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By: biljana mitrovic
Copyright ©2007

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Photographer	biljana mitrovic {Karma:48110}
Project	#51 Silhouettes and Abstracts	Camera Model	Olympus mju mini
Categories	Historical	Film Format
Portfolio		Lens	olympus
Uploaded	12/22/2007	Film / Memory Type	digital
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Location	City - Београд State - Country - Serbia
About	www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1284013 - First version...I changed exposure and I've got something very interesting,I think.... Kalemegdan is the core and the oldest section of the urban area of Belgrade and for centuries the city population was concentrated only within the walls of the fortress, thus the history of the fortress, until most recent history, equals the history of Belgrade itself (see: Timeline of Belgrade history). First settlement was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Celtic tribe of Scordisci. The city-fortress was later conquered by the Romans, became known as Singidunum and became a part of "the military frontier", where the Roman Empire bordered "barbaric Central Europe". Singidunum was defended by the Roman legion IV Flaviae which built a fortified camp on a hill at the confluence of the rivers the Danube and the Sava. In the period between AD 378 and 441 the Roman camp was being repeatedly destroyed in the invasions by the Goths and the Huns. The legend says that Attila's grave lies on the confluence of the Sava and the Danube (under the Fortress). In 476 Belgrade again became the borderline between the empires: Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), and the Slav- Avar State in the North. The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I rebuilt the Fortress around 535. In the following centuries a fortress suffered continuous destruction under the Avar sieges. The Slavs (Serbs) and Avars had their "state union" north of Belgrade with the Serbs and other Slavic tribes finally settling in the region of Belgrade as well as the regions west and south of Belgrade in the beginning of the 7th century. The name Belgrade (or Beograd, in Serbian), which, not just in Serbian but in most Slavic languages means a "white town" or a "white fortress", was first mentioned in AD 878. The Fortress kept changing its masters: Hungary, Bulgaria, and then again the Byzantines. The fortress remained a Byzantine stronghold until the 12th century when it fell in the hands of a newly emerging Serbian state. It became a border city of the Serbian Kingdom, later Empire, with Hungary. The Hungarian king Béla I gave the fortress to Serbia in 11th century as a wedding gift (his son married Serbian princess Jelena), but it remained effectively part of Hungary, except for the period 1282-1319. After the Serbian state collapsed after the Battle of Kosovo, Belgrade was chosen in 1404 as the capital of the principality of Despot Stefan Lazarević. Major work was done to the ramparts which were encircling a big thriving town. The lower town at the banks of the Danube was the main urban center with a new build Orthodox cathedral. The upper town with its castle was defending the city from inland. Belgrade remained in Serbian hands for almost a century. After the Despots death in 1427 it had to be returned to Hungary. An attempt of Sultan Mehmed II to conquer the fortress was prevented by Janos Hunyadi in 1456 (Siege of Belgrade). It saved Hungary from an Ottoman invasion for 70 years. In 1521, 132 years after the Battle of Kosovo, the fortress, like most parts of the Serbian state, was conquered by the Turks and remained (with short periods of the Austrian and Serbian occupation), under the rule of the Ottoman Empire until the year 1867 when the Turks withdrew from Belgrade and Serbia. During the period of short Austrian rule (1718-1738) the fortress was largely rebuilt and modernized. It witnessed two Serbian Uprisings in the 19th century, the Great Serbian Migration in the 17th century, the Dark Ages of the Turkish Period. The fortress suffered further damages during the First and the Second world wars. After almost two millennia of continuous sieges, battles and conquests the fortress is today known as the Kalemegdan fortress. The name Kalemegdan derives from two Turkish words, kale (fortress) and megdan (battleground) (literally, "battlefield fortress").

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Elle Elle {K:10958} 1/5/2008

wow, I love this post processing of yours, just great,
bravo my dear friend,
love, love, mahassa

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/29/2007

thank you for your comment my ear arif:))
hugs and kisses back
biljana

Arif Ertan Ersoy (aersoy) {K:27380} 12/28/2007

nice frame with great info!!!
thanx my dear!!
hugss and kisses
arif

Robert Gaither

{K:34128} 12/26/2007

Nice effect and composition. I like it.

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/24/2007

Oh yes , my friend:)
I love to make strange things sometimes...I love to play with colors,shapes,exposure..:))
thank you for your comment and marry Christmas to you too:))
biljana

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/24/2007

Grazie caro Luigi .Grazie di cuore per le tue bellissime parole:))
tanti abbracci
biljana

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/24/2007

thank you Visar for your comment:)I really appreciate it my friend
big hug
biljana

Avi

{K:70138} 12/24/2007

Very interesting info.. Wish you and your family a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a fabulous New Year ahead, my dear Bixi !!

