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	<title>Travel Serbia &#187; Discover Serbia</title>
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		<title>Sports and rekreations complex &#8220;The sunny river&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sports and recreations complex &#8220;The Sunny River&#8221; is located in the west part of Serbia, on the river Drina, next to the road Šabac-Loznica-Zvornik. This complex is 140km from Belgrad, 145km from Novi Sad, 60km from Šabac, 40km from Bijeljina, 10km from Loznica, 3km from Banja Koviljača.
The complex consists of:
- log cabin for guests accomodation [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Suncana-reka.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3822" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="The Sunny river" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Suncana-reka-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Sports and recreations complex <strong>&#8220;The Sunny River&#8221;</strong> is located in the west part of Serbia, on the river Drina, next to the road Šabac-Loznica-Zvornik. This complex is 140km from Belgrad, 145km from Novi Sad, 60km from Šabac, 40km from Bijeljina, 10km from Loznica, 3km from Banja Koviljača.</p>
<p><em><strong>The complex consists of:</strong></em><br />
- log cabin for guests accomodation ( 1/1 and 1/2 &#8211; 50 beds ),<br />
- &#8220;National House&#8221; ( 135 seats ),<br />
- summer garden ( 500 seats ),<br />
- summer cottage ( 40 seats ),<br />
- business room ( 1000 seats ),<br />
- beach (150m),<br />
- parking place,<br />
- sports courts and courts for recreation,<br />
- stud farm.</p>
<p><em><strong>Organized tours and animation</strong></em>:  football court, volleyball on the sand, basketball court and tennis court; badminton court; table tennis; amusement park for kids; horse riding school and long &#8211; distance horse riding tracks; trail running ( 5000m ); pilates; mountain adventures, trips to the nearby tourist destination; Drina rafting; boat rides; coach rides; nordic skiing; jip rides and bike rides; hunting and fishing; field trips of suprise, organizing weddings and second celebration. . .</p>
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		<title>Tršić</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tršić is a small village with about 1, 200 inhabitants. It is seven kilometers away from the center of Loznica, on the road to Valjevo. Tršić is the birthplace of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, a Serbian linguist and major reformer of Serbian language and spelling. There is a memorial complex in the village, which comprises the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Tršić.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3816" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="Tršić" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Tršić-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Tršić</strong> is a small village with about 1, 200 inhabitants. It is seven kilometers away from the center of Loznica, on the road to Valjevo. Tršić is the birthplace of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, a Serbian linguist and major reformer of Serbian language and spelling. There is a memorial complex in the village, which comprises the authentic facilities of folk architecture.</p>
<p>The complex encompasses 35 facilities that are under protection of the state, including museums, galleries, water mills, church, old crafts workshop and other dedicated facilities.</p>
<p>The central place within the complex is occupied by Saborište, which is a complex with an amphitheatre where annual Vukov Sabor event is organized. Special entity in this complex is Vuk&#8217; s estate with his house and auxiliary buildings.</p>
<p><em><strong>The Association of Householders Tršić</strong></em> was formed in 2006 with the aim of improving and promoting rural tourism in Vuk&#8217; s region.<br />
Six active households with total accommodation capacity of 62 beds cherish the householding spirit of western Serbia and insist on hospitality and domestic cuisine specialties.<br />
<em><strong>The Association of Householders</strong></em> is also engaged in elaboration and realization of numerous projects that promote, educate, offer additional contents and attract many visitors.<br />
Every year, international volunteer camp Eco &#8211; camp Tršić and Multimedia Art Colony gather young activists and artists whose participation in these events and concrete campaigns contribute to the cultivation of Vuk&#8217; s region. In this way, Tršić becomes the meeting place of tradition and contemporary tendencies that help this area move with the times.<br />
In addition to excellent accommodation capacities and food, cultural and historical heritage, we are also very proud of the surrounding nature that provides the conditions for active and quality vacation.</p>
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		<title>The &#8220;Jugovo&#8221; excursion site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 km from the city center, on the right bank of the Danube ( on the Belgrade &#8211; Smedervo road ), is the &#8221; Jugovo &#8220; excursion site, with a swimming pool, tennis, courts, fitnes track, sports courts, restaurants and children&#8217; s playgrounds. All of these offer opportunities for recreation and an active vacation.
