Serbian cultural identity has come down as the mixture of the eastern and the western cultural models. Eleven centuries of the Byzantine Empire significantly influenced the history of the human civilization and also the Serbian Medieval Spirituality, Art and Statehood. This influence is evidenced in the cultural inheritance of the Eastern spirit - the Orthodox Christianity, Byzantine style of architecture, Medieval Monasteries, Cyrillic alphabet, and the multiple-centuries of the Ottoman rule in the Balkan region /several thousands words in the Serbian language come from the Turkish, and the majority of Serbian traditional dishes comprise the modified oriental specialties/.

The history of peoples on the Serbian soil has been turbulent from the start and has left countless traces and landmarks that shaped it. Lepenski Vir in Djerdap Gorge on the Danube River had permanent settlements as early as the 6th millenium B.C. Neolithic archeological sites have been known as the cultures of Starčevo and Vinča. There is unbroken continuity here: Sarmatians, Ants, Iazyges, Roxolans, Illiryans, Tracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines... In Gomolava archaeological site, on the bank of the Sava River (Srem county in Vojvodina), there is evidence of the continuity of cultures, from about 5000 years BC till the 16th century. Most important are antiquities from the town of Sirmium, nowadays Sremska Mitrovica. The Cultures of the East and West meet in ruins from the Middle Ages. Abundance of ore deposits in the Ibar River Valley and around present day Raske - the seat of the Serbian Medieval State, first of all of lead, zinc, iron and copper makes this area appropriate for the analysis and suitable geomorphologic potential for emergence of strong economic activities in the past. The Serbian Orthodox monasteries (12th - 18th century) keep rare examples of fine and applied arts, precious handwritten and printed books remaining from the Middle Ages. The rise of the Nemanjić state is echoed in the flourishing of culture. Cultural heritage is often linked to feelings of pride or responsibility for preserving the history or ancient values and traditions it represents. Biographies of the Serbian Medieval rulers mark the beginning of the original Serbian literature. Serbian national heritage - temples adorned with fresco paintings and icons are triumph of engineering and arts from the period of the Serbian Medieval state. List of immovable cultural sites of Serbia make 2109 monuments of culture, 72 spatial cultural-historical compounds, 167 archaeological sites and 71 landmarks.

Panacomp Wonderland Travel tours particularly emphasize on the art and culture, a change of mind and heart, variety of academic programs and special events including guest speakers, concerts, seminars and conferences...

The Cultural Treasure of Serbia - Tourist Organization of Serbia

Pilgrimage, worship, an interest in history and culture, touring a region - these are all reasons why of all cultural sites, the religious ones are the most visited. The aim of these pages is to help you explore sites within Serbia with an extraordinary architectural and artistic heritage and find places for retreats, justifying the new world's perspective upon the heritage and the identity.

  ...."As well as the combination of ancient and Slav components analogous to the Roman and Germanic ingredients of Western Europe's development and integration, the Serbs possessed similar cultural and intellectual traits in the development of their group consciousness that kept the group together and provided its identity and longevity".  "The Serbs" - Sima M. Cirkovic