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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Car Museum

The Museum of Automobile in Belgrade is Located at Majke Jevrosime 30. It was founded by Bratislav Petkovic owner of the Museum and collector of about 100 vehicles in Belgrade. The collection entails a list of historical cars and archival materials on the advance of the car industry.

 The building was designed by a Russian architect Valerij Staševski, it was built in the city centre in 1929 as a public garage with capacity of about 40 cars.

The collection includes cars from the 50s to the 70s of the twentieth century. The first car in the collection is; the Ford Model T from 1925, while the oldest car is a Marot – Gardon, France, from 1897. Popular cars such as the Mercedes C 300 – D convertible, the first luxury sports car Jaguar MK2 (1963), and Cadillac de Ville convertible (1957 are also included I the collection.

The museum also contains a collection of photographs, documents, old tools and equipment, as well as a library with thousands of titles; it has become the meeting place for the legendary riders, museum car collectors and lovers.


 The museum organizes shows and races of museum cars.


Saturday, June 18, 2016

Zlatibor

Zlatibor is a mountainous region in the western part of Serbia. It is abundant with vast highlands, rich pastures, cut across with numerous rivers and streams.
All villages of Zlatibor are scenic and beautiful, which makes it extremely suitable for development of the village tourism. These villages are well equipped with comfortable accommodation places for guests. Zlatibor is an important tourist area of Serbia, with resources for health, skiing and hiking tourism.
 The main city of the region is Užice, located at the foothills of the mountain, and most of the area belongs to the municipality of Čajetina. Town of Zlatibor emerged from a group of vacation homes into a full-fledged urban location.
There are numerous possibilities of tourist attractions from walking, sport, recreation, excursions to nearby caves, springs and waterfalls, hunting and fishing, riding, climbing, mountain biking to simply collecting wild herbs and forest fruit.

This area is famous for its mystical stories, myths and legends. Traditional feature are represented in buildings architecture which is a product of ancient trade and handicraft. Exhibits of local artistry, performances, folk dances and native creative work are all events that enlighten the traditional customs of the village life. 





Thursday, June 16, 2016

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

The Residence of Princess Ljubica is one of few buildings surviving from the first reign of Prince Miloš Obrenović. It is located in one of the oldest parts of Belgrade, on street kneza Sime Markovica 8, on the corner of the streets Sima Markovic and Kralja Petra.
The construction of the residence of princess ljubica was carried out under the supervision of one of Serbian pioneers of architecture, Haji Nikola Zivkovic and lasted from 1829 to 1830. It started by orders of prince Miloš Obrenović, who wanted to have a residence built in the vicinity of the Ottoman masters stationed at Kalemegdam. It was built for his wife Ljubica and their children, the future rulers Milan and Mihailo, and represents combination of Turkish and European style of building.
Due to the dynasty overturn and the rise of the Karadordevic dynasty to the throne, the residence of princess Ljubica lost its residential function in 1842 and over the following 130 years it housed various state institutions. It was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and is protected by the Republic of Serbia.
Due to its Historical and cultural significance the residence became part of the Belgrade’s city Museum in 1980. The building is used for exhibitions which depict the historical change and the social development in the 19th century.
The exhibition includes a representative selection of fine and applied art objects. One section of the interior is furniture with sofas, low dining tables, Braziers and various Turkish vessels, while another section display a more urban interior as Belgrade went through the process of Europeanization.

Guests can experience a show called "A coffee with Princess Ljubica" where actors dress as Princess Ljubica, and greets the guests.