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Jagodina is a town located about 150 km South of Belgrade, Serbia, on the
main route connecting Asia Minor (and further Middle East) with North and West
Europe. The first written document about Jagodina is dated 15. July 1399, but it
is obvious that the village existed even earlier. The town has about 80.000
inhabitants, and is the biggest town of the three
located in about ten kilometers from each other creating a conglomerate with
just below 200.000 people. The other two towns are Cuprija and Paracin.
As the whole Serbia South of river Danube, architecturally and artistically is mostly
influenced by Byzantine. Ottoman Empire which ruled the area for over 500 years until about
the first half of XIX century was of powerful influence as well, especially in
southern parts of Serbia. One of the main ways to maintain Serbian identity
and culture was in forms of building monasteries and churches in areas hidden
from the main roads. Around Jagodina there are several architectural jewels
which make this town known not only locally, attracting many visitors from
Europe and further. My hope is that new visitors will start coming to the area
again, as it was before the national turmoil the country was going through in
the past ten or more years. Among other things, Jagodina is Europe wide also
known by the
Naive
Art Museum.
