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Belgrade Castle
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Kalemegdan, the most beautiful and largest of Belgrade's parks is also the most important historical location, dominated as it is by the Belgrade Fortress which towers over the Sava and Danube confluence. The name of Kalemegdan relates to the wide plateau around the Fortress which was converted into a park in the 1880's. While the Fortress was the main military stronghold of Belgrade, the plateau was used to observe and ambush the enemy. Consequently its name derives from the Turkish words 'kale' meaning 'fort' and 'meydan' meaning 'field'. The Turks use to call Kalemegdan Fikir-bayır which means "hill for contemplation".
The landscaping of the park was begun on the order of Prince Mihailo Obrenović after the surrender of the Fortress to the Serbs in 1867. The initial sketches for the layout of Kalemegdan were drawn up by the first Belgrade town planner Emilijan Josimović, and planting took place between 1873 and 1875.
The Kalemegdan park is approached from Knez Mihailova street (Entrance to Great Kalemegdan - Veliki Kalemegdan) and from Uzun-Mirkova street (entrance to Little Kalemegdan - Mali Kalemegdan). Kalemegdan contains the Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion, the Music Pavilion, and the Great Steps (Veliko stepenište), the Zoo, children's fun fair, and a number of monuments, sculptures, sports and catering facilities.
The Monument of Gratitude to France
This work by Ivan Meštrović was erected in 1930 as a gesture of gratitude to France for her support of the Serbian army in the First World War. A bronze figure of a woman with a sword on the top of the monument represents France. On the reverse side of the pedestal is the inscription "We love France as she loved us in 1914-18". The flower beds around the monument are modelled on French parks.
The Keys of the Belgrade Fortress Memorial
This is located on the site where the Sultan's edict ('firman') handing the Fortress over to the control of Prince Mihailo Obrenović and the Serbian army was read out on 19th April 1867. It is the work of Mihailo Paunović and was opened on the 100th anniversary of the event in 1967.
The Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion
This was erected in 1928 from donations raised by the Cvijeta Zuzorić Association of Friends of Art at the instigation of Branislav Nušić and designed by the architect Branislav Kojić. It was the first purpose-built exhibition hall in Belgrade. Exhibitions of fine arts, concerts and other cultural events are held in the Pavilion and it also houses the headquarters of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS). Cvijeta Zuzorić (1552-1648) was a poet, aristocrat and the most beautiful woman in Dubrovnik.
Faces
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the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he ...
expression: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing"
the striking or working surface of an implement
confront: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"
confront: oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
side: a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
front: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"
the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down"
turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now"
grimace: a contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
confront: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
Bitola Macedonia
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The most lauded town on the Balkans - the town of the tradesmen, consulates and pianos, the town of Bitola. In the end of the 19th century, due to its location, the most mannerly town - as many people define it, turned into a chief strategic, military, administrative, political, trading, and cultural center of the European Part of the Ottoman Empire. As a site of the Bitola Vilayet, with its seven markets, the Bezisten, over 1000 craftsmen and 2000 stores, Bitola presented a key center of the trading between Vienna and Istanbul. The rich Bitola guildsmen and tradesmen built magnificent object of which the old city style has given Bitola an authentic and national character.
In this city in the southern part of the Republic of Macedonia there are celebrated various cultural festivals every year. Almost every month there is a festival or a project concerning cultural activities. "That's the way how to enrich the cultural life of the people living in this city".
The former trade town developed to a modern place where trade is still at home, enriched by other industries. Tabacco and the agricultural sector is the most important field in this region. Agricultural products are mostly exported to Greece and the European Union. Textile industries found a cost-efficient place for production. Due to greek investments, this town recognises a big increase in foreign investments.
In the section Companies, various companies of the region are presented. At "Banks" a short overview is given on the banking system in Macedonia.
E. g. the mobile culture container visited the City of Bitola in 2002. A lot of young people were able to take part in European projects and had the chance to meet the Culture of Europe.
Interfest Bitola is the most popular festival on the Balkan peninsula for classical music and arts. Every august of every year artists and solists are traveling to Bitola to take part on the 10-days lasting festival.
The summer highlight is the festival of the Manaki brothers every August. These brothers were the first using a "camcorder" and they took the first moving pictures on the Balkans.
Other important festivals: The Nights of Heraclea, Small Monmarte of Bitola, Serenada of Bitola, etc
Lake Ohrid
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Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 42,000 inhabitants, making it the seventh largest city in the country. The city is the seat of Ohrid municipality. Ohrid is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and is referred to as the Macedonian Jerusalem. The city is rich in picturesque houses and monuments, and tourism is predominant. It is located southwest of Skopje, west of Resen and Bitola, and east of Elbasan and Tirana in Albania.
