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ZLATIBOR

by andrea.d - last update: Mar 24, 2006

General Information

Zlatibor is a mountain in southwestern part of Serbia. It is named by the "golden pine trees" which are protected as a natural rarity.
There are a large number of cultural and historic monuments on the Zlatibor Mt. Among them the most interesting are: Sirogojno, an ethno-park and a museum of local building tradition, then a small church from the times of Nemanjic's Dynasty and three cabin churches. Other famous places of interest on the Zlatibor Mt. are Stopica Cave, the gorge of the Crni Rzav river and the Murtenica, a rain forest.
From August, 19th, 1893, Zlatibor is an official destination for vacation, convalescence and recreation. That day, Aleksandar Obrenovic, the King of Serbia, built a commemorative-fountain at the Kulasevac Spring and pointed out charms of the unpolluted and healing Zlatibor. Nowadays, Zlatibor is a modern tourist center, ready to entertain most demanding tourists.


Climate Factors

From the long time ago, Zlatibor is renown as a healthy area, with outstanding climate, geomedical and florist wealth. The geological composition of Zlatibor makes serpentine plateau, mostly widespread and best preserved massif of basic rocks in the Alpes system. Number of sunny hours is 1827,7 at average and maximum 2002,6. Dry air with small number of microorganisms, are a real blessing for everybody who decides to spend time in this mountain.

Health Aspects

Stay at this mountain is beneficial for psychophysically exhausted persons (so called manager disease). Stay at this mountain accelerates treatment of the patients with the following diseases:

thyroid gland,
respiratory organs,
blood and blood-making organs



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Comments for andrea.d about Zlatibor
McCoq Wed Aug 3, 2005 07:46 UTC
 Very nice, it convinces me even more to go there in some weeks....
msforbes Mon Jun 6, 2005 21:57 UTC
 Sounds nice.......... anymore info coming?
Karolina01 Wed Sep 8, 2004 15:55 UTC
 Zlatibore, Zlatibore, shiri svoja krila... dali se sechas te pesme o Zlatuboru?
Fen Mon May 24, 2004 21:30 UTC
 Looks like a nice place to visit anytime of the Year. Would like to go there someday. ;-) Nice Photo.
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