Bronze portraits of King Alexander I Karađorđević (known as the Unifier of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) and Queen Maria were created in 1922, but until now it was not known that those sculptures even exist. Portraits were hidden for decades in the basement of the family home of certain man from Niš, whose great-grandfather was […]
Read More...
International Tourism Fair in Belgrade takes place at the same time as The International wine fair “BeoWine”, from February 27th till March 2nd. Naturally we decided to visit wine fair first. It began cheerfully, just as we entered we`ve already been offered with a glass of white wine along with conversation with pleasant presenters from […]
Read More...
Saturday’s walk with friends took us to the factory of hats in Zrenjanin. This family manufacture from 1919 has grown into the largest factory “Begej” in the former Yugoslavia. In seventies, factory produced sleeves, hats, berets and it had 500 employees. These hats were made of high quality wool or rabbit hair and used to […]
Read More...
On 14th February Catholics celebrate Valentine`s Day, while Orthodox traditionally celebrate Saint Tryphon. Saint Valentine was a holly priest in the 3th century, who had perished when Emperor Claudius II in ancient Rome banned marriages for young men, potential soldiers. Valentine began performing marriages of young Christian couples in secret, until he was discovered and […]
Read More...