A town of vast history and heritage, it was made a UNESCO heritage site in 1980. Ohrid is without a doubt the jewel in Macedonia's crown. Nestled between high mountains up to 2.800m and Lake Ohrid, it is not only a place of historic magnificence but also of outstanding natural beauty.
Churches to visit include: St.Sophia church, St.Bogorodica Perivlepta, St.Jovan Kaneo, St.Pantelejmon – Plaosnik, St.Naum monastery
Other sites to visit: Old Bazaar, Mesokastro Settlement, Kaneo Settlement, Ohrid Fortifications, King Samoil Fortress, Antique Theatre, Ohrid Traditional Architecture, Icon Gallery, Zeynel Pasha Teke
Ohrid Events: Ohrid Summer Festival, Ohrid Swimming Marathon, The Balkan Folklore Festival
The east coast is the most beautiful part of Ohrid Lake. It is part of Galicica National Park and it is protected by UNESCO along with the lake for its natural values. The first part of the east coast is less interesting, the road goes along the lake and is lined with hotels, tourist settlements and organized beaches.
Lake Palic
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Palic, the 7 km long lake and tourist centre used to be an elite resort and spa at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The image of Palic has permanently been changing, improving and modernising, although it avoided the temptation of industrialisation.
The two architects, Komor and Jakab, who left a permanent impression on the architecture of the city, also designed remarkable buildings in Palic as well, and these were also built in Hungarian art nouveau and dominated by woodcarvings inspired by folk handicrafts.
The Water Tower, now the symbol of Palic, was built at the beginning of the 20th century as a multipurpose facility: a water tower, gate of the resort and a tram station.
The construction of the Grand Terrace ended in 1911 and at that time it was also used as a multipurpose facility (confectionery, restaurant, while the upstairs premises were intended for entertainment and balls).
Two open terraces embellish the front of the building and they are decorated by magnificently carved parapet. Right in front of the Grand Terrace is the tiniest art nouveau style, special purpose facility, the Musical Pavillion, which, in the spirit of time, used to be a venue for promenade concerts.
A memorial fountain was erected in the honour of the completion of constructions in the city and Palic, which perfectly fit in the newly created atmosphere of the promenade in front of the Grand Terrace and the Musical Pavilion on the lake front. The Women’s Lido is another magnificent example of art nouveau style buildings.
The colourful resort houses-villas round up the Palic image. Villa Lujza was built in eclectic style and Bagolyvár (an interesting name for an interesting building: “the owl’s castle'') are “Swiss-type” villas, and their roofs are covered with multicoloured plain tiles made by the Zsolnay Manufacture.
In the heart of the Grand Park there is specific facility, the Summer Stage, where the Palic International Film Festival is held every summer.
Palic Zoo
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The Zoo garden Palic is situated in the center of Palic, small village 6 km from town Subotica and 5 km from E75 Budapest - Belgrade highway. It is founded in 1949 and today spreads on 10 ha. The Zoo's fields of work are: zoology, botany, education and nature protection and conservation. In the zoo's park are placed animal enclosures and pleasure and rest areas. The park consists of 270 wood and shrub species, whit some rare and exotic ones such as Lebanon cedars and giant sequoias. The most representative are English oak trees, more than 120 years old. Variety of flower arrangements, ponds and fountains fulfill the area. Visitors can enjoy observing 60 animal species, from domestic to exotic. For children it has playground and petting zoo, and parents can rest in the restaurant, coffee shop or numerous benches. Information boards are placed all around the Zoo and visitors can read many interesting facts but also warnings and rules. More than 130 00 people visit the Zoo every year.
Subotica
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The Subotica region occupies a heartland position in the great plain and is surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains, Alps and the mountains of the Balkan Peninsula. In fact, the city lies slightly to the north from the Bela Crkva-Stara Pazova-Sremska Mitrovica line designating 45o of the North Temperate Zone
Subotica is situated on the intersection of various geo-morphologic units. Telečka, a loess plateau on the south spans into the Subotica-Horgos sandy terrain northwards. The city is located centrally between the rivers Danube on the north and the Tisza on the east and represents the most distinctive urban settlement between the two rivers.
The region's climate is typical for the great plain, with very hot summers and severe winters and small annual quantity of sediments. Northerly cold and westerly wet winds are the most frequent of the various winds that blow in the region, thus the vegetation is typical of a steppe, but it was replaced, in the course of times, with cultivated crops.
