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Temple of Saint Sava

Niš - At night

Old Serbian house

Saint Sava Temple The Cathedral of Saint Sava or Saint Sava

Temple (Serbian: Храм светог Саве or Hram svetog Save) in Vračar, Belgrade, is an Orthodox church, the largest in the Balkas, and one of the 10 largest church buildings in the world. The church is dedicated to Saint Sava, founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church and an important figure in medieval Serbia. It is built on the Vračar plateau, on the location where his remains were burned in 1595 by the Ottoman Empire's Sinan Pasha. From its location, it dominates Belgrade's cityscape, and is perhaps the most monumental building in the city. The building of the church structure is being financed exclusively by donations. The parish home is nearby, as will be the planned patriarchal building.

It is not a cathedral in the technical ecclesiastical sense, as it is not the seat of a bishop (the seat of the Metropolitan bishop of Belgrade is St. Michael's Cathedral). In Serbian it is called a hram (temple), which is in Eastern Orthodoxy another name for a church. In English, it is usually called a cathedral because of its size and importance.

Niš Niš (Serbian Cyrillic: Ниш,) is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest

city in Serbia (after Belgrade and Novi Sad). According to the preliminary results of 2011 census, the city has urban population of 182,208 inhabitants,[while itsmunicipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of 597 km², including the urban core, town of Niška Banja and 68 villages. Niš is the administrative center of theNišava District.

It is one of the oldest cities in the Balkans and Europe, and has from ancient times been considered a gateway between the East and the West. The Paleo-Balkan Thracians inhabited the area in the Iron Age, and Triballians dwelled here prior to the Celtic invasion in 279 BC which established the Scordisci as masters of the region. Naissus was among the cities taken in the Roman conquest in 75 BC. The Romans built the Via Militaris,in the 1st century, with Naissus being one of the key towns. Niš is also notable as the birthplace of Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman Emperor  and the founder ofConstantinople, as well as two other Roman emperors, Constantius III and Justin I. It is home to one of Serbia's oldest Christian churches dating to the 4th century in the suburb of Mediana.

There are about 30,000 students at the University of Niš, which comprises 13 faculties. Niš is also one of the most important industrial centres in Serbia, a center of electronics industry (see Elektronska Industrija Niš), industry of mechanical engineering, textile- and tobacco industry. Constantine the Great Airport is its international airport. In 2013 the city will host the celebration of 1700 years of Constantine's Edict of Milan.

Mountain Zlatar Noisy in the summer, silent in the autumn,only to come alive again in the winter,Mt Zlatar can be described as a miracle of natural wealth offering a total od 240 sunny days per year,fresh summers and mild winters,and few foggy and winter days. The autumns on Mt. Zlatar are warmer than springs. And while swimming in the lakes is for summer,skiing and sleihg riding fot the winter,the autumn on Mt. Zlatar is ideal for hikers.In the autumn, the colours on this mountain become even more intese, the stars more briliant, the air cleaner and the silence deeper.

After a full day’s fishing on one of the lakes, after the hunting session, or after a long walk along one on the rivers, visitors need to relax. They can also indulge in specialites such as cheese from cow’s or sheep’s milk, stuffed peppers, dried beef, potato pie, smoked ham in cream, rye bread, ash-baked potatoes, mushrooms, raspberries and blueberries

Serbian dried beef

Hot peppersGibanica – Serbian pie

Srpska Zakuska-Serbian snack

Stuffed peppers

There are plenty of tourist attractions, such as the numerous gorges, including Mileševka River canyon, one of the most beautiful and deepest in Serbia. It is believed that river was named of the monastery of Mileševa, a cultural and historical landmark of this region. The monastery was built in the 13th century at the very entrance to the canyon. The frescoes of this monastery are among the finest examples of Serbian art of this time. Vladislav Nemanjić, one of the four sons of Stefan the First-Crowned, began the construction of the monastery when he was only a prince, and ordered construction work to be continued following his coronation. Subsequently he brought there the remains of Sv. Sava. The remains were later removed by the Turks and burned on Vračar hill in Belgrade.

All in all, a visit to Mt. Zlatar is a must. And autumn is the best time to visit. Right from the first, Mt. Zlatar is a fascinating sight. Although it requires some effort to get there, if offers much more to return – health and beauty.

Matica Srpska

The oldes cultural institution in Vojvodina (and the whole country) is the Matica Srpska Society, founded in 1826 in Budapest, and moved in 1864 in Novi Sad. For almost a century Matica Srpska was the focus of Serbian cultural life. Its members were teachers, artists, scholars and writers from Serbia, and often from region as well. Since the Second World War, it has directed its activities toward research and publishing. It publishes one of the oldest literary journals in the world (Letopisi Matice Srpske) , which has been appearing since 1824. It also includes several other institutions which once were an integral part of Matica Srpska but are now independent. These institutions are the Library, the Gallery and the Publishing House. At the end of the Second World War, the Matica Srpska Library contained 175,256 books and copies of 1,175 journals and newspapers. Today it has over 462,000 books and 14,500 papers and journals. All publishing houses in the country send free copies of their publicitations to the Library. The exchange of books and journals between libraries throughout the county is also common practice.

Ugostiteljsko – turistička škola,NišMarija Matejić