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Sculpture near the Danube in Novi Sad. The fortress is in the background.
Our day-trip to Belgrade and a visit to the huge marble church of St Sava.
In Ferdin (Kozjak) it is a habitude, like in the most villages in Serbia, to sit on the bench in front of the house if you have nothing to do. Almost every house in those old villages has a bench. People sit there and gossip about different things. It can be a synonym to Agora in Greece!
I made this photographie while I was visiting old Ivanovo village. At this moment, Ivanovo is evacuated because they are expecting that Danube will flood the village. But some people do not want to leave their homes and animals so they stayed. One of that people is this shepherd. Those sheeps are all he has.
This remarkable city was known in the late medieval times to be one of the most succesful city republics in the Adriatic, along with Venice, Dubrovnik and Kotor. On the far right side you can see the islands of St Nicholas and Our Lady of Rocks, both built in 15th century, on the place where, according to the legend, the icon of Virgin Mary was found floating at the surface of the sea. Bay of Cotor is one of the fines natural bay harbours, and certainly one of the most beautiful ones of that kind in the Mediterranean.
This is the interior of this UNESCO protected medieval monastery, which is today entirely surrounded by Albanian community of Kosovo. Several times during the last 5 years only thanks to Italian KFOR troops this historic monument of medieval Serbia was rescued, and so were the people and monks who are trying to preserve their sacred grounds- and identity. We all pray that they succeed.
This city is located in South (Old)Serbia and is one of the biggest muslim cities in the country (next to Pristina and Prizren in Kosovo). That is the result of Serbian migrations towards more developed North, where they could as well practise their religion more openly. Bosniak Muslims and Turks consist majority of the population in the city, as well as some Serbs and Montenegrins. Unlike in Kosovo, in modern days everyday life among different nationalities/religions is very tollerant and peaceful. In the outskirts of the city lies Ras fortress, capital of the 9th century Serbia.
Jewish population represented a significant part in Novi Sad's total population until the outbreak of WWII, and suprisingly, so were the Germans. Most of the city's Jews have unfortunately been found hiding in this synagogue in 1942 and shot dead by Nazis. Ethnic Germans have fled the city after WWII was over. This avenue carries the name "Jewish", in order to pay tribute to its lost citizens.
Subotica is definetely, apart from Novi Sad, the most picturesque and beautiful city in all of Vojvodina and Serbia. The city has about 100,000 people and as a result of Austro-Hungarian domination throughout most of history, it has a majority non-Serb population such as Magyars, Croats, Germans, Slovaks etc. It was a seat of the Second Serbian Empire which only lasted for about 2 years in 1527-28; by that time Serbs have almost became a majority in the region, fleeing from the Ottoman rule in the South.
One more photo of one of the most important sacred sites in all of the Balkans, "Serbian Mt Athos". This medieval monument is today among 20 most indangered world heritage sites, and hopefully it survives this difficult times. From 1999 onward, at least 45 medieval Serbian Orthodox Churches have been completely destroyed, 2 tines more than during 500 years of Ottoman rule
UNESCO protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire, this complex contains from 4 churches built between 13th and 14th centuries. After the empire collapsed, muslims have started to settle in the area, while Christians began leaving Kosovo, fearing revenge and repression. The peak of the repression were the last decades of the 16th centuries, when this Patriarchate has been abolshed as well as freedom of religion in Serbia, resulting in the Serbian rebellion of 1595. That year the bones of the most influential Serbian saint, St Sava, have been publicly desacrated (after 350 years), and burned. That is when Serbian migrations to the North and West became a reality, ending in 1691 and 1739, when Orthodox Christians were publicly invited to settle in Austria by Emperor Leopold. That is also the reason why Serbian nation is so scattered all across Western Balkans and into Central Europe (St Andrea, Budapest).
Romantic architecture of 19th century Belgrade can be seen here. The church is just across the street from Princess Ljubica's Balkan style-palace.