The document summarizes the 1700th anniversary celebration of the Edict of Milan held in Viminacium, Serbia. President Tomislav Nikolic opened an exhibition on Constantine the Great and the Edict of Milan. The celebration also included performances of the opera Aida in the reconstructed Roman amphitheater of Viminacium. The landscape surrounding Viminacium contains natural, cultural, and historical factors, including agricultural lands, rivers, the archaeological park, and remains from Roman, medieval, and early mining periods.

1. 1700 YEARS OF THE EDICT OF
MILAN:
THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION IN
VIMINACIVUM
Olivera Ilić PhD
Institute of Archaeology
Belgrade, Serbia

2. Fig. 1
Viminacium - Domus Scientiarum

3. Fig. 2
• President Tomislav Nikolic opened the exhibition Constantine the Great and
the Edict of Milan.

4. Fig. 3
At the exhibition: President Tomislav Nikolić and his wife, Miomir
Korać, director of Archaeological Park Viminacium and Bojana Borić-
Brešković, director of National Museum in Belgrade.

5. Fig. 4
• Visitors in the atrium of Domus Scientiarum.

6. Fig. 5
• President Tomislav Nikolic, Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic
ministers in the Serbian government and the diplomatic corps .

7. Fig. 6
• Representative of the Catholic Church.

8. Fig. 7
• Silver dishes and
spoons with
Christian features.

9. Fig. 8
• Roman imperial coins.

10. Fig. 9
Luxuriously decorated helmets encrusted with gold foil from
Berkasovo in the province of Vojvodina.

11. Fig. 10
Junior visitors of the exibition.

12. Fig. 11
• Senior visitors of the exibition .

13. Fig. 12
• Opera Aida performed in the reconstructed Roman amphitheatre of
Viminacium.

14. Fig. 13
• Scene of the opera Aida.

15. Fig. 14
• Scene of the opera Aida.

16. Fig. 15
• Reconstructed Roman amphitheatre.

17. Fig. 16
• Roman amphitheatre before reconstruction.

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• Natural, civilisational, cultural
and historical factors of the
landscape.
• a. Open pit “Drmno“.
• b. Buildings in the
Archaeological park of
Viminacium and the open pit
“Drmno”.
• c. Archaeological park of
Viminacium, the power plant
“Kostolac B”, the rivers Mlava
and Danube and the village of
Stari Kostolac.
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19. Fig. 18
• Natural factors of the
landscape
• а. Agricultural lands of the village
of Stari Kostolac.
• b. The River Mlava in the village of
Stari Kostolac.
• c. Agricultural lands of the village
of Stari Kostolac.
• d. The Sand Martin, protected
species of the area.
• e. Sunflower fields in the village of
Stari Kostolac.
• f. The River Danube near Kostolac.
• g. Goats in the fields of the villages
surrounding Viminacium.
• h. A view from the hill above the
village of Stari Kostolac.
• i. A plateau on the hill above the
village of Stari Kostolac.
•

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• Cultural and historical
factors of the landscape.
• b. Viminacium amphitheatre.
• c. Detail of a fresco from the 4th
century found in a tomb in
Viminacium.
• d. Archaeological research of
medieval Braničevo.
• e. Main administrative building
of the old mine in the village of
Stari Kostolac.
• f. Entrance to the old mine in
the village of Stari Kostolac.
• g. Family villa of the river
captain. on the hill above the
village of Stari Kostolac.
• h. The church from 1924, on the
hill above the village of Stari
Kostolac.