The tourist and transit location of Subotica has been, so to say, improved by the establishment of Serbia and Montenegro. Namely, the territory of Subotica lies in the vicinity of the international transit motorway, E-75 and two international, highly frequent border crossings. Presently, Horgos and Kelebia are the border crosses having the highest interaction of passengers and goods both in road and railway transport thus, generally, attributing Subotica as an advantageous location. There are traffic-related factors in the background of this beneficial position, especially in view of the fact that the city is located on the presently most important spatial and strategic direction: Corridor X .
Archaeology
The earliest archaeological findings in the broader Subotica area were excavated along the Lake Ludas front and originate from the period of the last Ice Age. Yet, there are also sites from the period of Neolith, Copper and Bronze Ages. Some of the findings evidence the presence of Scythians, Dracians, Goths, Huns and Avars in the area. In times when Hungarian tribes were settling the territory of the Carpathian Basin they encountered Slav tribes in this region.
History
The name "Subotica" appears much later, i.e. in 1391, in written sources as . There are scarce relevant data about the city from that period, except for the one that the town was from 1526 under the jurisdiction of the Szeged sandzak.
The progress of Subotica is landmarked by the following dates: 1749, when it was awarded the status of a trading town under the name St. Mary, 1779, when the town was declared a free royal town under the name Mariatheresiapolis and 1869, when the Szeged-Subotica railroad was built.
In the period after this latter date, Subotica experienced a renaissance in cultural and economic progress. The town started to build connection with the rest of Europe thus the railroad brought along new people: salesmen, bankers and others who sublimated the new cultural needs of the times.
Climbing - Kablar
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Smatra se da najlepši prizor koji u Srbiji može da se vidi je pogled koji se sa Kablara pruža na susedni Ovčar i izuvijane meandre koje Zapadna Morava pravi po izlasku iz uzane klisure. U klisuri se nalazi banja, jezero, nekoliko hotela i odmarališta i niska od deset manastira. Klisura je i važno stanište ptica pa je i zaštićena kao specijalni rezervat prirode. Postoji predanje da je nekad davno celo Dragačevo bilo pokriveno velikim jezerom. Za oštre stene na vrhu planine Jelice su tada vezivali čamce. Onda je voda provalila bedem Ovčara i Kablara i jezero je oteklo Moravom. Priču je verovatno smislio neko koga je rano zimsko jutro zateklo na vrhu Kablara. Magla koja ispunjava požešku kotlinu silovito se probija kroz uzanu klisuru i onda nestaje kod manastira Uspenje. Na izlasku iz klisure magla se ponovo pojavljuje i polako se razvlači ka Čačku.
Kada je odlučivano da se napravi crkva u klisuri, bačena je kruna ispod samog vrha Ovčara. Kruna je poletela visoko u vazduh i pala je na vis. Potom je odskočila i zakotrljala se ka drugom a potom i trećem visu. Zaustavila se kod same reke. Ispod Koronskog vrha je napravnjen manastir Sretenje pa nešto niže Sveta Trojica i potom ostalih deset svetinja.
Najznačajniji manastir je Blagoveštenje. Pominje se 1372. godine a današnja crkva je podignuta u sedamnestom veku. Tokom Karađotđevog ustanka, 1805. godine u njemu je osnovana prva vlada odnosno Sovjet. U manastirskom dvorištu se nalaze izvori termalne vode pa su banjske zgrade smeštene neposredno ispod manastira. Manastir Sretenje se nalazi ispod samog vrha Ovčara i kad se posmatra sa susednog Kablara izgleda kao tibetansko svetilište. Na mestu gde je kruna drugi put pala nalazi se manastir Svete Trojice sa lepom crkvom, kao od sira isečenom, kako je zapisao Vuk Karadžić. Manastiri Preobraženje i Jovanje su seljeni zbog gradnje pruge odnosno brane na Moravi. Pored same reke se nalazi Nikolje u kome je nekad boravilo i po tristotine monaha.
Iznad reke se gotovo vertikalno izdižu litice Kablara. Kako su okrenute ka jugu one reflektuju sunčeve zrake na susedni Ovčar i izazivaju na njemu inverznu vegetaciju. U podnožju Ovčara rastu bukve a pri vrhu hrastovi što je neuobičajeno. Litice kablara deluju kao neprelazna prepreka za planinare ali uspon do vrha je izuzetno lak. Na polovini uspona se nalazi Savina isposnica sa izvorom koji se nalazi u samoj steni. Kažu da je voda koja lagano kaplje u zdenac dobra za ispiranje očiju.
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