Zlatar, Mountain peak in southwestern Serbia.
Zlatar is a mountain range in southwestern Serbia, between Prijepolje and Nova Varoš, with its highest peak Velika Krševa at 1,627 m next to Golo Brdo. It belongs to the Stari Vlah group of the Dinaric Alps and is bounded by the Uvac, Lim, Mileševka and Bistrica rivers. Four artificial lakes lie around it: Zlatar, Radoinjsko, Uvac and Potpeć.
The Mileševa Monastery, founded in the 13th century, lies near Prijepolje by the mountain. The 12th-century monasteries of Davidovica in Brodarevo and Banja in Priboj stand nearby, along with log churches at Kućani and Radijevići. Zlatar's coal and lignite mines are part of its later economic history.
Local cheesemakers produce traditional dairy products using methods that have been handed down through the families living on the mountain. This craft remains central to the community and defines much of the economic activity in the region today.
The Special Rehabilitation Hospital "Zlatar" stands at 1,237 m with 330 beds. The ski slope is 800 m long with a 420 m lift, 200 m from the Panorama hotel; both the hotel and the slope were out of service as of 2025. The Uvac canyon, a habitat of the griffon vulture, lies nearby.
The mountain's highest point is Velika krseva, given as 1,627 m in English sources and 1,625 m in Serbian ones, standing beside Golo brdo. Zlatar belongs to the Stari Vlah group of the Dinaric Alps, the range that continues to the sea. Four artificial lakes lie around it: Zlatar, Radoinjsko, Uvac and Potpeć.
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