Klicevac

Kličevac exists because the Danube plain near Viminacium offered agricultural land in the shadow of Roman imperial infrastructure. Just six kilometers southwest lies one of the largest Roman archaeological sites in the Balkans—the former capital of Moesia Superior, with 40,000 inhabitants at its peak. The village has attracted attention since antiquity: Roman coins, jewelry, and ceramic fragments pepper local soil, and the Bronze Age 'Idol of Kličevac'—a terracotta figurine discovered in a village grave—became a museum treasure before its destruction in World War I.

Viminacium's 450-hectare archaeological footprint includes temples, an amphitheater large enough for gladiatorial combat with wild animals, a hippodrome, and 16,000 excavated graves yielding 700 gold and silver artifacts. Queen Draga Obrenović's 1890s donation of 100 gold ducats for excavations marks Serbia's first recorded antiquarian patronage. The site received Mammoth Park status after a Miocene-era skeleton was unearthed near the imperial mausoleum.

Kličevac itself transitioned from Roman-era satellite to Ottoman-period agricultural village to modern commuter settlement for Požarevac. The 2002 census recorded 1,329 residents; more recent data shows decline to approximately 771. Agriculture and trade remain primary occupations, though proximity to expanding archaeological tourism creates potential economic alternatives.

In 2026, Kličevac's trajectory depends on whether Viminacium's EU-funded development expands to include overnight tourism infrastructure in surrounding villages, or whether the archaeological park operates as a day-trip destination bypassing local economic participation—the difference between heritage economy integration and continued population drain toward Požarevac.