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Na ovom mestu, u Patrijaršijskom dvoru, snimljena je scena iz serije Senke na Balkanu kada se sreću čuveni ruski general Petar Nikolajević Vrangel i srpski patrijarh Dimitrije It was in this very place, in the Patriarchate Court, that the makers of the series Shadows Over the Balkans shot the scene were famous Russian general Pyotr Nikolayevich Vrangel met with Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije

U prizemlju Patrijaršijskog dvora smeštena je i Riznica Muzeja SPC The ground floor of the Patriarchate Court also houses the Treasury of the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church

J ovan Sterija Popović and Branko Radičević walked through this door in front of you every day. They walked along the same path. I’m quite sure you’ll think the same thing as I did when you pause in front of the most famous Serbian school – the Karlovci Gym- nasium High School. It has been traversed by greats of Serbian culture and history during a history dating back 229 years. Could great Serbian poet Branko Radičević, a bust of whom is located in the school yard, ever have dreamt as a pupil of this school that so many years later his works would be preserved in its library, which is today the richest and oldest school li- brary in Serbia? And they are just some of the literary treasures that are kept here. TWO CENTURIES OF SPIRITUAL CULTURE

timirović and respected merchant Dimi- trije Anastasijević, is certainly among the most popular monuments of culture in Sremski Karlovci, but it is only one of many… For more than 200 years, this beautiful Vojvodina town was the spiritual centre of the Serbs in the Habsburg Monarchy, initially as the seat of the Orthodox met- ropolitanate, and later also the patriarch. Not far from the famous Gymnasi- um, in the very centre of the town, which is itself reminiscent of a museum, is the Patriarchate Court, and its ground oor houses the Treasury of the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Karlovci natives will also proudly point out many other buildings to you.

WALK THROUGH HISTORY

U Karlovcima se od 2002. organizuje Festival kuglofa. Vredne Karlovačanke osmislile su i autentičan karlovački kuglof s bermetom The festival of Kuglof has been organised in Sremski Karlovci since 2002. The industrious women of Karlovci conceived an authentic Karlovci Kuglof with Bermet wine

Remember them well, the town cen- tre is small, but you’ll need time to tour all these sights. There is the Cathedral of

The gymnasium, which was found- ed in 1791 by Metropolitan Bishop Stra-

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