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Viminacium (VIMINACIVM) was a major city (provincial capital) and military camp of the Roman province of Moesia (today'sSerbia), and the capital of Moesia Superior. The site is located 12 km (7.5 mi) from the modern town of Kostolac in Eastern Serbia. The city dates back to the 1st century AD, and at its peak it is believed to have had 40,000 inhabitants, making it one of the biggest cities of that time. It lies on the Roman road Via Militaris. Viminacium was devastated by Huns in the 5th century, but was later rebuilt by Justinian. It was completely destroyed with the arrival of Slavs in the 6th century. Today, the archaeological site occupies a total of 450 hectares (1,100 acres), and contains remains of temples, streets, squares, amphitheatres, palaces, hippodromes and Roman baths.

Golubac Fortress (Serbian: Голубачки град or Golubački grad, Hungarian: Galambóc vára, Bulgarian: Гълъбец, Romanian:Cetatea Golubăț, Turkish: Güvercinlik Kalesi) was a medieval fortified town on the south side of the Danube River, 4 km downstream from the modern-day town of Golubac, Serbia. The fortress, which was most likely built during the 14th century, is split into three compounds which were built in stages. It has ten towers, most of which started square, and several of which received many-sided reinforcements with the advent of firearms.

The Danube (/ˈdænjuːb/ dan-ewb, also known as Donau or Danubio) is Europe's second-longest river, after the Volga River, and also the longest river in the European Union region. It is located in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Danube was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire, and today flows through 10 countries. Originating inGermany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,860 km (1,780 mi), passing through or touching the border of Austria, Slovakia,Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea. Its drainage basin extends into nine more countries.

The Iron Gates (Romanian: Porțile de Fier, Serbian: Đerdapska klisura, Hungarian: Vaskapu-szoros, German: Eisernes Tor, Turkish:Demirkapı) is a gorge on the River Danube. It forms part of the boundary between Serbia and Romania. In the broad sense it encompasses a route of 134 km (83 mi); in the narrow sense it only encompasses the last barrier on this route, just beyond the Romanian city of Orșova, that contains two hydroelectric dams, with two power stations, Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station andIron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station.

The gorge lies between Romania to the north and Serbia to the south. At this point, the river separates the southern Carpathian Mountains from the northwestern foothills of the Balkan Mountains. The Romanian side of the gorge constitutes the Iron Gates natural park, whereas the Serbian part constitutes the Đerdap national park.

Lepenski Vir (Лепенски Вир, Lepen Whirl) is an important Mesolithic archaeological site located in Serbia in central Balkanpeninsula The latest radiocarbon and AMS data suggests that the chronology of Lepenski Vir is compressed between 9500/7200-6000 BC. There is some disagreement about the early start of the settlement and culture of Lepenskir vir. But the latest data suggest 9500-7200 to be the start. The late Lepenskir Vir (6300-6000 B.C.) architectural development was the development of the Trapezoidal buildings and monumental sculpture^[1] The Lepenskir Vir site consists of one large settlement with around ten satellite villages. Numerous piscine sculptures and peculiar architecture are testimony to a rich social and religious life led by the inhabitants and the high cultural level of these early Europeans. 

Eco-ethno complex "Captain Misha hill" is located six kilometers from Donji Milanovac, on the place from which the Captain Misha followed his boats and which offers the best view. The complex consists of a unique gallery under the open sky, which contains more than 400 wooden sculptures, paintin gs gallery, a wine museum, accommodation facilities, which consist of two rooms with private bathrooms and apartments (three bedrooms and a bathroom) and space for camping. Near the complex are health path to the lookout Kovilovo, Rajko's Cave, museum Lepenski vir, Rajac wine cellars, National Park of Djerdap, sightseeing of the Djerdap gorge by boat.

Rajko's Cave is a cave in eastern Serbia, located 2.5 km away from Majdanpek. With a length of 2,304 m of explored hall is one of the longest caves in Serbia.

Decebalus (ruled 87-106) was the last king of Dacia. He is famous for fighting three wars, with varying success, against the Roman Empire under two emperors. After raiding across the Danube, he defeated a Roman invasion in the reign of Domitian, securing a period of independence during which Decebalus consolidated his rule.

