Snezana Milikic Nikolić
As an important part of the history of Serbia, the Danube, the grandiose monument of nature was and remains the point of attachment and separation of state and nation There is a river that better than the Danube reflects the diversity, complexity, and the beauty of Serbia. The Danube has always been an important part of the history of the area. The second largest river in Europe, he did many centuries natural border between Serbia and Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was symbolically dividing the East and the West.
Today, the river connects much more than what separates people. She runs through ten countries, a fortress and its fortifications on the coast remained from the past as well as modern cities, and make it the most popular European river for tourist cruises. In Serbia, sailing through the valley of the Danube, you will see the remains of seven fortresses and pass by some of the most beautiful cities of the country. Dunav is created by merging smaller rivers Breg and Brigaha on the mountain Black Forest in Germany and flows into the Black Sea on Romanian territory. Part of the navigable channel Rhine-Main-Danube. Running through Serbia from the Croatian border and Hungary to the border with Romania and Bulgaria, a length of 588 kilometers. Navigable throughout its course through Serbia and flows through the two largest urban tourist center of the country – Belgrade and Novi Sad.
