Kruševac (Serbian Cyrillic: Крушевац, pronounced [krûʃeʋats] ⓘ) is a city and the administrative center of the Rasina District in central Serbia.

The etymology is derived from the Serbian word for "river stone", krušac which was largely used for a building at that time.

The site of Lazar's palace is marked by a ruined enclosure containing a fragment of the tower of his spouse Princess Milica, and, according to legend, tidings of the defeat were brought to her by crows from the battlefield.

The little that remains of Lazar's city is the Kruševac Fortress, which was declared a Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance in 1979.

[citation needed] A large monument dedicated to Serbs fallen at the Battle of Kosovo was sculpted by Đorđe Jovanović and unveiled by King Petar I Karađorđević of Serbia in 1904.

A large number of factories were built in that era, while Kruševac became one of the strongest industrial centres in both Serbia and Yugoslavia.

[11] The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022):[12] Seats in the city parliament won in the 2023 local elections: The city's main football club is FK Napredak Kruševac, who regularly play in the Serbian SuperLiga.