Today the weather in Vršac was more pleasant. It feels as if the arrival of spring can already be sensed. After Aleksandar’s training at the folk dance school this evening, we decided to take a family walk through the city center.
While the training was taking place, I watched the children through the window dancing joyfully to the sounds of traditional folk music.Ran happily and carefree in the break between two lessons of playing choreography with the game of the sly fox.
Afterwards, I decided to walk through Laza’s House, an authentic building from the last century, and take a few photographs of the hallway and the inner courtyard.
The main room with mirrors where children today learn their first steps in traditional games is the large room where Laza Nančić, our famous Serbian socialist, writer and founder of the first reading room in Vršac, once lived and worked.
His house has been renovated and adapted, yet it has preserved that old glow and authenticity dating back to 1854, the year Laza was born. It is beautiful to see that today, in this very place, children learn traditional folklore through song and dance.
After the training, we headed toward the city center for a short walk before dinner. The town was quiet. The streetlights illuminated the already authentic architecture of the central buildings, which I will write about on another occasion. Because of this authenticity, well-known Serbian film directors often choose this town as a filming location for scenes from Serbia’s past.
We passed through the churchyard near the large Church of Saint Nicholas, which is currently under renovation.
Then we continued past Sterija’s House, where the famous Serbian writer and “father of Serbian drama,” founder of Serbian theater and Head of the Ministry of Education of Serbia in 1842, once lived and worked.
A few dozen steps further, we reached the pavilion where children often play and where various cultural events are held throughout the year.
Nearby stands the famous Vršac Cross of Hadži Jovan Zaim, a respected merchant from the past who helped his fellow citizens and forgave debts to the poor.
Not far from the cross, there is a relatively recently renovated public clock. From there, we continued toward Victory Square and one of the tallest residential buildings in the city to take a look at some kitchenware in a nearby shop.
We finished our walk in the direction of the Romanian Church, which dates back to 1913.t
We had to get in and drive the car to change Anja's clothes, and I only managed to photograph the church while driving.The children were already tired and hungry, we bought pots in the end, but unfortunately we had to stop here today's walk next to this church, which brings back memories of not so long ago choir performances at international spiritual choir ceremonies when 50 choirs from the country and the region were able to gather at this place in three days.
Vršac is a multiethnic, culturally and historically rich city, home to Sterija’s Theater Festival, the Cathedral of Saint Gerard, the Millennium Sports Center, the city park, a beautiful promenade, the city lake, the Vršac Hill, and the Vršac vineyards beneath the Tower.
A city of wind and wine.
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