With the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Mrs. Dusanka Divjac-Tomic |
lots of great materials about travel to Serbia |
traditional Serbian costume |
THESE: I was so excited to see the dried plums wrapped in bacon (you saw these also on my posts from the lunch in Bitola -- YUM) |
I very much enjoyed the film about the Roman sites in Serbia |
the president of the Dobrodojde Macedonia Welcome Center --Emilija Milandinova Avramcheva - introduces the Ambassador |
the Ambassador speaks about the Roman sites and introduces the film |
thank you to the Serbian Embassy for these delicious treats |
from the DMWC facebook post |
some of the materials about travel to Serbia
The Ambassador's presentation - The Road of the Roman Imperators - included a film that highlighted the archeological finds in 5 Roman towns in present-day Serbia. (Did you know that
18
Roman Emperors were born and/or lived in present-day Serbia?) The
setting was not conducive to taking notes, but here are a few
highlights:
Sirmium
(5 Roman Emperors were born here. Was the temporary seat of Constantine the Great. Constantine minted coins here - and
royal gold coins were excavated on the site. This was an important site
during early Christianity. Many martyrs were from Sirmium)
Singidunum
(here we saw beautiful Roman jewelry, including beautiful intaglio cameos, as well as special ceramic pottery)
Viminacium
(here was saw some beautiful frescoes)
Naissus
(this is where Constantine was born and
lived, before moving to Britannia. After desolation by the Huns, the
town was forgotten in the Middle Ages. And more beautiful mosaics!)
Iustinia Prima
I
very much enjoyed the film, traveling back in the 3rd and 4th century,
and learning about recent archeological discoveries in Serbia (and the
pictures of the mosaics, the frescoes, the coins, the jewelry, and the
ruins...)
The website of the Republic of Serbia in Macedonia:
More about the Ambassador, H.E. Mrs. Dusanka Divjac-Tomic
Here is the DMWC facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MacedoniaWelcome/?pnref=story
The TCC Grand Plaza Hotel: http://tccgrandplaza.com/
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