Facts and figures Area : 88, 361 square kilometers Population : 10 milion ( Approximately ) Capital : Belgrade ( Beograd ) Language : The official language is Serbian ; official alphabets are Cyrilic and Latin Religion : The main religion in Serbia is Christian Ortodox. Other religious communities include islamic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and other. Time : GTM + 1 Currency [...]
At the Nišava river bank, on the remains of the roman military camp, the roman town called Naissus, and finally on the remains of Byzantium and medieval destroyed fortification, the Turks build strong fortress at the beginning of 18th century. The building of this fortress lasted from 1719 to 1723. it was build with local people [...]
The ” Devil’ s Town “ , the natural monument, is situated in the south of Serbia, 27 km south – east from Kuršumlija. This natural monument embrace two rare world’s phenomena: soil figures as specific relief forms rendering an attractive sight, and two wells of strong acidic waters with high mineralization. The terrain around the [...]
Among other monuments around Užice, one in particular is worth seeing – Memorial on Kadinjača ( 14 km towards west from Užice ). The memorial is dedicated to the troops of Workers Battalion from Užice, the Posavec and the Orasans, who scarified their lives on 29th November 1941. by protecting the retreat of the main [...]
The two castles located in Veliko Središte belonged to the Lazarević family. Founder of the family, Golub Lazarević settled in Središte in 1803, and in 1841 the family attained nobility and received the title ” of Malo and Veliko Središte ” . After that, the family erected two castles. The first castle was built in classical style, [...]
This castle was built by Count Djerdj Mechonji in 1859 but it is commonly associated with the Bissingen family who had owned the castle until World War II. At the beginning of 20th century, the owneress of the castle possessed, according to historical data a library of several thousand volumes, antique furniture and valuable items of [...]
Since 1993 in Vršac is been helding international theater festival ” Vršac theatrical autumn “. The festival has paarticipated 117 performances from the country and abroad. Vršac theater autumn is held every year in November.
International Folk Festival ” The Wreath of Vršac “ is traditionally held in July. So far the fesfival has hosted ensembles from Greece, Spain, India, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Italy, Romania, Macedonia, Mexico, Canada, Moldova, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Lithuania and Serbia. ” The Wreath of Vršac “ festival attracts tourists from the country [...]