Burim Luta {K:5255} 12/24/2007

Wow, I am amased, I mean this is something that I definitely don't see everyday in here and I can tell you that to my opinion this is one of the best shots in your portfolio, well maybe "in flame of lust" is better.

Great job biljana with great taste, POV colors, details....everything

Big hug
Burim

ventrix drogo

{K:65398} 12/24/2007

Very strange work.

Happy XMas.

Bye.

enrico (ventrix)

Luigi Andena {K:3580} 12/24/2007

bellissima esposizione di colore e tono con descrizione storico interessante. bravissima.
augurissimi di buone feste e un anno nuovo felice molto più di questo.abbraccioni ...
Luigi

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/24/2007

Thank you my dearest Riny:)
I am very glad you liked my little play :))
big hug and Marry Christmas to you and your family
biljana

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/24/2007

thank you my dear Nicki:)
Marry Christmas to you too :))
and Sammy of course
big hug
biljana

absynthius . {K:20748} 12/24/2007

nice work Biljana,
very thorough introduction to kalemegdan,
but i like the previous shot more than this one,
regards,
v.

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/24/2007

thank you my dear parehan:)
I am very glad you liked it
big hug my dear friend and happy holidays to you too:)))
biljana

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/24/2007

thank you dear nacho:)
glad you liked it
big hug
biljana

Riny Koopman

{K:102911} 12/24/2007

Vey nice playing with your photo my dear and your ABOUT is great too.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Nicole Besch

{K:72664} 12/23/2007

What a big and an interesting information Biljana!Thank you about this!!Superb work and great idea!!!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Woof from Sam to Hogar...and hugs to you,
Nicki

parehan .K {K:27453} 12/23/2007

Great castle, dear Biljana , and amazing Information..All this historical Suitable for the project... Love your PS work.. It's very attractive..
Happy holidays my dear friend ..
parehan

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/23/2007

I am glad you liked it my dear Luc...I just played with Curves in Exposure opyions...
big hug my dear friend
biljana

Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia {K:96391} 12/23/2007

amazing. great composition./ 7++++++++++++

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/23/2007

You are so right my dear John...but I already have real pictures (without c working0in my portfolio...I need some change:))
big hug and Happy Holidays
biljana

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/23/2007

Thank you Gust@v from the bottom o my heart:) Your comment is very important to me
un abrazo grande
biljana

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/23/2007

thank you Pablo...I really appreciate your comment specially cause I know that you don't like play with photo :)
tanti abbracci
biljana

Luc Bouwens {K:6460} 12/23/2007

You're really going on a art tour, my dear Biljana
I never saw the kind.
Beautifull !

Hugs
Luc

John Hatz {K:156973} 12/23/2007

Belgrade is full of history as any part of our area Biljana, great place and great castle, and even I like your PSing here, I think it could be very nice too see some of these castles - fortress also in normal photos, they are amazing and always want to take photos from these, very nice my friend!
happy holidays!

Gustavo Scheverin

{K:164501} 12/23/2007

WOW!, impactante y misterioso abstracto...muy lograda la idea.

Un gran abrazo...

Pablo Dylan

{K:63918} 12/22/2007

Strange but interesting post work dear Bijana.

Pablo
P.S. Tx for about

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/22/2007

pa nisam odavno...izaci u iz forme:)))

Srna Stankovic

{K:172232} 12/22/2007

I knooooooooow !!! :))))
trep, trep back :)))
hugs are flyiiiingggg :))))
Srna

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/22/2007

Thank you :)))I couldn't resist:))))
trep,trep:)
hugsssss back:))))

Srna Stankovic

{K:172232} 12/22/2007

My Serbian Ambassador is playing with exposure and she is getting so very finest results and effects !!! :)))
Great Dear !
Hugssss
Srna

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/22/2007

My nephew must do it :))))))))
million kisses:))))))

Keith Growden

{K:29240} 12/22/2007

Heehee. Yes your right. I do.:) :) :) :)

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/22/2007

thank you my dear Marian :)
I am very glad you liked it
big hug and great Holidays
warm hugs back
biljana

Marian Man

{K:80636} 12/22/2007

great place dear Biljana so well captured by you!!!
superb work by you!!!! bravo!!!!
thank you for the so informative about too!!!
Happy Holidays
warm hug
Marian

biljana mitrovic {K:48110} 12/22/2007

You will never believe me : I just thought about you my dear Far away nephew!!! Actually you will cause you know that your Auntie is witch :)))

Thank you and I am very glad you liked it
big warm hug from cold Belgrade
biljana

Keith Growden

{K:29240} 12/22/2007

Its amazing the place is still standing after all those wars. Thanks for the history lesson Auntie. Its very interesting. Like your pic. Quite effective. I can see swordsmen sneaking around there. Just got to look hard for a while. Nice sunset. Hugs. Far far away nephew. Keith:) :) :)

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