Showing posts with label Serbia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Serbia. Show all posts

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Studenica Monastery | Serbia


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The Studenica Monastery is a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery, located in Serbia's so called Valley of Kings. This is the place where the first medieval Serbian state was founded and where the kings of the Nemanjić dynasty built their monasteries. Of which several are World Heritage sites.

Studenica Monastery is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here you see a painted version.

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Flags of the World | Serbia



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The Serbian flag is composed of traditional Pan-Slavic tricolor of red, blue, and white stripe. The flag is one of the newest ones since Serbia was not established as an independent state until 2006, when Montenegro decided to split up in a referendum.

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Studenica Monastery | Serbia


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The Studenica Monastery is a 12th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery, located in Serbia's so called Valley of Kings. This is the place where the first medieval Serbian state was founded and where the kings of the Nemanjić dynasty built their monasteries. Of which several are World Heritage sites.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Our Lady of Ljeviš | Serbia


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Our Lady of Ljeviš is a 14th-century Serbian Orthodox church in the town of Prizren, located in southern Kosovo. It was converted to a mosque during the Ottoman Empire and then back into a church in the early 20th century.

The church is part of the UNESCO world Heritage site inscribed under the name 'Medieval Monuments in Kosovo'. Together with four Serbian Orthodox monasteries: Dečani, Patriarchate of Peć and Gračanica.

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In the middel a matching stamp!

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Sopoćani monastery | Serbia


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The medieval Serbian monastery of Sopoćani was built around 1260. The monastery is part of UNESCO World Heritage site Stari Ras and Sopoćani.

Included in this property are Stari Ras (the remains of the first capital of Serbia), Djurdjevi Stupovi Monastery and the Holy Apostles St Peter and St Paul Church (St Peter’s Church).

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Patriarchate of Peć | Serbia


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Medieval Monuments in Kosovo is a World Heritage Site consisting of four Serbian Orthodox Christian churches and monasteries: Dečani Monastery, Patriarchate of Peć Monastery, Our Lady of Ljeviš and Gračanica Monastery.

The Monastery of the Patriarchate of Peć is a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery located near the city of Peć, in Kosovo.

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A matching stamp!

Friday, December 30, 2016

Felix Romuliana | Serbia


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This Late Roman fortified palace compound and memorial complex, in the east of Serbia, was commissioned by Emperor Caius Valerius Galerius Maximianus, in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. It was known as Felix Romuliana, named after the emperor’s mother.

The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage site, inscribed under the name Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius.
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Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2016. The tombstones are located Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia.

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Belgrade, Capital of Serbia, view from the river Sava

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Belgrade is the capital of Serbia. With approximately 1.6 million residents it is the largest city. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. The Sava river is flowing through Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and along the Bosnia-Herzegovina border.


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Friday, February 8, 2013

Visoki Decani Monastery, Serbia (Kosovo region)



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Visoki Dečani is a major Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located in Metohia (Kosovo). Probably the best preserved medieval church in the Balkans, containing the most extensive preserved fresco decoration.

Nestled in the embrace of western Kosovo’s Decan Canyon, surrounded by grapevines and chestnut trees, the abbey is a two hour’s drive from the capital Pristina.


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XIV SERBIAN PHILATELIC EXHITIBITION ”SRBIJAFILA”

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Saint Sava Temple | Храм Светог Саве from Serbia



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The Temple of Saint Sava is an Orthodox church which is dedicated to Saint Sava, founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The church is built on the Vračar plateau, on the location where it is believed the remains of St. Sava were burned in 1595 by the Ottoman Empire's Sinan Pasha.

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A label.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

A statue from Belgrade, Serbia


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The Pobednik (Serbian Cyrillic: Победник; English: The Victor) is a monument in the Kalemegdan Fortress erected after World War I to commemorate the first Allied victory of the war, the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by the Kingdom of Serbia in the Battle of Cer. It is one of the most famous works of the Croatian sculptor, Ivan Meštrović.

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25th summer universiade – Belgrade 2009

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Serbian Presidential Palace

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Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. Beograd is Serbian for Belgrade.





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Painting by Jovan
Bijelic, celebrating 125th year of birth. The stamp shows his art work named "Dead Nature with Parrot".
 




 

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