| Balkan Highlights From Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, & Slovenia |
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| Bucharest's Palace of Parliament, arguably the most evil building in Romania and our entire planet. This was to be the palace of Nicolae Ceausecu, Romania's Communist dictator, who was overthrown and executed in a bloody 1989 revolution. Ceausecu may be gone, but this structure remains, second only to the Pentagon in size. A gigantic challenge to photograph. |
| Bulgaria's Rila Monastery, a thousand year old World Heritage Site, is the country's greatest, revered holy shrine of the Orthodox Church. Its fresco paintings are among the most vivid and clolorful I've ever seen and been able to photograph in the entire Christian world. Above is Jesus. |
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| The former Yugoslavia was torn apart by civil wars in the first half of the 1990s. Many new countries emerged after the shooting stopped. Suffering and destruction were greatest in Bosnia, whose proper name is Bosnia and Hercegovina. Sarajevo, the capital, was under a long and bloody siege. This picture is one of recovery from Mostar, whose legendary 16th century Old Bridge was destroyed and then rebuilt. |
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| Romania |
| Bulgaria |
| Belgrade, Serbia |
| Croatia |
| Bosnia and Hercegovina |
| Slovenia |
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| If you have a high speed internet connection, watch the Intrepid Berkeley Explorer's free video of this trip, "Draculas Neighborhood", by clicking on AdventurePics.com . |
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