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On 27 April, the Ottomans had the relics of Saint Sava publicly incinerated on a pyre on the Vračar plateau.
The site where Saint Sava's relics were burnt, the Vračar plateau, became the new grounds of the National Library of Serbia and the Church of Saint Sava dedicated to the saint. The Church is one of the largest church buildings in the world. From its location, it dominates Belgrade's cityscape, and has become a national symbol.
The size of the uprising is illustrated in a Serbian epic poem: "The whole land has rebelled, six hundred villages arose, everybody pointed his gun against the emperor"