In dieser Folge von Balkan Trip reisen wir in den Osten Serbiens, um die antiken Wunder entlang der Donau zu erkunden. Von der imposanten Festung Golubac bis zur prähistorischen Siedlung Lepenski Vir lüften wir die Geheimnisse einer Region, die von Geschichte und Legenden durchdrungen ist.
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00:00Welcome to Balkan Trip!
00:03Did you know that there is the oldest European city in Serbia, Lepenský Vir,
00:09dating from the period 6,000 to 5,500 BC.
00:14That there is the narrowest but deepest gorge in Europe right across Serbia on the Danube River,
00:21and that there is an incredible view of the Gjermany from the surrounding cliffs.
00:26So join me on this beautiful journey through Eastern Serbia.
00:39About 130 km east of Belgrade, there is a fortress,
00:43which you will recognize by the views of Serbia.
00:46It is the Golubac fortress, the place where the National Park of Gjerdap begins.
00:51It is not known who exactly built the Golubac fortress,
00:55but it is believed that it was built in the spirit of the Serbian fortifications of the 13th and 14th centuries.
01:01The Serbs, Hungarians and Turks constantly fought for it,
01:05so that it went from one ruler's hand to another.
01:08It was never conquered.
01:10And this is how it got its name.
01:12The story is about a Byzantine princess, Jelena,
01:15who was actually imprisoned in the highest tower of the fortress,
01:19that is Šeširkula, which is located at an altitude of 75 meters today.
01:23She was imprisoned there for the rest of her life.
01:26She was very sad.
01:28The story says that her only real friends were pigeons.
01:33At the end of her life, she said a sentence,
01:37which will remain here, because people start calling this place after that.
01:41She said that this beautiful city was her secret for the rest of her life.
01:45But one thing remains here, that she had a real friendship with pigeons.
01:51Today, the Golubac Fortress is part of the National Park of Djerda,
01:55based on the natural reserve of Golubac cities,
01:58which is rich in rare plant species and is located in the eastern part of Serbia.
02:02On this stream of the Danube, in these 100 kilometers,
02:05which passes through the National Park of Djerda,
02:08it is specific that here is the widest Danube,
02:11and in some parts the narrowest and deepest part of the Danube.
02:16Here you have more than 40 cultural, historical and archeological sites,
02:20which only shows the fact that in the last 10 millennia,
02:23the first modern civilizations have been here,
02:26so different times have intertwined.
02:30This region was once part of the great Roman Empire,
02:34where only a small part of the population lived.
02:38In the middle of the 19th century,
02:41This region was once part of the great Roman Empire,
02:45where only a small part of the population lived.
02:49And as a key evidence that the Romans were in these areas,
02:52is the Triangle Table.
02:54And the Triangle Table is actually the inscription
02:57carved into the rock above the Danube.
03:00In the National Park of Djerda, you can also see Decebal's Head,
03:04the largest carved sculpture in Europe, 40 meters high,
03:08which is located on the other side of the Danube.
03:11Decebal was the last king of the Dacians,
03:14who resisted Roman attacks for a long time,
03:17but Trajan still ruled him.
03:19When the Roman troops surrounded him in 106,
03:22he committed suicide.
03:24This was the end of the great campaign of Trajan against Dacia.
03:28Emperor Trajan, by the way,
03:30worked his way through the Danube,
03:33during the preparation of the war with the Dacians.
03:36The Dacians were on the other side of the Danube,
03:39in today's Romania.
03:41The main opponent of him and his army
03:44was Decebal, or Decebalus,
03:47the last king of the Dacians.
03:50Trajan and Decebal are still seen today,
03:53probably under the Dock and over the Danube.
04:01When you visit the Djerda gorge and the National Park of Djerda,
04:04take a break and try the fish soup,
04:07which is made from fresh fish,
04:09caught from the Danube.
04:11They say that every part of Serbia has its own recipe
04:14for preparing fish soup.
04:16We have prepared traditional Golubac soup
04:19with several types of fish.
04:21All fresh fish was caught yesterday.
04:24It is cooked on the trees,
04:26which we collect next to the Danube.
04:29The best on these trees are,
04:31for example, herring, mackerel, whatever.
04:34The smoke from these trees gives a soft taste.
04:38This is the real Alaska soup,
04:40which we learned to cook from our ancestors,
04:43the way they cooked it.
04:47I can't wait to try what we made today.
04:50You have to eat it!
04:55The unstoppable station
04:57next to the National Park of Djerda
04:59is the archeological site of Lepenski Vir.
05:02It has a population of 9,000.
05:05It is said to be the oldest city in Europe.
05:10Lepenski Vir is the oldest
05:12organized human settlement in Europe.
05:15It is the beginning of the settlement life in Europe.
05:18The Lepenskis left a lot of it for us.
05:21The Lepenskis, who lived here,
05:23started to inhabit this area more than 10,000 years ago.
05:28The oldest traces are marked around 9,500 years B.C.
05:37The highest level of development
05:39was reached around 6,300 years B.C.
05:42At that time, the way of building houses
05:45and their architecture were already perfected.
05:48Probably the most recognizable and significant representatives
05:52of the culture of Lepenski Vir are not people,
05:55they were very interesting.
05:57These are the famous sculptures,
05:59which represented the fishermen of divinity.
06:02In this way, we saw that the Lepenskis
06:05brought the adoration of water and fish
06:08to the level of divinity.
06:11Some of the weapons, clothes and figurines
06:14can be seen in the new exhibition of the museum.
06:21It seems that life here has long been connected
06:24to the river, as well as to the belief in deities,
06:27but also in creatures from the Danube.
06:29Some stories are still believed today.
06:32After 200 years,
06:34some say 200, some say 50,
06:36there is a carpenter,
06:38he works as a carpenter, as a fishmonger.
06:41Once, it was early, around 6 a.m.,
06:44I went to the shop.
06:46If the deceased was shouting from the other street,
06:50she would return from the shop.
06:52We met on this bridge.
06:54We were talking to each other.
06:57We heard something,
06:59a carpenter, a carpenter,
07:01but we didn't know what.
07:03Suddenly, above us,
07:05like a fire,
07:07we hit each other in the head,
07:10and it went over the river.
07:13When it went up the river,
07:16it went like a big fish.
07:23Whether you believe in myths and legends
07:26or stories about creatures from the Danube,
07:29you will agree that a visit to the east of Serbia
07:32is inevitable, if you are led to the Balkans.
07:35You watched the Balkan Trip.
07:37I believe that at least for a moment
07:39you went back in time,
07:41while we visited the National Park Djerda,
07:43where we saw the Golubac Fortress,
07:45the Triangle Table,
07:47but also the first permanent settlement
07:49in the area of Europe, the Lepenski Vir.
07:51See you soon!
07:53Welcome to the Balkans with Krzysztof
07:56Translation by Katarzyna Bidzińska