Las Vegas, Spanish for "The Meadows", officially
the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most
populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of
Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas
Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave
Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known
primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and
nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial,
commercial, and cultural center for Nevada.
Peter Plogojowitz (Serbian form: Petar Blagojević/Петар Благојевић) was a Serbian peasant believed to have become a vampire after his death and to have killed nine of his fellow villagers.
Peter Plogojowitz (Serbian form: Petar Blagojević/Петар Благојевић) was a Serbian peasant believed to have become a vampire after his death and to have killed nine of his fellow villagers. The case was described in the report of Imperial Provisor Frombald, an official of the Austrian administration, who witnessed the exorcism via impalation by stake of Plogojowitz. Peter Plogojowitz lived in a village named Kisilova (Kisiljevo) in the part of Serbia that temporarily passed from Ottoman into Austrian hands after the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718) and was ceded back to the Ottomans with the Treaty of Belgrade (1739). Plogojowitz died in 1725. His death was followed by a spate of other sudden deaths (after very short maladies of about twenty-four hours each). Within eight days, nine persons perished. On their death-beds the victims allegedly claimed to have been throttled by Plogojowitz at night. Plogojowitz's wife stated that he had visited her and asked her for his opanci (...