Karan | |
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Village | |
 White Church in Karan (14th century) | |
  Karan | |
| Coordinates:43°55′N19°55′E / 43.917°N 19.917°E /43.917; 19.917 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Karan (Serbian Cyrillic:Каран) is a village in westernSerbia, located in the municipality ofUžice, in theZlatibor District. According to the 2002 census, its population numbered 582. There is a 14th-centurySerbian Orthodox church located in the village, called the White Church.
The village was established in the area of an earlier Roman settlement calledMalvestatium.
TheWhite Church in Karan was built in 1332 by localžupanPetar Brajan, as a family funeral church. The church was erected on site of an older temple from 10th century, mentioned in charter edited by Byzantine EmperorBasil II in 1020. Inside there are portraits of Brajan and his family and of the Serbian EmperorStefan Dušan.