Grabovac - birthplace of Stevan Sindjelić

The house of Stevan Sindjelić is located in the village of Grabovac in the Municipality of Svilajnac. As a typical buildings of the Moravian type like the ones that were built in the late 18th and early 19th century, its existence is linked to the name of Stevan Sindjelić (1770-1809), Duke of Rasina and Serbian warlord from the First Serbian Uprising. In addition to the historical significance and as a rare surviving example of popular architecture, the house, as immovable cultural property is a cultural monument of great importance.

Stevan Sindjelić was born in the village Vojska, and he moved in Grabovac after the early death of his father Radovan Rakic, with a mother who remarried. After his mother's name Sindjelija he was called Sindjelić. Grabovac was a place in which he lived, and had a family and went to the battles. The house was transferred from the original place to the present location in the center of the village near the school.

Stevan Sindjelić (1770 – 1809) was a Serbian revolutionary commander in Resava, who fought during the First Serbian Uprising (1804-1813) against Ottoman rule. As the commander of the Resava Brigade, he fought in many battles and skirmishes against Ottoman soldiers, including the Battle of Ivankovac in 1805 and the Battle of Deligrad in 1806. He is remembered for his actions during the Battle of Čegar Hill in 1809, in which he and the Resava Brigade found themselves surrounded by the Ottomans. Encircled and without much chance of survival, Sindjelić ignited the gunpowder kegs in the powder cave, creating an enormous explosion that killed him, all of the Serb rebels and Ottoman soldiers.

The house is located in a spacious yard with a chapel and a wooden bell tower. It was built as a three-piece "čatmara" with a porch and veranda under which the entrance to the basement is covered with tiles. The interior consists of three rooms, two bedrooms and the "house" - the biggest room where a brick fireplace is and where some of the biggest part of everyday life was spent. There lived members of Sindjelić family.

Works on resettlement of the house were conducted in 1974 and the presentation of the building, yard and ethnological museum exhibition was in 1975.