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![Raška]] region in the middle of 15th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bosansko krajiste01.png?width=200 "Raška]] region in the middle of 15th century")
![Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petrova_crkva.jpg?width=200 "Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul]]")
![[[Đurđevi stupovi]], 12th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manastir Đurđevi Stupovi.jpg?width=200 "[[Đurđevi stupovi]], 12th century")
![[[Sopoćani]], 13th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Manastir Sopocani 2.jpg?width=200 "[[Sopoćani]], 13th century")
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![When the struggle to resist Italy appeared doomed, Haile Selassie traveled to the rock-hewn churches of [[Lalibela]] for fasting and prayer.<ref>Garvey, Marcus, ''The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers''. 1991, p. 685.</ref>](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bete Giyorgis Lalibela Ethiopia.jpg?width=200 "When the struggle to resist Italy appeared doomed, Haile Selassie traveled to the rock-hewn churches of [[Lalibela]] for fasting and prayer.<ref>Garvey, Marcus, ''The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers''. 1991, p. 685.</ref>")
![Meeting with Crown Prince [[Akihito]] in 1955](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crown Prince Akihito and Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia.JPG?width=200 "Meeting with Crown Prince [[Akihito]] in 1955")
![Charles H. Alston]] for the U.S. Office of War Information Domestic Operations Branch News Bureau, 1943](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HAILE SELASSIE - EMPEROR, WARRIOR - NARA - 535684.jpg?width=200 "Charles H. Alston]] for the U.S. Office of War Information Domestic Operations Branch News Bureau, 1943")
![Wingate]] (right) in Dambacha Fort, after its capture, 15 April 1941](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Haile Selassie, Emperor of Abyssinia, with Brigadier Daniel Arthur Sandford (left) and Colonel Wingate (right) in Dambacha Fort, after it had been captured, 15 April 1941. E2462.jpg?width=200 "Wingate]] (right) in Dambacha Fort, after its capture, 15 April 1941")
![President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] at the [[White House]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Haile Selassie with LBJ Nov 26, 1963.jpg?width=200 "President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] at the [[White House]]")
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![Haile Selassie with U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]], October 1963](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JFKWHP-ST-C307-19-63.jpg?width=200 "Haile Selassie with U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]], October 1963")
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![Plaque commemorating the visit of Haile Selassie I to Mexico, 1954 – Etiopía Station, line 3 of the [[Mexico City Metro]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Placa de la Plaza de Etiopía conmemorando visita de Haile Selassie - Ciudad de México.JPG?width=200 "Plaque commemorating the visit of Haile Selassie I to Mexico, 1954 – Etiopía Station, line 3 of the [[Mexico City Metro]]")
![The Emperor arrives in [[Jerusalem]]. May 1936](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SelassieInJerusalem.jpg?width=200 "The Emperor arrives in [[Jerusalem]]. May 1936")
![''Time'']] magazine, 3 November 1930](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Selassie on Time Magazine cover 1930.jpg?width=200 "''Time'']] magazine, 3 November 1930")
![[[Prince Makonnen]], son of Haile Selassie I](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SelassiesSon.jpg?width=200 "[[Prince Makonnen]], son of Haile Selassie I")
Wikipedia
Ras (Serbian Cyrillic: Рас; Latin: Arsa), known in modern Serbian historiography as Stari Ras (Serbian Cyrillic: Стари Рас, "Old Ras"), is a medieval fortress located in the vicinity of former market-place of Staro Trgovište, some 11 km west of modern-day city of Novi Pazar in Serbia.
Old Ras was one of the first capitals of the medieval Serbian state of Raška, and the most important one for quite a long period of time. Located in today's region of Raška, the city was positioned in the center of the early medieval state. Its favorable position in the area known as Old Serbia, along the Raška gorge, on the crossroads and trading routes between neighbouring regions of Zeta and Bosnia in the west and Kosovo in the south, added to its importance as a city.
Today the fortress of Arsa lies in mostly unenclosed and unprotected ruins. However, there are plans for future reconstruction of the site. In the close vicinity of Arsa there is impressive group of medieval monuments consisting of fortresses, old market-places, churches and monasteries. Serbian medieval Monastery of Sopoćani near Arsa is a reminder of the contacts between Western world and the Byzantine world. The site of Stari Ras, in combination with the nearby Monastery of Sopoćani, is already a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Stari Ras monastery (12th century) is being reconstructed and it too may be included on the UNESCO World Heritage List with the site. Stari Ras and Sopoćani World Heritage site is not far from another UNESCO World Heritage Site of Serbia, the magnificent medieval monastery and churches of Studenica. The sixth century Church of Saint Apostles Peter and Paul is one of the oldest early medieval churches in Serbia.
Stari Ras was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.
