Belgrade/Beograd city tour by bus(EN ) Belgrade (Serbian: ???????, Beograd ) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan Peninsula. Likewise, the city is placed along the pan-European corridors X and VII. With a population of 1,630,000 (official estimate 2007), Belgrade is the largest city in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and the third largest in Southeastern Europe, after Istanbul and Athens. One of the oldest cities in Europe, with archeological finds tracing settlements as early as the 6th millennium BC, Belgrade's wider city area was the birthplace of the largest prehistoric culture of Europe, the Vinca culture. First mentioned by the Greek sources, a settlement on today's location was founded in 3rd century BC by the Celts who named it the White City, which it still bears. It was awarded city rights by the Roman before it was permanently settled by White Serbs from the 600s onwards. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed to the ground 44 times since the ancient period by countless armies of the East and West. In medieval times, it was in the possession of Byzantine, Frankish, Bulgarian, Hungarian and Serbian rulers. In 1521 Belgrade was conquered by the Ottomans and became the seat of the Pashaluk of Belgrade, as the principal city of Ottoman Europe and among the largest European cities. Frequently passing from Ottoman to Austrian rule, the status of Serbian capital would be regained only in 1841, after the Serbian revolution. Northern Belgrade, though, remained an Austrian outpost until the breakup of Austria-Hungary in 1918. The united city then became the capital of several incarnations of Yugoslavia, up to 2006, when Serbia became an independent state again. Belgrade has the status of a separate territorial unit in Serbia, with its own autonomous city government. Its territory is divided into 17 municipalities, each having its own local council. It covers 3.6% of the territory of Serbia, and 24% of the country's population lives in the city. Belgrade is the central economic hub of Serbia, and the capital of Serbian culture, education and science. (FR) Belgrade (en serbe cyrillique ??????? et en alphabet latin Beograd) est la capitale et la plus grande ville de Serbie. Selon le recensement de 2002, la ville proprement dite comptait 1 281 801 habitants et, avec le district dont elle est le centre, 1 576 124 habitants1. En 2008, la population de la ville était estimée à 1 104 240 habitants. Belgrade est lune des plus anciennes cités dEurope, avec une histoire qui sétend sur plus de 7 000 ans. Les premières traces de présence humaine dans la région remontent à la Préhistoire (culture de Vinca). Historiquement, Belgrade est lantique cité de Singidunum, colonie romaine située dans la province de Mésie. Le nom slave Beograd a été officiellement formulé pour la première fois le 16 avril 878, dans une épître envoyée par le pape Jean VIII au prince Boris de Bulgarie. Il a pour signification la « ville blanche ». Au fil de son histoire mouvementée, Belgrade a été conquise par 40 armées : elle a été romaine, byzantine, hongroise, ottomane puis capitale de la Serbie réellement indépendante en 1878. Aujourd'hui Belgrade dispose d'un statut qui la dote d'une assemblée et d'un gouvernement particuliers, à l'instar des districts de Serbie3. Son aire urbaine, appelée district de Belgrade, est divisée en 17 municipalités qui possèdent toutes leur propre conseil local4. Le district de Belgrade couvre ainsi 3,6 % du territoire de la Serbie et abrite 21 % de la population du pays (hors Kosovo)5. Belgrade est le centre économique de la Serbie, mais aussi la capitale de la culture serbe, de l'éducation et des sciences. (wikipedia) VALPARD FILMS http://valpardfilms.awardspace.com code pour embarquer la vidéo : >>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/fS1h2veIV9U <<< |