DOWN THE BEAUTIFUL
BLUE DANUBE
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At the 1,433rd kilometer of its flow, the Danube enters Serbia, flows through
it for 588 kilometers, it is navigable on its whole flow and a natural connection
to Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. The vicinity of the Tisa,
the Morava and the Drina, as well as numerous internal channels and lakes,
river islands and branches, it makes the sailing an unforgettable happening.
On the way though Europe, by its entering Serbia, the Danube flows through
the most interesting geographic, geological and cultural / historical regions.
It flows from the Pannonian Plains on the north to Đerdap, the largest river
gorge in Europe. At its banks, the empires of intact nature, culture created
for centuries, cities with their specific characteristics replace each other.
On its way through Serbia, the Danube informs the travelers with the origin
and disappearance of civilizations, it makes them closer to the nations and
their habits.
In its edition "On the Danube Through Serbia", the Tourist Organization
of Serbia published the tourist / information map 'Down the Beautiful Blue
Danube', intended, first of all, for the tourists who sail to Serbia by ship.
They will find out from the map, among others, that, according to a legend,
Jason, the leader of Argonauts, was the first one who saw Belgrade Fortress,
looking for the Golden Fleece, that the second large organ in Europe is in
Sombor, why Fruška Gora has been named "The Serbian Holy Mountain",
what happens when one drinks water from the "Four Lions Fountain",
in Sremski Karlovci, that the worldwide important archaeological find Viminacium
is near Kostolac, that the Đerdap Gorge is the largest river gorge in Europe,
why the culture of Lepenski Vir changed the theories of the civilization development,
why the sunk Traian Bridge near Kladovo, was "a wonder of the Ancient
World", where the best wines are drunk, what the tourist events around
the Danube are and when they take place and many others.
Tourists will obtain the map, free of charge, at the entry, near Bezdan, and
they will get acquainted with Serbia with its help all the way to the exit
from the country, near the Radujevac village.
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SREMSKI
KARLOVCI (1.244 km)
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the foothill of Fruška Gora, in the North-East part of Srem, on an extended
plain between the hills and the Danube, the picturesque Sremski Karlovci
found its place, mentioned for the first time in written documents in 1308
as the fortress / settlement Carom. After the First Great Movement of the
Serbs, in 1690, Karlovci became the direct successor of Peć Patriarchy and
the new spiritual center of all Serbs. It entered European history in 1699,
when the Peace Treaty was signed between the Alliance (Austria, Poland,
Russia and Venice) and Turkey. The Baroque and Neoclassical buildings of
the Grammar School, Stephaneum, the People's Funds Palace, the Patriarchy
Court with the Treasury, the Magistrate, the homes of Baron Rajačić and
Dragomir Popović, the Cathedral and Roman Catholic Church, the Peace Lady
Chapel, constructed on the place of signing the Karlovci Treaty, and the
Four Lions Fountain make the center of this town, as a cultural wealth under
the Government protection, irresistible. The church towers rise here, in
order to exceed Fruška Gora and the bells ring like in Florence. The town
has got also its legend, which says, the one who drinks also water from
the Four Lions Fountain, in addition to wine, will certainly come back to
Karlovci and get married there.