Location Leskovac, Serbia Completed 1805-1812 | Affiliation Serbian Orthodoxy Leadership Serbian Orthodox Church | |
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Similar Church of St Peter and Paul, Serbian Orthodox Church, Church of St Stefan Štiljanovi, Church of the Holy Venerabl, Church of St Nicholas | ||
The Odžaklija church (Serbian: Оџаклија, Chimney church also known as the Old church, Стара црква) is an early 19th-century Serbian Orthodox church located in Leskovac, Serbia.
It was built during the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian revolution. The Ottoman Empire forbade the locals to build a church, so the people announced the building of a home to the town priest, adding a nonfunctioning chimney to fool the Turkish lords.
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