A family trip to Novi Sad-Serbia

hadialhendi (46)in #travel • 6 years ago (edited)

Hello! Steemians my name is Hadi Alhendi, I am originally from Palestine, I came to Serbia in 2010 to study economics. I would like to tell you a little bit about this beautiful country.
Serbia is located in the Balkans, in Southern Europe. It was a founder and one of the six republics of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is surrounded by Montenegro to the south, Bosnia, and Herzegovina to the west, Bulgaria to the southeast, Croatia to the northwest, Hungary to the north, Macedonia and Albania to the south, and Romania to the northeast. It is situated on one of the major land routes from Central Europe to Turkey and further on to the Near East.

The currency used is the Serbian Dinar (RSD)
Population : 9,778,991
Language : Serbian 90.1% (official), Hungarian 3.8%, Romany (Gypsy) 1.1%, other 4.1%, unknown 0.9% (2002 census)
note: Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Croatian all official in Vojvodina
Religion : Orthodox Christian 84%, Muslim 3%, Roman Catholic 5%, Protestant 1%, other 7%
Source : Wikitravel

3 weeks ago we decided to have a family trip to visit a beautiful city called Novi Sad. Novi Sad is Situated on the Danube River between Budapest and Belgrade, it is a treasured regional and cultural center. Novi Sad has a population of 400,000 in the wider urban area.

source : aromecancer

the city center has a unique design and the buildings are really beautiful.There is a big church that is located in the city center on the Trg Slobode (Libery Square), which considred the largest church in Novi Sad .The church name is "Name of Mary Church", Serbian "Crkva imena Marijinog".

this is me trying to catch a picture with the best angle

there is a big bronze statue in the middle of city center, the statue is named after Svetozar Miletić (1826-1901), the most prominent Serbian political leader in Austria-Hungary, Member of Parliament, lawyer and the City Mayor was first put up in 1939 in the Liberty Square in front of the City Hall. This 500 cm tall monument was built by Ivan Meštrović. The statue was pulled down during the World war II, but brought back in 1944. Sculptor Pavle Radovanović designed a new marble pedestal in 1951 and carved ‘Svetozar Miletić 1826 – 1901 by Ivan Meštrović 1939’ on it. The monument is designated as cultural heritage site of great importance.

Source : http://www.novisad.rs

Moving forward in our trip , we arrived at one of the most beautiful places in Novi Sad the Petrovaradin Fortress. nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube" is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located on the right bank of the Danube river. The cornerstone of the present-day southern part of the fortress was laid on 18 October 1692 by Charles Eugène de Croÿ.

Source :Wikipedia

The construction of the fortress lasted 88 years, until the 1780th year. It was built during the reign of Austrian Emperor Leopold I, Joseph I, Charles IV, Maria Theresa and Joseph II, by the system construction of Marquis Sebastijan Voban (1653-1707.), French general and architect and writer Voban who never had the opportunity to visit the construction site of the fortress. Under this system were built many fortresses in Europe, and Petrovaradin fortress is the largest and it extends to more than 110 hectares. It is also the most preserved. The particularity of this system are high and steep walls, water moats and channels with movable bridges and control gates.
Source : http://www.visitnovisad.rs

Source : http://virtuelnimuzejdunava.rs

As you can see from the following picture, there is a huge clock on the top of the fortress. The Clock Tower is a distinctive sign of Petrovaradin fortress, The diameter of the clock circles on all four sides of the baroque tower is bigger than two meters, and the numbers are written in Roman numerals, such as the rule of Christian churches. Uniqueness of the clock are a big needle that shows hours, and small shows minutes, because for the boatman on the river Danube, the change of guards and military order were significant time, visible from afar. Clock is still operational and rings at the full hours.

as you can see from the above picture there are huge number of locks, these locks are named the love locks. two lovers carve their names on the lock, and after that they through the key in a hope that their love will last as long as the lock is locked :)

Finally i would like to invite you to visit this amazing country, people are really friendly and the culture is so rich without mentioning how beautiful the Serbian girls are :)

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