Petrova Gora, more of Gvozd, and gravel roads galore
June 10, 2009
There is a small mountain with a huge silver building on top of it that you can see from Gvozd. (If you look back and some of my pictures, you might be able to see it.) We had wanted to go explore it since we got to Gvozd, so today Adelita and Predrag took us there. It was about a 30 minute drive up the winding mountain in a bus - it was a little freaky, especially when I looked out the window and it just dropped straight down!
During World War 2, Petrova Gora was the location of the Partisan resistance movement's central military hospital which consisted of a system of underground chambers and log cabins scattered throughout the mountain range. Even while the country was under German occupation, the hospital was never discovered by the occupying forces and remained in operation until May 1945. Starting in 1940, the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, from makeshift underground printing rooms on the mountain, started printing Vjesnik, a daily newspaper that is still being printed daily in Croatia. Petrova Gora is a memorial site/monument dedicated to the Partisans and what they did during Yugoslavia's resistance in World War 2. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrova_Gora)
However, during the Homeland war, the monument was destroyed. Surprisingly, Petrova Gora is almost a tourist attraction - while we were there, there were probably a handful of other people there exploring, too. I really think it's a shame this amazing building was wrecked and was left almost completely barren on the inside. There's almost nothing left.
Anyway, we decided to climb to the top of the monument. The inside is mostly still intact, but there were places that were completely pitch black, so we had to bring our flashlights with us!
Looking down the staircase - It reminded me of Dr. Seuss, but without all the colors!
Once we got to the top, there was an amazing view!
This is Gvozd from the top of the Petrova Gora monument
It was super windy up there!
All the girls and Pega!
When we left the monument, we continued down the mountain, which has a lot more interesting things to offer. Another thing we got to see was this monastery, which is thousands of years old.
After our excursion, we stopped for a Coke at this restaurant.
After we got back from our day trip, we took a walk around Gvozd and took some pictures.
The Post Office
The Photo Booth
The Police Station
An apartment building
The main street
There is a farmers market here every week, and if you look hard enough at the top
of that mountain, you can see Petrova Gora!
This was our favorite house in Gvozd! The woman who lived her always gave us buckets of fresh strawberries. She was so sweet!
Also, earlier that day (and the next) we worked on the gravel road. Jamie, Marie, Marcy, and I all worked on it. It was quite a project! This road was parallel to the road that led to the Japanese house. The road we worked on was used by people who lived beyond the Japanese house. There weren't many people, I think we only saw about two of them the entire time we were there!
There is a small mountain with a huge silver building on top of it that you can see from Gvozd. (If you look back and some of my pictures, you might be able to see it.) We had wanted to go explore it since we got to Gvozd, so today Adelita and Predrag took us there. It was about a 30 minute drive up the winding mountain in a bus - it was a little freaky, especially when I looked out the window and it just dropped straight down!
During World War 2, Petrova Gora was the location of the Partisan resistance movement's central military hospital which consisted of a system of underground chambers and log cabins scattered throughout the mountain range. Even while the country was under German occupation, the hospital was never discovered by the occupying forces and remained in operation until May 1945. Starting in 1940, the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, from makeshift underground printing rooms on the mountain, started printing Vjesnik, a daily newspaper that is still being printed daily in Croatia. Petrova Gora is a memorial site/monument dedicated to the Partisans and what they did during Yugoslavia's resistance in World War 2. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrova_Gora)
However, during the Homeland war, the monument was destroyed. Surprisingly, Petrova Gora is almost a tourist attraction - while we were there, there were probably a handful of other people there exploring, too. I really think it's a shame this amazing building was wrecked and was left almost completely barren on the inside. There's almost nothing left.
Anyway, we decided to climb to the top of the monument. The inside is mostly still intact, but there were places that were completely pitch black, so we had to bring our flashlights with us!
When we left the monument, we continued down the mountain, which has a lot more interesting things to offer. Another thing we got to see was this monastery, which is thousands of years old.
After our excursion, we stopped for a Coke at this restaurant.
After we got back from our day trip, we took a walk around Gvozd and took some pictures.
of that mountain, you can see Petrova Gora!
Also, earlier that day (and the next) we worked on the gravel road. Jamie, Marie, Marcy, and I all worked on it. It was quite a project! This road was parallel to the road that led to the Japanese house. The road we worked on was used by people who lived beyond the Japanese house. There weren't many people, I think we only saw about two of them the entire time we were there!
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11:26 AM
2 Comments:
I love the beautiful blue skies! Love all the photos too :-) mom
cool pics
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