Nestled on the Danube, in the tranquil Vojvodina plains, Novi Sad has all the advantages of a baroque regional capital. Its location and configuration, its cultural riches, its monuments and its festivals, and above all an atmosphere made of serenity and euphoria all Balkan are the assets of a future tourist destination. The «New Sillon» has indeed developed a strong character beyond any link with the Serbian capital, close to it, and at the same time set its way by accumulating various tourist opportunities. At last, the region has unavoidable places: Natural reserve and orthodox monastery of Fruška Gora, castles and princely residences of the Dundjerski dynasty, the capitous wines of the Hungarian farms (Salaši), where it is good to get to the sound of the tambourines…A remarkable site on the Danube. Novi Sad's history is closely linked to the Danube. On the left bank, a major trade and river pole was developed. From the eighteenth century, the city is an important step on the Danube, between Central Europe and the Balkans: mining products are disposed of to transport grain from the region. Novi Sad thus became the economic capital of the immense cereal plain of Vojvodina. The twentieth century is an important industrial activity. And so Novi Sad is the second city of the country, with 300,000 inhabitants.The city of Serbian intelligence. Novi Sad is also the cradle of Serbian culture, which has developed there under Austro-Hungarian protection and thanks to character personalities. The Serbian Matrix, bringing together all the greatest men of Serbian language and thinkers, was created in 1826, followed by the first high school and Serbian library. In the nineteenth century, the city welcomes the entire Serbian intelligentsia, which shelters it after fleeing Ottoman yoke and often after studying at the major universities in Vienna, Budapest or Krakow. The strong personality of this city is felt by visiting the very central neighborhood of the cathedral, the library and the Serbian Matrix.A multi-ethnic city. The capital of Vojvodina is populated by many nationalities: Serbs, Hungarians, Montenegrins, Slovaks, Ruthns, Croats and Gypsies. The Montenegrins settled there mainly in 1946 because, having fled the violence of the war in Montenegro, they are prohibited from returning by decree from Tito. Closer to us, it should be noted that Croats continued to settle in this peaceful city, despite the context of war and the proximity of the fighting to Vukovar.This multi-ethnic character is really to be emphasized, because he explains that Novi Sad has never suffered from bellicose rhetoric or following the war trail. A testimony of this multiculturalism, an important symbol if it is, is respect for the languages of minorities. If you are going to flee from the Municipal Council Hall, you will read, on the left of the monumental entrance door, the name of the city and the Council in four languages, and two alphabets (Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak and Ruthenic), which are the official languages. A blessed legacy of titism, this equality between languages is visible in the media: today, the television newspaper is broadcast into four parts which respect minority languages. In villages where a minority represents 50% or more of the population, the minority language wins majority language in schools. This multi-ethnic identity has been revived by political projects in recent years. The issue is the historical autonomy of the province, which the 2006 Constitution has not fully restored, allocating only 7% of the national budget to the region.

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