This is a list of the historical capitals of Serbian statehood:

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|100px||Ras || ?–960 || capital of the Serbian Principality under the Vlastimirović dynasty.

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| 100px|| Ras || fl. 969–976 || capital of the Byzantine Catepanate of Ras.

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|100px || Sirmium || ca. 1018–1071 || capital of the Byzantine Theme of Sirmium.

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| 100px|| Stari Ras || ca. 1050–1148 || capital of the Principality of Duklja under the Vojislavljević dynasty.

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| 100px|| Stari Ras || ca. 1083–1166 || capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under the Vukanović dynasty.

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|100px || Bele Crkve || 1166–1168 || First capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under Stefan Nemanja.

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|100px || Niš || ca. 1183–1191 || capital of the Serbian Grand Principality under Stefan Nemanja.

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| || Deževo, Debrc and Belgrade || 1276–1282 || capitals of Stefan Dragutin's Kingdom in Syrmia.

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|100px|| Skopje || 1282–1321 || capital of King Stefan Milutin.

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|100px || Prizren || 1300–1345 || first capital of King Stefan Dušan.

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|100px || Skoplje || 1345–1371 || first capital of Serbian Empire of Stefan Dušan and later Stefan Uroš V.

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|100px || Serres || 1345–1355 || second capital of Serbian Empire of Stefan Dušan.

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|100px || Kruševac || 1371–1402 || capital of Moravian Serbia under Lazar Hrebeljanović.

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|100px || Vučitrn || 1371–1402 || capital of District of Branković under Vuk Branković.

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|100px || Prilep || 1371–1395 || capital of Lordship of Prilep under Marko Mrnjavčević.

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|100px|| Belgrade || 1404–1430 || capital of Serbian Despotate under Stefan Lazarević.

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|100px||Smederevo || 1430–1459 || capital of Serbian Despotate under the Branković dynasty.

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|100px || Belgrade || 1718–1739 || capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia (1718–39).

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| 100px|| Topola || 1805–1813 || capital of Revolutionary Serbia under Karadjordje, during the First Serbian Uprising.

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| 100px|| Smederevo || 1806 || temporary capital of serbia under Karadjordje and seat of Praviteljstvujušči Sovjet (government headed by Dositej Obradović).

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| 100px|| Gornja Crnuća || 1815–1818 || capital of Revolutionary Serbia under Miloš Obrenović, during the Second Serbian Uprising

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|100px || Kragujevac || 1818–June 12, 1839 || capital of the Principality of Serbia under Miloš Obrenović.

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|100px || Belgrade || June 12, 1839–June 1840 || capital of the Principality of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović III.

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|100px || Kragujevac || June 1840 – 1841 || capital of the Principality of Serbia under Mihailo Obrenović III.

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|100px || Belgrade || April 25, 1841 – 1915 || capital of the Principality of Serbia and Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918).

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|100px || Temišvar || 1849–1860 || capital of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (1849–1860).

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|100px || Niš || July 1914–October 1915 || capital of Serbia during Austro-Hungarian occupation of Belgrade (World War I). From 1878 onwards, it was treated as the "second capital".

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| 100px|| Belgrade || 1916–present || capital of the Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943), Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992), Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006), and Serbia (2006–)

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See also

  • Serbia
  • History of Serbia

References