Devil's town in Serbia

The cold breeze blowing through the strange-shaped pillars of Djavolja Varos every night makes visitors shudder because they still hear somewhere the cry of the devil.

Djavolja Varos in Serbian means "devil's town". It consists of bizarre shaped rocks, poking straight into the sky full of arrogance, despite the strong erosion of nature. It is located on the southern slope of the Radan Range, near the Kureumlija region.

This vast land has all 202 vertical stone pillars, described as pyramids with a height of 2 - 15 m, the foot width of 4 - 6 m. The height of this whole rocky area is about 700 - 720 m. Visit here, and you will see at the top of every stone pillar has a "hat" against erosion.

Serbia is a landlocked country in southeastern Europe, located on the southern part of the Pannonia Plain and the center of the Balkan Peninsula. Photo: Odd.

According to the indigenous people, the stone pillars that were protected by the helmet could be dissolved by the erosion of the water, but then quickly return to their original shape. Because of this, people named this place "devil's town". They think that the time of this change is when the demon world is causing bloody battles for power.

In addition, when the wind blew through the gap of the stone pillars, they made strange sounds, sometimes like a hissing, sometimes whispering like a devil's cry. Therefore, Djavolja Varos is still one of the scary places in Serbia.

Many legends revolve around the formation of this strange rock, the most famous being the story involving the three realms of God - Devil - People.

The northern terrain of the country is mainly plains while the south is more hilly. Serbia is bordered by Hungary to the north, Romania and Bulgaria to the east, Albania and the Republic of Macedonia to the south, and eventually borders Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west. Photo: Odd.

Years ago, Djavolja Varos was home to the parishioners. This makes the devil uncomfortable and they create "demon water". People who drank the water forgot their family relationships, from which happened accepting the wedding between a couple is a sibling.

A fairy guarding here has tried to prevent this from happening but is hopeless. Finally, she sent a prayer to God, creating a cold wind, turning all the guests with the bride and groom into stone. Today, stone pillars are still considered the embodiment of the guests attending the old wedding.

The Serbian government is also very interested in this natural phenomenon. They recognize this place as a great natural monument of humanity and need to be protected. With more than 50,000 tourists visiting each year, Djavolja Varos is the place where Serbia was nominated to become a new world wonder.