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Serbia

2006-07-03T12:26:00.000-07:00

Name:Belgrade
Location:Southeast Europe
Population:1,576,124
Language:Serbian
Climate:continental moderate

Belgrade is one of the oldest city in Europe and since ancient times it has been an important traffic focal point, an intesection of the roads of Eastern and Western Europe.
Belgrade is the capital of Serbian culture, education, science and economy. It has been a capitol of all of many versions of Yugoslavia in history (starting with the Kindom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in 1918, trought the communist Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, and ending with Federal Republic of Yougoslavia that lasted through 1990's to 2003).

There are spots in Belgrade which you must definitely see and feel. Steets, squares, monuments, parks, drinking fontains, archeological sites...

Knez Mihailova street is a pedestrian zone and shopping centre protected by low as one of the oldiest and most valuable monumental complexes of the city, with a large number of representative buildins and urban houses built at the and of 1870's.

Kalemegdan fortresse: high above Sava and Danubre confflunce, on a rocky ridge which opens the view of New Belgrade, Zemun... This spatial comlex consists of: Fortress devided into Upper Town and Lower Town, and Kalemegdan park the most popular promenade for Belgrade citizens.

ST.Sava's temple is the largest Ortodox Church located only minutes from the city. It has been under constructions for over 50 years but received a nearly complicated look since two years ago. Next to St. Sava church is also a much smoller ortodox church and the National Libary.

Usce tower: This is new Belgrade tower situated across the Kalemegdan fortress is currently the tolest building in the Balkans. It will be interesting for tourists to visit a box like glas tower as you can go up to a next level of this building end enjoy the view at the observation desc, have a drink at the luxery cafe or get into shape at the world class equippes gym.

"The sky above Belgrade is wide and high, unstable but always baeutiful; even during winters serenities with their icy splendour; even during summer storms when the hole of this turns into a single gloomy cloud whiich, driven by mad wind carries the rain mixed of panorian plain; even in spring when it seems that is also blooms, along with the ground; even in autumn when it grouves heavy with the autumn stars in swarms. Always beautiful and rich, as a compesation to this strange town for everything thats isn't there, and a consolation because of everything that shouldn't be here."

Wrriten about Belgrade by: Ivo Andric, Serbian Nobel prize laureate

Useful links:/http://www.beograd.org.yu/
http://http://www.tob.co.yu/
http://http://www.serbia-tourism.org/

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