The thermal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/odmaraliste-Jugovo.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3797" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="Jugovo" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/odmaraliste-Jugovo-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>5 km from the city center, on the right bank of the Danube ( on the Belgrade &#8211; Smedervo road ), is the <strong>&#8221; Jugovo &#8220;</strong> excursion site, with a swimming pool, tennis, courts, fitnes track, sports courts, restaurants and children&#8217; s playgrounds. All of these offer opportunities for recreation and an active vacation.</p>
<p>The thermal waters of Jugovo, at a depth from 746m to 862m, and a temperature of 66 degrees Celsius, increased mineral content and high salinity that give it a flavor of seawater, represent a local potential for the development of spa tourism.</p>
<p><br/>This is the place where, on his return from Italy in 1806, Dositej Obradović set foot on the land of free Serbia. He left behind the following words about Jugovo :<em> &#8221; Ah, my brothers! How short my whole seems, now that I&#8217; ve seen the Smederevo landscapes! One can see here that not even the Turks were deprived of good taste. They stayed with the Serbs, to be ruled by them, just to avoid giving up all this beaty &#8220;.</em></p>
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		<title>Smedovac Wine Cellars</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These cellars are situated at the entrance into the village Smedovac, on the wine way between vilages Rogljevo and Rajac.
Unlike other complexes, they are almost connected to the village itself.
In material and architecture, they are very similar to the cellars in neighboring villages, and certainly make the distinctive style unity of cellars in the wine [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/6332_116544564784_852869784_1985297_7445286_n.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3784" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="Wine cellars" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/6332_116544564784_852869784_1985297_7445286_n-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>These cellars are situated at the entrance into the village Smedovac, on the wine way between vilages Rogljevo and Rajac.</p>
<p><br/>Unlike other complexes, they are almost connected to the village itself.</p>
<p>In material and architecture, they are very similar to the cellars in neighboring villages, and certainly make the distinctive style unity of cellars in the wine way: Rogljevo &#8211; Smedovac &#8211; Rajac.</p>
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		<title>The &#8220;Golden Hill&#8221; villa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up until the middle of the 20th century, a recognizable feature of the Smederevo area were the numerous vineyards, with modest vineyard houses erected in them.
At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, with the establishment of a bourgeois class and their increased wealth, summer houses were added to many [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Vila-Zlatni-breg.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3778" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="The Golden Hill Villa" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Vila-Zlatni-breg-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Up until the middle of the 20th century, a recognizable feature of the Smederevo area were the numerous vineyards, with modest vineyard houses erected in them.</p>
<p>At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, with the establishment of a bourgeois class and their increased wealth, summer houses were added to many of the vineyards and were meant for family vacations. The areas around the houses were made into beautiful parks and woods, and fruit orchards were added to the vineyards.</p>
<p><br/>On Plavinac, near Smederevo, prince Miloš bought a property with a vineyard in 1829, and on it he built a wine cellar. At the request of queen Natalija, in 1897 the modest one &#8211; story summerhouse of prince Mihajlo was added onto, and reconstructed into an opulent, for that time, summer court by the court architect Jovan Ilikić. All the members of the ruling Obrenović family stayed there, from prince Mihajlo to King Aleksander, when they visited the traditional grape harvest in <strong>&#8221; The King Vineyard &#8220;</strong>.</p>
<p>The Obrenović family property, with its villa, woods and vineyards, covers an area of 36ha.</p>
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		<title>Stubik Wine Cellars</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These cellars are situated around 5 km away from Negotin and 15 km from the village Stubik.
Beside their basic purpose, they were used as accomodation to their owners on the way to Negotin market days.
There used to be around 300 cellars, owned by people from  Stubik and other village, and now there are only 30 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Stubicke-pivnice.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3756" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="Stubik Wine Cellars" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Stubicke-pivnice-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>These cellars are situated around 5 km away from Negotin and 15 km from the village Stubik.</p>
<p>Beside their basic purpose, they were used as accomodation to their owners on the way to Negotin market days.</p>
<p>There used to be around 300 cellars, owned by people from  Stubik and other village, and now there are only 30 of them preserved.</p>
<p><br/>They are ground floor buildings with veranda or floor buildings with ground floor   built of stone and first floor built of beam with roof covered with old &#8211; fashioned tiles. This other kind of cellars were originslly built by craftsmen from the south and later by the local people.</p>
<p>As well as in other complexes, there were restaurant, butchery and bakeries.</p>
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		<title>Rogljevo Wine Cellars</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cellars in Rogljevo were built in the 18th and 19th century, but the belief is that, as in other localities, they existed even earlier.
The complex is consisted of around 150 cellars.
