Crnča

Gondola (Gundulić), Luccari (Lukarić) and Ragnina (Ranjina). Crnča was also seat of diverse crafts with numbers of tailors, goldsmiths, furriers and candle makers mentioned in Ragusan sources. It reached its peak in the second half of the 15th century during the time of despots Stefan Lazarević and Đurađ Branković when it was one of the richest mines of Serbia along with Novo Brdo, Srebrenica and Rudnik. In 1459 Crnča fell under Ottoman rule with rest of the Serbia and started to decline as a mining and trade center with the Ragusan colony disappearing by 1471. By 1519 Crnča is no longer mentioned as a mine although Ottomans brought a new mining law for Crnča in 1488. In later periods Crnča and the surrounding areas became part of the Ottoman has (sultan's estate) of Bukovica.^[1]