KOSOVO ~ Ulpiana - Novoberda ~

My second card coming from Kosovo...one of Europe's 10 smallest countries and most unknown region of the Balkans...Thanks a lot Ruedi!

© Gagica&Editor OrGIS Kosovo a is land-locked and mostly mountainous country. It borders Serbia to the north and east, Montenegro to the northwest, Albania to the west, and Macedonia to the south with capital Prishtina. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 which makes it the youngest country in the world.

Ulpiana City is believed to have been founded at the beginning of the second century BC, and it has flourished during the third and fourth century. It is supposed that it covered an area of more than 1000 km and it was located close to the rich mining. Historians believe that natural resources were the reason why this area got conquered by Romans, and remained under their invasion for centuries. Nowadays its ruins can be visited in the territory of Prishtina.

Novoberda was one of the biggest cities in Balkans and had a great importance. It was regarded as one of the richest cities in Balkans because of its natural resources, and  was often called as “the city of silver and gold”. The castle was built on top of a dead volcano crater, whose ruins can still be noticed these days.

Stamp:

Cultural Heritage - Bazaars
(Issued 06-12-2010)

KOSOVO~Lake Brezna and birds from Sharr moutains ~

... Fantastic start of the week... again a new country, one of the former Yugoslavia...wonderful nature view... Thanks a lot Sini!!


With pretty stamps too:
Monumental Art (Issued 06-11-2007)
National Parks (Issued 03-05-2012)

Sharr Mountains is a mountain range in the Balkans that extends from Kosovo and the northwest of the Republic of Macedonia, to northeastern Albania. The current Kosovo Sharr National Park was established in 1986. The entire Sharr Massif is one of the largest and highest mountain ranges of the Balkan Peninsula, stretching between the Prizren valley and the Polog valley in the border areas of Kosovo and Macedonia.  The Sharr Mountains are rich in biodiversity and beauty.

Brezne is a small village in the municipality of Dragash, within Sharri Mountains in southern Kosovo. The Lake of Brezna is  located beside the village, which got its name by the village.

The Republic of Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008 and over the following days, a number of states announced their recognition, despite protests by Russia and others in the UN. As of 29 June 2013, 103 UN states recognise the independence of Kosovo and it has become a member country of the IMF and World Bank as the Republic of Kosovo.