In the middle of this wine village there is a central square, gathering cult place, inscription, well and an old mulberry tree. Streets are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Rogljevo1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3739" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="Rogljevo" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Rogljevo1-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><strong>The cellars in Rogljevo</strong> were built in the 18th and 19th century, but the belief is that, as in other localities, they existed even earlier.</p>
<p>The complex is consisted of around 150 cellars.</p>
<p>In the middle of this wine village there is a central square, gathering cult place, inscription, well and an old mulberry tree. Streets are of various widths, but they allow communication with cellars from both front and back side.<br />
<br/><br/>They are built of soft sandstone bricks, mainly square. The doors are square, many with stone arches above them. The back part of the cellar is dug into the ground, which provides necessary humidity and air temperature between 12 and 18 degrees C. The roofs are covered with the old-fashioned tiles. The cellars point from South to North. It is a custom to write the owner&#8217; s name and the year<br />
of built above the front door, and to carry it on from father to son.</p>
<p>The oldest stone &#8211; built cellar with the date was built in 1861, but there are many beam &#8211; built much older cellars. Once, there used to be two bakeries, the butchery and a building where lectures were held for winegrowers. All village gatherings always end up in cellars with outstanding wine and plenty of food.</p>
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		<title>The Sultan-Valida Mosque</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sultan-Valida Mosque is located in the center of Sjenica. It was built in the mid &#8211; 19th century as the endowment of the mother of Abdul Hamid.
Its size and shape make it a significant urban detail of the place.
Regarding its construction, it has all the characteristics of monumental architecture, with a dominant large  dome, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Dzamija-sultan-valida2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3724" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="The Sultan-Valida Mosque" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/Dzamija-sultan-valida2-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><strong>The Sultan-Valida Mosque</strong> is located in the center of Sjenica. It was built in the mid &#8211; 19th century as the endowment of the mother of Abdul Hamid.</p>
<p>Its size and shape make it a significant urban detail of the place.</p>
<p>Regarding its construction, it has all the characteristics of monumental architecture, with a dominant large  dome, around 15 m in diameter. This dome of fascinating size is built of wood, but was originally made from lead sheets.<br />
<br/><br/>The people have preserved a legend about how the mosque came to be built. Rebels and outlaws robbed caravans carrying Validáis goods, the legend says. When she recovered her goods and ducats after a longtime, she gave it all for the construction of a mosque in Sjenica, for her soul, where the people could pray to their god.</p>
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		<title>Sjenica</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sjenica is located in the southwestern part of central Serbia and is the seat of the Pešterske plateau. It is situated on the banks of the Grabovica, the right tributary of the Uvac, in the Sjenica valley which is surrounded by the mountainsJavor ( 1519 m ), Golija ( 1884 m ), Gilijeva ( 1449 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/sjenica1.gif"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3703" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="Sjenica" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/sjenica1-150x150.gif" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><strong>Sjenica</strong> is located in the southwestern part of central Serbia and is the seat of the Pešterske plateau. It is situated on the banks of the Grabovica, the right tributary of the Uvac, in the Sjenica valley which is surrounded by the mountainsJavor ( 1519 m ), Golija ( 1884 m ), Gilijeva ( 1449 m ) and Jadovnik ( 1723 m ), along the main road Novi Pazar &#8211; Prijepolje, and at a distance of 136 km from Užice and 320 km southwest of Belgrade.</p>
<p>The average altitude is 1150 &#8211; 1200 m. According to the area it covers, it is one of the biggest municipalities in Serbia. In its 1059 km there are a hundred and one places with a total population of 27, 250 inhabitants.</p>
<p><strong>Sjenica</strong> is characterized by a specific type of continental climate with expressed temperature differences in the course of the year, with extremely cold and long winters. The Meteorological Station Sjenica recorded the lowest airtemperature of &#8211; 36°C on January 26, 1954.</p>
<p>Sjenica is situated on the transversing road Raška &#8211; Novi Pazar &#8211; Sjenica &#8211; Nova Varoš which connects the Ibar Highway with the Zlatibor Highway, and the town consequently has good traffic links with Prijepolje, Novi Pazar, Ivanjica, and Nova Varoš.</p>
<p><strong>A BRIEF HISTORICAL SURVEY</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sjenica</strong> is an old settlement, which was mentioned for the first time in the year 1253 as a place on the road to Dubrovnik, where the merchants of Dubrovnik made stops and paid taxes.<br />
On the grounds of investigations caried out so far, it has been established that the area of Sjenica was populated 3000 years ago by the Dardanians, and that they are the oldest known population of this region. They were in turn pushed out by the Autariats, an llyrian tribe that remained settlers in the region of Sjenica until the arrival of the Romans in the 3rd century.</p>
