At a time when art is a deficient category and when artists encounter the existential problems that disturb them, we have a fantastic example in the municipality of Vladimirci: the Jalovik art colony. The most specific feature of it is the symbiosis of village and art. Within it, artists across Serbia and the region are provided with comfortable accommodation, food and a perfect space in nature for work. Without any[…]
The most famous building in the picturesque town of Vladimirci in Serbia is the old Konak (Inn) in the center of the town. Built in 1854 as a building of district authorities, today it is a cultural monument, but also a tourist attraction. The history of this building begins in 1829, when the great Serbian ruler, Prince Miloš Obrenović, ordered to build it as seat of the district in Vladimirci.[…]
There are some special places on this planet, places that always gathered people with their magic, ever since people began to exist. One such place, located 300 meters from the Petnica Research Station near Valjevo, is the magical Petnička cave, a wonder of nature that people have always called home. As you enter, moving along the long, narrow corridors always finding new, huge, wide and magnificent halls, it becomes clear[…]
Following the pattern of the largest and well known Orthodox monastery – Ostrog Monastery – in Montenegro, Mali Ostrog was built in Mali Zvornik. The sacred place where believers come from across this region is dedicated to Saint Vasili Ostrosky, the Miracle Worker. The church was buried in the hill in the form of a cross, 33 meters long and 33 meters wide, rembembering the time Jesus Christ spent on[…]
Although a small town, Krupanj is a regional center of cultural events, as well as the headquarters of many traditional events, which are attractive both for locals and for all those who travel to this area. When Ivan Isailović, himself an actor, became the mayor of Krupanj, the cultural life in this municipality and region has experienced a true revival, and this place has become a regional lighthouse of culture.[…]
In order to popularize sports, healthy lifestyles and good habits, the Municipality of Vladimirci has organized a very interesting action: the Village Olympics. The olympics in August Recognizing the importance of this idea, the Sports Union of Serbia joined and supported the Olympics. It was held this year from 24 to 26 August. The aim is to spread the idea of olympism, which affects the development of mass competition and[…]
Trbusac, a small village near Vladimirci in Serbia, has a special historical significance for this country in the Balkans. In this village, right next to the main road, there are trees that have a great importance for anyone living in Serbia. Right at this place, in 1806, the leader of the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, Karađorđe Petrović, stopped his army next to the big oaks, and the[…]
This is how the scenes from the stories of Milovan Glisic, Laza Lazarevic … are imagined… Just like the church in Jalovik, in the municipality of Vladimirci, is being conceived today. Sunday morning, about eight o’clock, when we arrived in the village. We come from the big city… the main one. From the place where everyone is drivving fast, furiously and impatiently, from the place where the trumpets are sounding,[…]
Is there Perfection? Those who claim that it does not exist will think once again about this when visiting the Kaona Monastery, near Vladimirci, in Western Serbia. Monastery buildings, churches, lake, auxiliary buildings, tourist facilities, perfectly maintained grass, all of which are ideally integrated into the untouched natural environment of the beautiful West of Serbia – nobody, no one can remain indifferent to this. When a man sees this beauty,[…]
As you pass through Debrc, a quiet place near the town of Vladimirci, Debrc, a village of barely 700 people, it’s hard to imagine that here, in the middle of the Macvan Plain, this used to be the capital of the Srem kingdom, the medieval Serbian state, headed by the powerful Serbian ruler Stefan Dragutin Nemanjic, grandson the first Serbian king, Stefan Nemanjic. Everything is slowed down now: in the[…]