When Trajan came to power, his armies invaded Dacia to weaken its threat to Roman border territory. Decebalus was defeated. He remained in power as a client king, but continued to assert his independence, leading to a final and overwhelming Roman invasion in 105. Trajan reduced the Dacian capital Sarmizegetusa in 106, absorbing Dacia into the Empire. Decebalus committed suicide to avoid capture.

Since the mid 19th century Decebalus has been portrayed as a national hero in Romania, the modern successor to ancient Dacia. There are several monuments depicting him.

Trajan (/ˈtreɪdʒən/; Latin: Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae filius Augustus; 18 September 53 – August 8, 117 AD) wasRoman emperor from 98 AD until his death in 117 AD. Officially declared by the Senate optimus princeps ("the best ruler"), Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to attain its maximum territorial extent by the time of his death. He is also known for his philanthropic rule, overseeing extensive publicbuilding programs and implementing social welfare policies, which earned him his enduring reputation as the second of the Five Good Emperors who presided over an era of peace and prosperity in the Mediterranean world.

Traiana (lat. Tabula Traiana) is a Latin inscription dedicated to the Roman Emperor Trajan, engraved carved on the wall above the Djerdap gorge. This table is part of the ensemble of Roman monuments in the so-called Roman road which they belong and the remains of the bridge built by Trajan across the Danube. It is located in the Djerdap National Park near Kladovo in Serbia.

Trajan's Bridge (Serbian: Трајанов мост, Trajanov Most; Romanian: Podul lui Traian ) or Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube was a Roman segmental arch bridge, the first bridge to be built over the ower Danube. Though it was only functional for a few decades, for more than 1,000 years it was the longest arch bridge in both total and span length.The bridge was constructed in 105 AD by instruction of Emperor Trajan by Greek architect Apollodorus of Damascus for the deployment of Roman troops during the conquest of Dacia.

The Diana Fortress (Serbian: Тврђава Диана, Tvrđava Diana) is a Roman castrum built in 100-101 AD, located in Kladovo, in eastern Serbia.

Fetislam Fortress is located on cliffs of the Đerdap, above the Danube, in the Karataš archaeological site near Kladovo. The main buildings were built on a strategic location overlooking the Danube frontier with stone in 100 AD during the reign of Roman Emperor Trajan, who had a military camp located at the vicinity. Further modifications were made at the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4th century when additional towers were added towards the river for extra defence towards the Danube shores. At the mid 4th century the fort was damaged by the invading Huns and in 530 AD rebuilt by Emperor Justinian.

is situated on the Danube, west of the modern village of Kladovo. It is interesting that the name of the fortress Fetislam means "Gate of Peace." The Turks built a small town in the early 16th century and the 18th and 19 century built by the big city. Small Town, was first built to bring together the military to attack and capture of the city. For the year build up of Mali takes 1524th years, due to the fact that the Hungarian sources, the building of fortifications across severina. Based on the preserved remains, it can be concluded that he had all the characteristics of an artillery base. Big city as a whole Fetislamskog Turkish fortifications were later built at a time when Turkey, exhausted by long wars, was forced to pay attention to the defense earlier won Teritorija. Iznad gate that led to the fort were set marble slabs with inscriptions, which were praised Sultan Mahmud II. The fortress was thoroughly investigated and preserved The administration of the Serbian people delivered in 1867. year.

Kladovo Municipality Tourist Organization was founded in 1995, with the aim of developing the quality and promoting the overall tourism potentials in the Municipality.

Nature lovers Wilderness Association, founded on July 1, 2011.

The Archeological museum in Kladovo was founded and opened in 1996, as a branch-museum within the National Museum in Belgrade, with the task to collect and preserve expert and scientific documentation, presentations, publishing, i.e. interpret the cultural heritage of the Danube region-Đerdap. The rich and diverse archeological Đerdap Collection was collected for more than 50 years, as part of the archeological excavations and exploration of prehistoric, Roman, Medieval sites, within the actions taken under the multidisciplinary Project Đerdap – Project Diana / Zanes.

