Babe () is a village in the municipality of Sopot, suburban municipality of Belgrade, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 332 people. Mining In the early 2000, a new sports complex "Babe" was built. In July 2000, during the excavations for complex, a spring was discovered in the valley of the Pruten creek. The new Pruten spring has a capacity up to and by 2011 a waterworks was constructed which supplies the villages of Babe, Stojnik and Ropočevo, so as the complex itself, with the water from this spring. Moreover, during the excavation, a hidden entry into the vast complex of Roman mines was discovered, too, being obscured for centuries. There are evidence of the extraction of silver, iron and lead. In the 3rd century AD, the Kosmaj mines were one of the most important in the Roman Empire, and were administered by the Roman procurator Babenius, whose name is preserved in the name of the Babe village. In the 1970s and 1980s, experts from the National Museum in Belgrade explored the area and discovered many mining necropolis, centered around the villages of Babe, Stojnik and Guberevac. It is estimated that there are some 100 ancient mining shafts on Kosmaj, which go below the ground and are wide. After the Roman period, mining activities ceased, only being revived in the Medieval Serbia. In February 2022, it was announced that the Serbia Zijin Bor Copper company has been exploring the mountain for possible mining. Because of the bad image of the company regarding pollution, this caused public outrage, especially due to the ongoing ecological protests. Zijin immediately pulled off, stating they are stopping the surveys as they only inherited the 2012 survey rights and partial permits due to the purchase and ownership changes in some other companies. The government confirmed that on Zijin's official request, a survey ceasing decision was issued. The explored area was the Babe-Ljuta Strana survey field, spreading in three municipalities (Barajevo, Sopot and Voždovac), and surveyed ores included lead, zinc, copper, silver and gold. Characteristics In the 15th century, during the reign of Despot Stefan Lazarević, there was a church in the village, built by the local nobleman. The church was subsequently razed to the ground and after being left to the elements for centuries, the remains were reduced to rubble and the memory of the once existing church was erased.