Place details
Place nameNis
Other namesNis, Nish, Nissa, Naissus
CountrySrbija-Crna Gora
Latitude43.333
Longitude21.9
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located on Nisava River; Roman military center; birthplace Constantine the Great; bishopric, held at various periods by Ottoman Empire, Bulgarians, Hungarians & Turks; Serbian in 1878, taken by Germans in 1915 & 1941; passed to Russia 1944.