Tag: Branislav Cvetković

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Among well preserved buildings of old Jagodina, the house in Kn. Milice Street No. 6 attracts special attention because it stands out with its façade that is both modernist and romantic being dominated by a balcony resembling a ship’s bow. This…

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Collection of Old and Rare Books of our museum, being inexhaustible in wealth of data, also keeps edition of one of the most popular adventure novels, the three-volume Count of Monte Cristo, by the famous French writer Alexandre Dumas the…

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor The “memory culture”, although used as a scholarly term only in modern period, denotes old practices of maintaining various types of commemoration of past in order to set collective identity. This complex, specific processing of historical heritage is closely related…

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Protection of cultural heritage, although regulated by laws and decrees often does not reach necessary scope. There are many reasons, from non-compliance with law and widespread vandalism to that a large number of monuments have not been listed. The weather…

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor Curses, witchcraft, spell casting, and fortune telling are ancient forms of superstition that has always been present across the planet and in all world cultures and religions. It is found both in Old Testament (God curses snake) and in New…

By: Branislav Cvetković, museum advisor These days, it has been 45 years since the death of a prominent Serbian journalist, writer, and historiographer Svetislav Šumarević, whose portrait, the work of the Slovenian sculptor Lojze Dolinar, adorns the permanent exhibition of our Museum. Šumarević was born…