the exchange of goods between Serbia and Bosnia, in 1880 the first border station was opened at Skelani.

Attractions

1966, a hydroelectric plant in Perućac was built about ten kilometers west of the city. It is the second largest hydroelectric power plant in Serbia after at Djerdap on the Danube.

Nearby is the famous Monastery Raca from the 13th century.

Personalities

• The British Suffragette Evelina Haverfield is buried in Bajina Basta.
• The football player and coach Bora Milutinovic was born in Bajina Basta.