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The Monastery of Ostrog

The great reverence for the saint and miraculous healer Saint Basil has made the Ostrog Monastery one of the most important and most famous shrines of Serbian people.

Lake Ohrid - crystal clear water

Republic of Macedonia's only asset included in UNESCO's World Heritage List is unusual in being a mixed property - having an outstanding universal value both as a beautiful natural reserve and as a masterpiece of human creativity

Vlad the Impaler Dracula

(Vlad III Drăculea, Vlad Țepeș 1431 - 1476) Without any doubt, the most famous Romanian of the Middle Ages is Vlad the Impaler. He was born in late 1431 in Sighisoara.

Naim Frashëri

(Naim Frashëri, 1846-1900) Naim Frashëri is considered one of the most important representatives of national revival literature in Albania (Rilindja kombëtare). He was born in the village of Frashër where he studied Arabic, Persian and Turkish language from the rural mullah and Bektas.