Excursion to the Monastery of Krusedol, Sremski Karlovci and Novi Sad
A journey through the Serbian culture and art of the 17^th - 19^th century

Departure:
Tuesday, July 20 at 9.30 h from the Conference Venue

After crossing the new bridge over the Sava River, we leave Belgrade and the Balkan Peninsula and we enter South Eastern Europe and drive through fertile Panonnian plains to reach the promontories of Fruska Gora.
Monastery of Krusedol (16th century) is a pearl among the 16 monasteries of Serbian “Mount Athos” (Holy Mountain) and the Pantheon of eminent Serbs, guardian of the Austrian Military border (Vojna Krajina), a live rampart against the Turks. In the monastery there are the tombs of Arsenije Carnojevic the III, leader of the Serbian tragic great migration from Kosovo and Metohija in 1690, General Stevan Supljikac, commander in chief of the Serbian forces in the Hungarian revolution 1848 and tomb of the Serbian king Milan Obrenovic, who resurrected Serbian kingdom after 500 years of cruel Turkish domination.
Sremski Karlovci is a small and charming baroque town, administrative, political, ecclesiastical and cultural center of the Serbs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire from the XVII to XIX century. It entered into world history on January 26th 1699 when the peace treaty between Holy Alliance (Venetians, Poles, Russians and Austrians) on one side and Turkey on the other, was signed. On that occasion a round table was used for the first time in diplomacy. Later the Peace Chapel was erected on that site to commemorate such an important event.
We will see the Saint Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral and the Patriarchs Court with a unique exhibition of icons dating from the 13th to 18th century. Afterwards we'll visit the Museum of Apiculture where we are going to taste excellent wines and “bermet” (sweet desert or digestive wine with herbs) and buy honey, wine and other grape products.
Lunch in the restaurant on the bank of the river Danube.
After lunch we continue to Novi Sad the capital of Vojvodina, with a visit to Petrovaradin Fortress, the Gibraltar of Danube” (the best preserved fortress built according to Vaubann's system of fortification situated on an area of 112 hectars).
We'll walk through Novi Sad and see Liberty Square, the Catholic Cathedral from 1896 with a beautiful roof made of Zsolnay ceramic tiles, City Hall, the Archbishop's Residence, the pedestrian area with various shopping malls, etc. Returning via highway, crossing the Danube at Beska, over the largest bridge on the Danube.
Arrival in Belgrade early in the evening.