Monastery Novo Hopovo – Serbia
Monastery Novo Hopovo is hidden in Fruška gora mountain . The monastery is dedicated to the transfer of the relics of St. Nicholas. Novo Hopovo is an important cultural center and the seat of the bishop since its founding at the beginning of the 16th century. Transfer of the relics of St. Theodore Tyrone was […]
Novi Pazar Saint Peter church – Serbia
Church of St. Peter and Paul called Peter’s Church in Serbia (February 2016) Today is the great Christian holiday of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, better known as St. Peter’s Day. One of the oldest churches in Serbia that is still used today is actually Peter’s Church in Novi Pazar. The church has the […]
Church of saint Nikola – Serbia
Church of saint Nikola (September 2012) Kursumlija is a town in the south of Serbia in the Toplica district. The monastery of St. Nicholas is the first endowment of Stefan Nemanja until he was proclaimed a great zupan. The monastery was built between 1159 and 1166. on the hill above the mouth of the river […]
Krusevac city – Serbia
Krusevac Serbia, Monument to Kosovo Heroes (November 2011) The town of Krusevac is located in the Morava valley on the river Rasina. The first written sources about the city date from the 14th century (1387) when Prince Lazar confirmed the old privileges to the people of Dubrovnik. The city was founded by Prince Lazar in […]
Oplenac Topola – Serbia
Oplenac Topola – Serbia the church of saint George (June 2020) The memorial church and mausoleum of Karadjordjevic are located on top of the hill Oplenac above Topola. The construction of the church began in 1910. according to the project of Kosta Jovanović. King Pera, as the people called him, did not wait to see […]
Gracanica monastery – Serbia
Gracanica Monastery Kosovo and Metohia – Serbia (April 2013) Gracanica Monastery is located 10 km from Pristina on the left bank of the river Gracanka. The church of the Gracanica monastery was built by the Serbian King Milutin in 1321. and dedicated it to the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God. The monastery […]
Lepenski Vir
Lepenski Vir Serbia (July 2013) The Lepenski Vir archaeological site is located in the Djerdap National Park 160 km southeast of Belgrade. During the preparation of the terrain for the construction of the Djerdap Hydroelectric Power Plant in the 1960s, the site Lepenski Vir was found. The site is extremely significant as it is one […]
Belgrade fortress Serbia
Belgrade fortress Serbia Zindan Gate (April 2020) The Kalemegdan Fortress takes a special place in the heart of Belgrade, with the most beautiful view on the confluence of the Sava and the Danube. More than 2000 years different fortaifications were built on this hill, built by the Celts, Romans, Bulgarians, Byzantines, Serbs, Hungarians, Turks, and […]
Fantast Castle – Serbia
Fantast castle – Dunđerski castle (May 2014) The castle is located in Backa, 15 km from Bečej. The Dundjerski family originates from Herzegovina (the village of Visnjica near Gacko). The first known ancestor of the family is the great-grandfather Avram. There are two stories how Avram got rich, the first is that he found a […]
Rača Monastery next to the Drina – Serbia
Rača Monastery, one of the important medieval monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church, had a very important spiritual, cultural, educational and historical role for the serbian people in the past. The monastery is located at the foot of Mount Tara, 3 km from the Drina River. According to legend, the monastery was built by King […]
