as a
fortified town in the possession of
Lord
Lazar Hrebeljanović. The
Lazarica
Church
(or
Church
of St. Stephen [Nemanja])
was built by Lazar between 1375–1378, in the
Morava
architectural style, in the village of.
It
is mentioned in one of Lazar's edicts in 1387, as his seat, when he affirmed
the rights of
Venetian merchants
on Serbian territory. In preparation
for the
Battle of Kosovo
(1389) against the
Ottoman Empire, the Serbian army
assembled in the city. The site of Lazar's palace is marked by a ruined
enclosure containing a fragment of the tower of his spouse
Princess Milica, and according to
legend, tidings of the defeat were brought to her by crows from the battlefield.
After the battle, the city was held by Princess Milica as her seat. The little
remains of Lazar's city is the
Kruševac
Fortress, which was declared a
Cultural
Monument of Exceptional Importance
in
1979.
Several old Ottoman houses
were left at the beginning of the 20th century, besides an old Turkish fountain
and bath, which was known as
Alacahisar 
