Karan (Užice)

Karan (Serbian Cyrillic: Каран) is a village in western Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Užice, in the Zlatibor District.

According to the 2002 census, its population numbered 582.

The village is established at the area of Roman settlement Malvestatium.

The White Church in Karan was built in the year 1332 by local zupan Petar, nicknamed Brajan, as a family funeral church.

Inside there are portraits of Brajan and his family and of the Serbian Emperor Dušan.

The church was erected on site of an older temple from 10th century, mentioned in charter edited by Byzantine Emperor Basil II in the year 1020.

ee also

*List of places in Serbia