DMWC presents: The Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Mrs. Dusanka Divjac-Tomic: The Road of the Roman Imperators

The DMWC (Dobrodojde Macedonia Welcome Center) this morning hosted an event (at TCC Grand Plaza Hotel) with the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Mrs. Dusanka Divjak-Tomic.

With the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. Mrs. Dusanka Divjac-Tomic

lots of great materials about travel to Serbia

traditional Serbian costume

THESE: I was so excited to see the dried plums wrapped in bacon (you saw these also on my posts from the lunch in Bitola -- YUM)

I very much enjoyed the film about the Roman sites in Serbia

the president of the Dobrodojde Macedonia Welcome Center --Emilija Milandinova Avramcheva - introduces the Ambassador

the Ambassador speaks about the Roman sites and introduces the film

thank you to the Serbian Embassy for these delicious treats

from the DMWC facebook post

some of the materials about travel to Serbia

The Ambassador's presentation - The Road of the Roman Imperators - included a film that highlighted the archeological finds in 5 Roman towns in present-day Serbia.  (Did you know that

18 Roman Emperors were born and/or lived in present-day Serbia?)  The setting was not conducive to taking notes, but here are a few highlights:

Sirmium

     (5 Roman Emperors were born here. Was the temporary seat of Constantine the Great. Constantine minted coins here - and royal gold coins were excavated on the site. This was an important site during early Christianity. Many martyrs were from Sirmium)

Singidunum

     (here we saw beautiful Roman jewelry, including beautiful intaglio cameos, as well as special ceramic pottery)

Viminacium

     (here was saw some beautiful frescoes)

Naissus

     (this is where Constantine was born and lived, before moving to Britannia. After desolation by the Huns, the town was forgotten in the Middle Ages. And more beautiful mosaics!)

Iustinia Prima

I very much enjoyed the film, traveling back in the 3rd and 4th century, and learning about recent archeological discoveries in Serbia (and the pictures of the mosaics, the frescoes, the coins, the jewelry, and the ruins...)

The website of the Republic of Serbia in Macedonia:

http://skopje.mfa.gov.rs/index.php

More about the Ambassador, H.E. Mrs. Dusanka Divjac-Tomic

http://skopje.mfa.gov.rs/cir/ambassadortext

Here is the DMWC facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/MacedoniaWelcome/?pnref=story

The TCC Grand Plaza Hotel:  http://tccgrandplaza.com/