Oskoruša is a hill close to the city of Smederevska Palanka

Smederevska Palanka

Smederevska Palanka is a town and municipality located in Central Serbia. According to the preliminary results of the 2011 census, the municipality had a total population of 50,078, while the town proper has 23,152 inhabitants.-Geography:Smederevska Palanka lies in Pan-European Corridor X , just...

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. The top of the hill is 265 metres (869.4 ft) above sea level.

Description

From the top of the hill it is possible to see the city of Vršac

Vršac

Vršac is a town and municipality located in Serbia. In 2002 the town's total population was 36,623, while Vršac municipality had 54,369 inhabitants. Vršac is located in the Banat region, in the Vojvodina province of Serbia. It is part of the South Banat District.-Name:The name Vršac is of Serbian...

 to the north; the mountain range Kopaonik

Kopaonik

Kopaonik ; is one of the larger mountain ranges of Serbia. It is located in the central part of Serbia, while a small portion extendeds to North Kosovo. Its highest point, Pančić's Peak, is above sea level....

 to the south at a distance of 210 kilometres (130.5 mi); the area close to the river Drina

Drina

The Drina is a 346 kilometer long river, which forms most of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube river watershed...

 to the west; and the area near the city of Bor

Bor, Serbia

Bor is a town and municipality located in eastern Serbia, with one of the largest copper mines in Europe and it has been a mining centre since 1904, when a French company began operations there. It is the administrative center of the Bor District of Serbia...

 to the east at a distance of 180 kilometres (111.8 mi). Also visible are the mountain Rtanj

Rtanj

Rtanj is a village in the municipality of Boljevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 182 people.-References:...

, the mountain Devica

Devica

Devica is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Sokobanja. Its highest peak, Čapljinac has an altitude of 1187 metres above sea level...

 near the city of Niš

Niš

Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...

, the mountains Jastrebac, Avala

Avala

Avala is a mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view to Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the surrounding area on all sides is mostly a lowlands...

, Kosmaj

Kosmaj

Kosmaj is a mountain south of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. With an elevation of 626 meters, it is the highest point of the entire Belgrade City area and is nicknamed one of two "Belgrade mountains" .- Location :The Kosmaj, is located 40 kilometers south-east of Belgrade...

, Bukulja

Bukulja

Bukulja is a mountain near Aranđelovac in central Serbia. This mountain is an extinct volcano, which has been proved by presence of granite rocks, which contains specific mineral composition. In the mountain foothills, there is water catchment Garaši, which provides Aranđelovac and nearby...

, Venčac

Venčac

Venčac is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Aranđelovac. Its highest peak has an altitude of 659 meters above sea level. It is well known by its mine of white marble. Some parts of White House, Washington, D.C. are built from this quality material from Venčac....

, and Rudnik

Rudnik

Rudnik is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Gornji Milanovac. Its highest peak Cvijićev vrh, named after geologist and biologist Jovan Cvijić, has an altitude of 1132 meters above sea level...

; and the cities of Požarevac

Požarevac

Požarevac is a city and municipality in eastern Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Braničevo District of Serbia...

, Kovin

Kovin

Kovin is a town and municipality in South Banat District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 14,250, while the municipality has 36,802 inhabitants.- Name :...

, Svilajnac

Svilajnac

Svilajnac is a town and municipality located in central Serbia at 44.13° North, 21.12° East, south-east of Belgrade, on the banks of the river Resava, and bordering the river Morava. Its name stems from the word for silk in Serbian. It is the de facto administrative center of the Resava region...

, Velika Plana

Velika Plana

Velika Plana , is a town and municipality located in the Podunavlje District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the municipality is 40,578 . It is estimated that about 5,500-6,500 IDP's from Kosovo & Metohija also live in Velika Plana but are unregistered...

, Despotovac

Despotovac

Despotovac is a town and municipality located in Serbia, around 130 kilometers southeast of Belgrade. Its name stems from Despot, a title of Serbian medieval prince Stefan Lazarević...

, Žabari

Žabari

Žabari is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of Serbia. In 2011, the population of the village is 1,163, while the population of the municipality is 10,969.-References:...

, and Arandjelovac.

History

Less than one mile away is the archaeological site at Medvednjak

Medvednjak

Medvednjak is an archaeological site in central-northern Serbia,in Šumadija region , 3 kilometers from center of Smederevska Palanka. The findings of House plans and items of the Vincha culture are dated 4500-3500 BC. One part of research in Medvednjak was done by University of California, Los...

. Research has been conducted at Medvednjak by University of California, Los Angeles. It is assumed that Oskoruša was the site of a church that was destroyed in the 17th century by a landslide.