Placed at the banks of the River Nisava, at the very centre of the Balkans, Nis has always been important traffic intersection. Today Nis is economic, academic and cultural centre of south Serbia.
In antique Nis, Emperor Constantine the Great was born. He is remembered in history as a ruler who fundamentally changed the world – he built Constantinople, and by the Edict of Milan, he formally allowed the religion of the Christians.