The museum exhibition is being innovated and improved on the yearly basis, depending on the theme chosen for that season, by adding new finds, exhibits, presentation manners. The most important finds are permanently exhibited, since they represent, in the best way, the millennial past and importance of these ancient coasts of the Danube.
All exhibitions, presentations and events organized in the museum are always connected by the same title (headline), free translation of the sentence by Pliny the Younger, which was firstly promoted to the public in 1998:

          … It is magnificent to stand on the coast of the Danube…/… Magnum est stare in Danuviiripa…

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In order to address the need and importance of preserving wetlands as a factor in the preservation of a healthy environment, biodiversity and sustainable development of local communities, and to combat the effects of climate change, the World Wetlands Day will be marked in Serbia on February 5th, 2016 in Kladovo, at the meeting "Wetlands for our future" and the birdwatching program at the IBA area "Mala Vrbica".

There will be presented the nomination of "Đerdap" area for inclusion on the List of internationally important wetlands (UNESCO / Ramsar List), as well as natural values that classify it among the internationally important bird areas and centers of European biodiversity. The nomination will be presented on the example of the sites Mala Vrbica and Kladovo sands. Mala Vrbica is a habitat to 140 bird species, 80 of which are nesting. Most of these birds at Mala Vrbica are important in terms of protection at national and international level, such as Pigmy cormorant colonies, white-tailed eagle, Ferruginous duck and many others. The ways to enrich the local tourist offer by including the birdwatching programs will be demonstrated at this internationally important area for birds. The area of Kladovo sands is a habitat to 63 species of plants, 15 of which are protected, and 4 species are described in the Red Book of Flora of Serbia as critically endangered. Kladovo sands is the only habitat of Dianthus serotinus in Serbia.

Miroč (Serbian Cyrillic: Мироч) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, between the towns of Donji Milanovac and Tekija. Its highest peak Štrbac has an elevation of 768 meters (2,520 ft) above sea level. Along with Liškovac, it is part of the Iron Gate gorge of theDanube river. It is located in the Đerdap national park.

In Serbian folklore, it is considered a mystical mountain with magic herbs to heal all wounds of haiduks, and the specific above ofVila Ravijojla (cf. the article on Vilas), the blood sister of Prince Marko.

Blederija Waterfall, an exceptional natural attraction, is located near the village Reka, around 15 km from Kaldovo. The Blederija river source is at the height of 190 m and it flows towards the South-East. The water, which from the height of 7 m and after spilling over a tufa rail, vertically falls down in the form of a water curtain into a tufa tub, a big whirpool or a small lake, is of turquois-green colour. On the side of the big waterfall, there is another small one which, during the summer period, when the water capacity in the river drops, disappears, however it always reappears in the spring when the river is rich in water and when the flow is several hundred meters per sec. Around 2 km above the waterfall, on the right side, there are sub-thermal water springs with the temperature around 17ºc.
It is interesting to say that this is where a shortcut of the Roman road from Poreč, to Miroč and towards the Danube and Ključ used to be, until Trajan made a road through Kazan. Apart from that, in the village Reka, we have the only water mill in this region that is still operational.

Difficult accessible Vratna river canyon is known from the antiquity by a stone gate and unusual whirlpools, miracle of nature. These stone arches or gates are over the river that incurred in the distant past by the caves destruction .The geographers call this stone wonders “Prerasti”.

The first gate is located about 200 meters from the medieval monastery, and the first detailed description of this area is by Austrian Felix Kanic, known balkanologist and great friend of Serbian people. Soon there came our geographer Vladimir Karic (1887) and then a founder of modern Serbian geography Cvijic Jovan (1885).

Professors of Geography Faculty in Belgrade, Dr. Dragutin Petrovic and Dr. Dusan Gavrilovic determine in the meantime that Mali prerast is 15 meters long, 30 meters wide, height of his opening is 34 meters and depth vault of 10 meters. Veliki prerast , has a length of 45 meters, width 23 meters, height 26 meters and depth of vault 30 meters, Suvi prerast has length of 34 meters, width 15 meters, height 20 meters and depth of 10 meters vault. The third is the youngest and least accessible of the first two. At the same time is the most beautiful and the most attractive for researchers.

Near by the third gate three so far unexplored caves are discovered. It is the "true charm of nature." Detailed investigations of the cave are just ahead, but speleologists says that the cave nearest the third gate is about 400 meters long, the second is a short but attractive, because it hides beautiful small lake. The third cave is very large and complicated, interwoven with numerous halls and tunnels.

The beauty of Vratna stone gates completes medieval monastery Vratna, and hunting grounds with a large mouflons herd and fallow deer.

