Gučevo, Mountain peak in western Serbia.
Gučevo is a mountain in western Serbia, near Loznica, whose highest point, Crni Vrh, reaches 779 m at its northwestern end above Banja Koviljača. It runs about 10 km northwest to southeast, with Paleozoic schist and Triassic limestone in the southeast and sandstone, conglomerate and Cretaceous limestone in the northwest. Its Drina-facing sides are steep and cut by deep pits, and the summit is covered by dense beech forest that blocks the view.
Gučevo was the site of the Battle of Gučevo between the Serbian and Austro-Hungarian armies in 1914, during World War I. A monument and ossuary for the Serbian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers who fell in this area stands near the summit, Crni vrh.
The summit monument and ossuary hold Serbian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers killed at Gučevo in 1914. The stone pyramid is topped by a dark bird with spread wings; a carved wreath and a relief panel sit midway up the front face, and a band of lighter stone at the base carries an inscription.
The memorial and the mountain lodge are not at the same spot: the lodge and tourist facility stand at 550 m on the northern side, and the car camp with restaurant and cabins lies lower, at up to 500 m on a plateau. Walking paths connect the monument, the lodge and the camp. The summit itself has no springs or streams.
The memorial near Crni vrh is an ossuary holding Serbian and Austro-Hungarian soldiers who fell here in 1914. Below it, at 550 metres on the northern slope, stands Serbia's largest mountain lodge, and a car camp with restaurant and cabins lies further down at about 500 metres. Walking paths link the monument, the lodge and the camp.
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