Shargan Eight - Drvengrad
Description:
Drvengrad – Mechavnik – Mokra Gora: an ethno-village built by director Emir Kusturica for the filming of Life as a Miracle (2004); built on the slope of Mokra Gora mountain in Zlatibor district, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina; where the local narrow gauge railway station once connected Belgrade and Sarajevo is located.
In Drvengrad there are: cinema; art gallery; library; sports hall; restaurant; confectionery, souvenir shop, wooden church of St. Sava.
Village streets: Nikola Tesla, Ivo Andrić, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky street ... There is also Nikita Mikhalkov Square.
The doors of the local prison depict George W. Bush and Javier Solana.
There are old cars on the streets that the director used to shoot his films.
Since 2008, the International Film and Music Festival Kustendorf has been held in Drvengrad.
Shargan – Mokra Gora: Shargan Eight is an attraction for tourists; a unique historical narrow-gauge railway that runs along steep cliffs with rises of up to 300 m, forming an unusual junction in the shape of an eight; construction of the railway began in 1916 as part of a large project to connect Bosnia (Sarajevo) with Serbia (Belgrade); commissioned in 1925, and decommissioned in 1974. In 1998, restoration work began from Vitasi station to Mokra Gora station.
The price includes:
- Services of a licensed Russian speaking guide,
- A vehicle.
Comes to: Individual , By car
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