Hajduk Veljko Museum is placed in the building that impounds the beauty of that style, the house of the Duke of Negotin from half of the 19th century – house of the Duke Todorce. The museum postulate is dedicated to the hero from the first Serbian uprising, Hajduk Veljko. The museum is the subject of weapons and the Serb rebellion, household objects from the nineteenth century and exhibits incurred as a result of artistic inspiration on Hajduk Veljko.

Veljko Petrović (Serbian: Вељко Петровић; Serbian pronunciation: [v̞ɛ̌ːʎkɔ pɛ̌trɔv̞itɕ]; c. 1780–1813), known simply as HajdukVeljko (Хајдук Вељко, [xǎjduːk v̞ɛ̌ːʎkɔ]), was one of the vojvodas (military commanders) of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, in charge of the Negotin area. He was one of the biggest heroes of the Uprising.

He was born in Lenovac, near Zaječar, in the Crna Reka nahija, into the family of Petar (hence he took Petrović as his surname) and Petrinja. He had two younger brothers, Milutin and Miljko. His father was called Sirenjar Petar ("Peter the Cheese Maker") due to his multitude of livestock which he possessed, and the amount of cheese he sold. His father was a very calm person, though Veljko was an unruly kid. In his youth he kept cattle, even becoming čobanbaša ("head herder") among the local herders. The local Turks often visited their house, eating their food, drinking and taking cheese, butter oil, and milk.

The Battle of Negotin ended in massive Turkish casualties and the successful escape of the Serbian rebels. His brother Milutin buried him at sunset at Negotin's church. After Veljko's death Turks conquered Negotin and soon all Krajina. He is still remembered for his famous words: "Glavu dajem, Krajinu ne dajem". (I'll give my head, but not Krajina).

Stevan Stojanović (9 January 1856 – 28 September 1914), known as Stevan Mokranjac was a Serbian composer and music educator. Born in Negotin in 1856, Mokranjac studied music in Belgrade, Munich, Rome and Leipzig while in his twenties. Later, he became the conductor of the Belgrade Choir Society and founder of the Serbian School of Music and the first Serbian string quartet, in which he played the cello. He left Belgrade at the beginning of World War I and moved to Skopje, where he died on 28 September 1914.

Museum exhibition in birth home of Mokranjac was the item with the original ethnographic objects, photographs and documents from the life and work of Stevan Mokranjac.

Negotin pubs are complexes of wine cellars in Negotinskoj wine region, near the village of Rajac , Rogljevo , Štubik andSmedovac . The housing of the stone house in which the rules and kept the wine. These stone houses were called pubs.

Gamzigrad is an archaeological site, spa resort and UNESCO World Heritage Site of Serbia, located south of the Danube river, near the city of Zaječar. It is the location of the ancient Roman complex of palaces and temples Felix Romuliana, built by Emperor Galerius. The main area covers 10 acres (40,000 m²).

Lazarev Kanjon (‘Lazar’s Canyon’) is in eastern Serbiaand is part of eastern Kučaj. Lazarev Kanjon is important for its relief, its water-formed features and its natural life. It was formed by the erosive action of the Lazareva Rekariver, a right tributary of the Zlotska Reka river. This magnificent canyon is carved into the limestone of the Dubašnička Ravan, and is joined by the more shallow, smaller canyons of the Milujska Reka and Pojenska Reka rivers, as well as by the Demizloka canyon.

Lazarev Kanjon is one of the least negotiable canyons in Serbia. It is 4.5 km long, 350 to 500 m deep, and at its narrowest is 4 m wide. It is notable for its vertical limestone cliffs with a flattened limestone plateau from which the carving of the valley began. It is also unique for its variety of surface and underground karst relief forms such as karst valleys, sinkholes, karren, kamenica, caves and caverns. More than 70 caves and potholes have been discovered in the area of Lazarev Kanjon, the most significant being Lazareva Pećina andVernjikica. The area is also of interest for its variety of forms of surface and subterranean waters.

Lazar Cave (Zlotska Cave) is a cave in Serbia. Located in the eastern part of Kučaj. From Zlot distant 3 km, from Brestovac Spa 14 km and 21 km from Bor. The entrance to the cave is at an altitude of 291 m and is located on the left side of the river Lazarus. Nearby is a few caving objects together with the cave known as the "Zlot caves". Of these Lazar cave is the most famous and tourist earliest decorated - tourist landscaping caves began in 1953, and the tourist trail is 800 m.