Kaçanik Gorge

View of Kaçanik from the gorge.

Kaçanik Gorge(Albanian:Gryka e Kaçanikut,Serbian:Качаничка клисура,Kačanička klisura) is agorgelocated in southernKosovo,stretching between the town ofKaçanikand theMacedonianborder, with theLepenac riverrunning through it. The Gorge splits theŠar Mountain range(Sharr) from theSkopska Crna Gora Mountain range(Karadak). DuringOttoman rule,the gorge saw fierce fighting, and inspired songs still used today.

Ravine

The ravine of Kaçanik, known as the "Drill" (Albanian:shpuem) refers to a perforated stone which sits at the entrance of the gorge. It was historically called "Marko's Stone", named after the Serbianprince Marko,who tradition holds as having foughtMusa Kesedžijaat this place.A street traverses the gorge that comes from a short tunnel, which was removed after theKosovo War.The tunnel was 15 meters long, about three meters wide and 2.5 meters high. At the entrance to the tunnel was a plaque that displayed the year of construction (1794) and the name of the OttomanPasha.