{"id":13158,"date":"2025-03-05T15:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T15:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ruralholiday.me\/polica\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T08:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T08:36:06","slug":"polica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ruralholiday.me\/en\/polica\/","title":{"rendered":"Polica: The Most Fertile Part of the Berane Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

Polica, as old books state, is the most fertile part of the Berane region, covering an area of 33 m\u00b2 and consisting of six villages: Gora\u017ede, Ma\u0161te, Babino, Dragosava, Tmu\u0161i\u0107e, and Zagra\u0111e. It stretches from the giant Tifran hill in the west to the foothills of the Bukovik and Turjak mountains in the east.<\/p>\n

It appears as a plateau, or rather like a shelf positioned above the Berane basin. A river with two streams flows through it, passing beneath the villages of Zagra\u0111e and Gora\u017ede. Long ago, Polica was under a lake! Records say that all the water drained away, breaking through the rock in a gorge. Thus, Polica was left without water, and its surface remained covered with lake sediments.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, despite the lack of surface water flows, grain grows here as it does in Vojvodina. This is due to the smionica soil, which is hard and difficult to cultivate but retains moisture, allowing both corn and wheat to grow without irrigation.<\/p>\n

Polica was once home to a monastery and several churches. In 1251, it is mentioned as a monastic estate of \u0160udikova, Uro\u0161evica, and \u0110ur\u0111evi Stupovi. It is also referenced in the Svetostefanska Charter, in which Polica is granted to the Banjska Monastery. There were once coal and silver mines here, making the area densely populated. After supporting wars against the Turks, Polica became deserted, as its inhabitants, in two waves led by the \u010carnojevi\u0107 patriarchs, massively migrated toward the Habsburg Monarchy. The current residents began settling it from the end of the 18th century, arriving from Vasojevi\u0107i, central Montenegro…<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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