A SUVOBOR VILLAGE PASSED BY THE »BENEFITS« OF CIVILISATION

Koštunici is the first and only environmental village in Serbia. Civilisation has not come near the natural environment of this Suvobor area and everything is clean like it was when it was made. Koštunici have several plants (for the making of the natural plum brandy, apple vinegar, chips and cottage industry similar to that in Sirogojno) have been built and their technology is based on the tradition of people from Suvobor villages. People and nature have done their best to ensure that there is a lot to be seen here. There are several streams from which one can drink water, a lot of clearings in the woods and pasture grounds with shepherd's cottages, Mokra Pecina (Wet Cave) on Ravna Gora with its stalactites and stalagmites, vantage point in the forest and its fauna... In the past five years, people have done a lot to keep tourists in Koštunici. There is a folklore_house with weavers, knitters and embroiderers, whose handicrafts are already being exported. There is also the Prodanovica magaza (Prodanovic's shop), which is more than 120 years old, a_museum_of_folklore, permanent exhibition of painter Boža Prodanovic, a 12-sq-meter relief marking the site of the battle of Kolubara, the room of Duke Živojin Mišic. The Ravna Gora restaurant has recently been opened and its interior looks is full of objects from the previous two centuries. Surrounded by old Serbian cottages, whose number is increasing (there is to be about twenty of them), the Milica and Pannayotis Serbian-Greek Friendship House, or more precisely a hotel for businessmen and tourists with 120 beds, a 200-seat conference room, sauna, swimming pools, open-air and closed-door sports grounds, will open its doors to visitors on St Vitus's Day next year.

MT SUVOBOR - RAVNA GORA

Mt Suvobor is situated in the northwest of the Gornji Milanovac municipality. Unlike Mt Rudnik, which is considered to be a gentle mountain, Mt Suvobor's attraction is its wild beauty. Ravna Gora is a wide plateau on Mt Suvobor, which abounds in beech woods and pasture grounds. On the plateau, one can visit the monument to General Draža Mihailovic, the Church of St George, mountain house and the Babina Glava vantage point. The southern side of the plateau offers a spectacular view of part of Serbia and eastern Bosnia. The source of three streams – Mala Bukovaca, Grab and Ponor – and two caves – Suva Pecina (Dry Cave) and Mokra Pecina (Wet Cave) are also situated on Ravna Gora. Mt Suvobor and Ravna Gora are famous historical places – the former is known for the World War I Battle of Kolubara and the latter for the World War II Ravna Gora Movement of General Draža Mihailovic.