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Programme SymposiumFriday, November 14, 2025
The Symposium starts in an auditorium of the University of Niš with an official opening session, followed by two main sessions. The separate elements are contributions (lectures) of about 20 minutes by speakers. Between those are short interventions for clarification, questions, and answers. At the end of the morning and afternoon session, there will be a general discussion about all presented knowledge and opinions, with room for different views and -especially- for recommendations.
Opening session
Welcome by the Board of the Sultans Trail and opening by the Dean of the Faculty for Philosophy of the University of Niš.
Art, culture and history in the region of the Sultans trail and South-Eastern Europe
Contributions about:
– “Cultural Heritage”: discovery, regeneration and preservation
– Architect Sinan and the Imperial Road
– St George, fighting dragons or religious syncretism ?
– Along the present Trail, special cultural groups
– Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Ottoman Empire
– 15-th Century roads to go from Belgrade to Constantinople
Tourism, slow and fast, surpassing pleasure ?
Contributions about:
– The Sultans Trail, a European Route
– Tourism policies at the national level: the case of Serbia
– Tourism, Culture, and Peace
– The Transformative power of Trails
– The Walk of Peace; Slovenia and Italy
Saturday, November 15, 2025
– Sessions with presentations of several routes and trails.
– Comparison of experiences, lessons learned and shared challenges
– The need for European policies to promote trails
– New ideas for connecting Trails
– Conclusion and Recommendations
Speakers are coming from Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Austria, Rumania, Slovenia, and the Netherlands
Sign up for free: send an email to [email protected] or via the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeN3laQjrZPaDmW6dPcwSOvzseW56sfdXCEHqPeDKT0u9Tl6A/viewform
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
University of Niš, Niš, Nis, Yugoslavia
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
