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See also:SEMENDRIA (Smederevo)
, an important commercial See also:town and See also:capital of the Smederevo See also:department, See also:Servia, on the See also:Danube, between See also:Belgrade and the See also:Iron See also:Gates
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It is believed to stand on the site of the See also:Roman See also:settlement See also:Mons aurcus, and there is a tradition that its famous vineyards—supplying See also:Budapest and See also:Vienna with some of the finest table grapes--were planted by the Roman See also:emperor See also:Probus (A.D
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In the 15th See also:century, when the Servian See also:prince See also:George Brankovich became See also:lord of Tokay, in See also:Hungary, he planted vines from See also:Semendria on his estates there; and from these came the famous See also: |
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