Monday, May 29, 2006
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Total Reflection Weekend --- 19-21/05/2006.
Friends - thanks for coming over and vising me! You are always welcome in my home - wherever it was.
Since the City of Krusevac - my hometown - was hosting this unusual event enjoy in a following story covered with a few pics.
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The Monument to Kosovo Heroes is the symbol of modern Krusevac and one of the largest monumental works of the Serbian sculpture from the beginning of the 20th century. It is the work of a famous Serbian sculptor Djordje Jovanovic, done in the manner of the French academicism. At the world Exhibition in Paris in 1900, Jovanovic was awarded Gold Medal of the I Order for the exhibited elements. The monument was uncovered on 1904. Inspired by the Kosovo epic it speaks about the centuries of strive of the Serbian people towards the national freedom.
The City of Prince Lazar. The medieval city of Krusevac, capital of prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic (around 1326 -1389), an important political, commercial and economic center of the Moravic Serbia, was built in the middle of the eighth decade of the 14th century.
The Monument to Prince Lazar, the founder of the city, was uncovered in 1971, within the celebration ”Six Centuries of Krusevac”. It is the work of a famous academic sculptor Nebojsa Mitric from Belgrade. The sitting figure of the rince was cast in bronze. Inspired by the usual representation on the coins of the Serbian medieval rulers, the author presented the prince as a determined and wise statesman, dedicated constructor and brave Christian warrior.
Lazarica church. The court church dedicated to archdeacon Stefan, belongs to the second phase of the construction of the fortification. It was built in the period 1377/8 - 1380 in honour of the first born son of prince Lazar, Stefan, the heir to the throne. It has threeconhal shape, the reduced form of the inwritten cross, with the dome above the middle space and at the same time built parvis. The ideas of the monks from Mount Athos influenced the use of the threeconnal plan in the Moravic architecture.
There is much more to be told about this fabulous and loved city of mine, but let's leave some things for some other time. Reflection picture for the end! Cheers!
