| Memorial Park Bubanj | |
|---|---|
| Native name Радовањски луг / Radovanjski lug (Serbian) | |
 Former grave ofKarađorđe Petrović in Radovanje Grove | |
 Interactive map of Memorial Park Bubanj | |
| Type | Memorial park |
| Location | Velika Plana,Serbia |
| Coordinates | 44°16′50″N21°02′10″E / 44.28056°N 21.03611°E /44.28056; 21.03611 |
| Built | 1817/1936 |
| Type | Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance |
| Designated | 1989 |
| Reference no. | ЗМ 21 |
Radovanje Grove (Serbian:Радовањски луг /Radovanjski lug) is an oakforest located nearRadovanje,Serbia. It is a natural memorial monument that covers 46 hectares (0.46 km2). It was first marked during the reign of Serbian PrinceAlexander Karađorđević, and a memorial church dedicated toKarađorđe was built in 1936. It was categorized asImmovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance in 1979.[1][2]
Returning from exile inRussia in 1817,Karađorđe Petrović as leader of theFirst Serbian Uprising andRevolutionary Serbia, and his companionNaum Krnar stayed at a field hut owned by Dragić Vojkić in Radovanje Grove, in theRadovanje village. However,Miloš Obrenović I who had come to an arrangement with theOttomanTurks as leader of the semi-autonomousPrincipality of Serbia, ordered for Karađorđe and Krnar to be assassinated. Nikola Novaković, a confidant ofVujica Vulićević, cut off Karađorđe's head with ayatagan, and killed Krnar with a shotgun. He buried them, both headless in a grave 100feet away from the hut to the stream, and their heads, skinless andstuffed, were sent toIstanbul in order to prove to the Ottomans that the two were dead.[1]
The place of the assassination is marked by a large wooden cross with marble slab with text. Memorial church dedicated to Karađorđe was built in the 1936.[1]
