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Village
Sirogojno, Mt.Zlatibor, Serbia, 2002
Authentic & preserved Serbian house
from XIX century.
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Village
Sirogojno, Mt.Zlatibor, Serbia, 2002
Authentic & preserved Serbian house
from XIX century.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Mountain
Zlatibor, Serbia, 2002
An old woman shepherdess with her sheep's.
photo.
photo Andrija Ilic
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Mountain
Zlatibor, Serbia, 2002
An old woman shepherdess with her sheep's.
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Andrija Ilic
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Monastery
"Visoki Decani", Kosovo-Serbia, 2005
Serbian monk during the church ceremony.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Monastery
"Visoki Decani", Kosovo-Serbia, 2005
Serbian
monks during the church ceremony.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Golubac fortress at Danube river, Serbia, 2004
Medieval fortress built in 14th century
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Village
Drenovo, Serbia, 1997
Authentic Serbian house style.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Village
Drenovo, Serbia, 1997
Frozen village nature.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Devil`s
Town, Serbia, 2002
A unique natural phenomenon that due
to its unnatural and spooky looks got the name, Djavolja Varos
(Devil's Town) is the result of constant erosive process -
the caps on the top protect the columns, while the rest of
the dissolute is constantly washed away. The red earth columns
and pyramids have various interesting shapes.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Devil`s
Town, Serbia, 2002
According to the locel folk legend,
those stone pyramids represent wedding guests that God have
turned into stones, to stop devil-urged marriage between brother
and sister.
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Mountain
Stara Planina, Serbia, 2005
Mountain in fog
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Mountain
Suva Planina, Serbia, 2004
Viewshed of mountain top "Hawks Rock".
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Mountain
StaraPlanina, Serbia, 2005
Authentic Serbian house style.Mountain
herbalist during the search for natural curative roots and
herbs.
photo Andrija Ilic
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Mountain
Zlatibor, Serbia, 2002
Lonely mountain poet & writer.
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Andrija Ilic
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Near by Obrenovac, Serbia, 2003
An old woman is selling strawberries.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Besni
Fok, Serbia, 2003
Meat processing.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Preshevo
Valley, Serbia, 2001
Shepherds dog.
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Andrija Ilic
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Near
by Pancevo, Serbia, 2004
Shepherd with his summer house, an old rusty van.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Fortress Maglic, Serbia, 1998
Fortress Maglic was built in 13th century. Its never mentioned
in history who exactly built this fortress, but definitely
some of the Nemanjic dynasty rulers. Maglic has great position
on the top of the hill, above the Ibar river. With its 7 tower
and a church inside massive walls, Maglic represents treasure
of Serbian mediaeval military architecture.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Fortress
Maglic, Serbia, 2007
Maglic fortress had the main role in controlling the traffic
at the entrance of Serbia, as well as to protect the northern
border of Serbian kingdom. Many fortresses from that period
have legends on how there were built, so does Maglic. According
to one of them, this fortress was built by "Cursed Jerina"
a wife of Serbian ruler, so this fortress is known also as
Jerinas Cursed Town.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Kladnica, Serbia, 2002
A boy with a bike passing by a mosque. Majority of Serbia
are Christian Orthodox Serbs, but there many minorities: Bosniacs
(Moslems), Croats (Catholics), Roma (Gipsies) .... Montenegrians,
Hungarians, Slovacs, Vlachs, Albanians ....
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Kladnica,
Serbia, 2002
Welcoming an unknown guest.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Latkovac, Serbia, 2007
Memories from their wedding.
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Andrija Ilic
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Monastery
Visoki Decani, Kosovo Serbia, 2005
Serbian monk in the monastery Visoki Decani.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Monastery
Gracanica, Kosovo-Serbia, 2000
Gracanica Monastery one of Serbian King Milutin's last monumental
endowments. It is situated in the village of Gracanica, 5
km. from Pristina. In past ceunturies, monastery Gracanica
was center of spiritual life of Kosovo Serbs, especially after
the Kosovo battle in XIV century. Today, the monastery keeps
a significant collection of icons, the oldest one being the
icon of Hrist Milostivi (Christ the Merciful) from the 14th
century, unique by its dimensions (269 cm x 139 cm). Cause
of potential attacks by ethnic-Albanian extremists; it is
protected by the United Nations KFOR army.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Monastery
Gracanica, Kosovo-Serbia, 2000
Portrait of a vestal from Gracanica monastery.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Mountain
Kopaonik, Serbia, 1998
Sled dog.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Mountain Suva Planina, Serbia, 2004
Spider net.
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Andrija Ilic
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Mountain
Kopaonik, Serbia, 1998
Frozen winter landscape.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Obrenovac, Serbia, 2003
Portrait of a goat "Whity".
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Monastery Crna Reka, Serbia, 2003
Crna Reka monastery is a hermitage in the midst of the south
Serbian mountains situated in the gorge of the Black River.
It is surrounded by high rocks and lush vegetation. It dates
from 13th century when a small church dedicated to the Holy
Archangel Michael was built in a big cave. Soon the monks
hermits built their cells around the church and erected a
small draw bridge over the dry bed of the Black River.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Mountain Suva Planina, Serbia, 2005
Monk Georgije lives alone for many years in the monastery
Veta Vera at the mountain Suva Planina.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Mountain Suva Planina, Serbia, 2004
Monk Georgije arrives at this monastery in 2003 and starts
rebuilding of the monastery which was for more than 50 years
in ruins. Today he lives alone in the monastery which does
not have electricity, running water or phone line.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Mountain Zlatibor, Serbia, 2002
Church graveyard with medieval thombstones.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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Preshevo Valley, Serbia, 2001
An old abandoned house in South Serbia, close to the border
with Kosovo.
photo
Andrija Ilic
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