<p>At the beginning of the 7th century, the Slav tribe of Serbs, who were first metioned in a written document in the year 822, settled in the area of Raška, and thus also in the region of Sejnica. One of the first Serb tribal alliances was formed here, from which the medieval Serb state of Raška was constituted by the Nemanjić dynasty in the 12th century. The Nemanjić rulers occasionally stayed in certain places, there to sign charters on trade with Dubrovnik, and Duga poljana, Vrsenice, Sjenica, Caričina, are mintioned in that context. The Nemanjić rulers also had summer residences in the region of Sjenica, in Sjenica itself, in Vrsenica, Duga poljana, Gradac, and Carlčlna.</p>
<p><strong>The region of Sjenica</strong> fell under Otoman Turkish rule in the year 1455, and became an integral part of Krajište Isabega Ishakovića, a region managed by Isa &#8211; Bey Ishaković, a Herzegovinian who converted to Islam and is known as the founder of Novi Pazar and Sarajevo. Sjenica is mentioned as a caravan stop on the road to Dubrovnik throughout the 16th, 17th, and 18&#8243; centuries. During the Ottoman rule, Sjenica was a fortified town. The Turks erected a fortification they called Grad on a hill, but it was later torn down. Near the fort, there was a town with shops and houses made of logs and wooden planks.</p>
<p>There was a lively trade with Dubrovnik here up until the occupation of Bosnia. After the end of the 17u,century, when the Ottoman Empire began its decline, beign an important strategic place, Sjenica remained a fortified town, and it is mentioned as such by residents of Dubrovnik and byAustrians alike.</p>
<p>In the great Austrian &#8211; Turkish war ( 1683 &#8211; 1699 ) , the Turks were pushed deep into Macedonia, and many towns in this region were burned to the ground. Such a fate befell Sjenica as well. In the early 18th century, the tribes of Klimenti, Škrijelji, Hoti, Gega, and Šalje settled in the region of the Sjenica plateau. The Malisora who settled on Pešter were Catholics, but they converted to Islam over the subsequent years. In parallel with the settlement of the Malisora, the Montenergins also came to Pešter.</p>
<p>At the very beginning of the 19th century, the region of Sjenica assumed a more important political role, since Serbia maintained links with Montenegro and the Adriatic Sea through this region. As an important strategic area, it is attacked by Karadjordje in 1809, and one of the fiercest battles of the First Serbian Uprising took place precise here, in Sjenica, Javor and Suvi dol. The rebels seized Sjenica, which was handed over to Karadjordje by Hadžibeg Čavić.<br />
After Karadjordje withdrew from these lands, the Serb population also began to pull out in large numbers, and they were replaced by settlers from Montenegro. So much of the Sjenica population moved to Serbia in the 19th century that practically none of the former residents remained.</p>
<p>Migrations of the Sjenica population were very expressed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Until the year 1912, Sjenica was within the Ottoman state and presented the seat of a Pashadom. The deterioration of the situation is largely a result of the decline of the economy and transit on the old roads which been the lifeline of this region. The extremely difficult economic position led to an uprising in 1903, Raonička buna, which was the final sign that the situation was untenable and that something must be done to change things.</p>
<p>The Serbian army liberated Sjenica in 1912. The general lack of security in these parts was further enhanced by the Austro Hungarian occupation during World War I. Such conditions, added to the previous constant migrations of the population in  these land, resulted in massive migrations to Turkey as well, which continued until World War II, which in turn brought new troubles to the residents of this area.</p>
<p>Throughout centuries, Sjenica has been an area of migrations and it has remained as such to the present day. Its history is mostly a history of migrations.</p>
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		<title>Rajac Wine Cellars</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rajac cellars are the unique architectural complex of wine cellars built in the period from the second half of the 18th century till the beginning of the 20th century.
The complex is formed as a close group of 270 cellars around the central square with drinking fountain and gathering cult place. There are curved streets with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/rajacke-pivnice-456.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3692" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 3px;" title="Rajac Wine Cellars" src="http://www.travel.rs/wp-content/uploads/rajacke-pivnice-456-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><strong>Rajac cellars</strong> are the unique architectural complex of wine cellars built in the period from the second half of the 18th century till the beginning of the 20th century.</p>
<p>The complex is formed as a close group of 270 cellars around the central square with drinking fountain and gathering cult place. There are curved streets with smaller squares all around the main square.</p>
<p>They are built of stone, often ashlars, or beams, cover with the old &#8211; fashioned tiles. Houses are connected by streets and squares.</p>
<p><strong>Cellars</strong> are partly dug into the ground to keep a constant air temperature during the year, and on the first floor are rooms for accommodation of winegrowers during the vintage. There are two opp0site entrances in two levels or window if there is no second entrance which is used for putting in the wooden gutter for pouring grapes into the barrel. The oldest cellars, as well as neighboring gravestones were made by the craftsmen for the south.</p>
<p><strong>This unique stone town has always been the habitat of the wine. </strong></p>
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