This document proposes a student exchange project called "Transromanica - World Heritage in Young Hands" that would educate students about cultural heritage sites in Southeast Europe designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites. The project would involve forming student teams from schools in the region that would visit notable Romanesque-era sites connected by the Transromanica cultural route, which extends from Germany to Serbia. Students would learn about the sites and cultures through workshops, presentations, and sharing experiences. They would also promote the importance of preserving natural and cultural heritage. The proposal suggests organizing subsequent "UNESCO Caravans" where student teams from multiple countries could visit each other's World Heritage sites to learn about different cultures and foster tolerance.

2. Andrea Stojanović
Jovana Kašović
Prof. Vladimir Majstorović
• Tourism and catering High School
Čačak

3. ’’Transromanika – World Heritage in
Young Hands’’
Authors:
Jovana Kašović
Andrea Stojanović
Vladimir Majstorović, professor

4. Why “Transromanica“ and what is the topic of this project?
Transromanica is a cultural route which connects European heritage of the Romanesque period. It is the European cultural
and tourist route which joins the monuments in Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Slovenia, and since 2007 the ones in
Serbia, as well. The Council of Europe included “Transromanica” into the programme “Major European Cultural
Routes”, since it links and promotes the shared heritage of Europe.

5. The first Romanesque influences of the West in Serbia come from the southern Italy,
over the Mediterranean, and are primarily reflected in architecture and sculpture. On
the cultural route of “Transromanica”, you can see the best preserved churches and
monasteries of Raška School, which are concealed gems of the Romanesque
influence in Serbia.
’’Transromanika –
World Heritage in
Young Hands’’

6. Serbian Medieval art is unique because it unites the influence and the elements of the Western
European art to the ones on the East – Byzantium. This innovative synthesis appeared as a result of the
distinctive position of Serbia, which is situated on the very crossroads between the East and the West.
WEST - Podsreda Castle in Slovenia
EAST - Hagia Sophia, Instanbul

7. Жича
Градац
One example of the influence is also noticeable throughout the
paths of Transromanica which comprise an integral part of the
cultural tourist route.
Студеница
 Ђурђеви ступовиСопоћани 

8. Жича
Градац
Traveling from Belgrade about 180 km to the south, you come to the
valley of the Ibar river.
Студеница
 Ђурђеви ступовиСопоћани 
UNESCO
Caravan

9. Through the valley of the Ibar river...

10. We reach the first monastery of this cultural tourist route – Žiča. The Žiča Monastery with the Church of the Savoir (Ascension of
Christ) is in Central Serbia was commissioned by Stefan the First Crowned and Sava. It was built in1220. The Romanesque influence
was reflected in the decoration of the portal and windows of this edifice as well as in the characteristic friezes of blind arcades.
UNESCO

11. Studenica Monastery compound the most important and best know is the church devoted to the Mother of God - Church of our Lady,
which is a crypt of Stefan Nemanja. It was built in the period between 1183-1196/7.
UNESCO

12. Студеница – fresco of the Birth of Christ crucifixion of Christ
The Romanesque decoration of St. Marry's church in Studenica represents one of the richest
programmatic and stylistic creations in the Serbian Medieval art.
UNESCO placed Studenica on the List of the World Cultural Heritage, in 1986.

13. The Gradac Monastery is loacted on the woody slopes of Golija Mount. The year of its foundation were in the last quarter of XIII
century. It is the endowment of the Queen Helen d'Anjou, wife of Serbian King Uroš I.
The synthesis of the Byzantine and Romanesque elements rank the church among the monuments belonging to the Raška School.
UNESCO

14. Sopocani monastery is situated near the source of the River Raška. The Monastery with the church devoted to Trinity, it is the
endowment of King Uroš I. It was built in the second half of 13th century.
UNESCO

15. because of exceptional spiritual, cultural and artistic value was included by UNESCO, in 1979 in the List of the World Cultural
Heritage.
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16. Dormition of the Holy Virgin - Успење пресвете Богородице, Сопоћани
Greatest artistic achievement and value is the internal decoration – frescoes, as one of the
most exquisite painting masterpieces of the European art of 13th century

17. Фреска, Исус Христ
The thing that fresco-painters of Sopoćani managed to achieve in linearity and colour
can only be seen in Italian Renaissance as well.
Фреска, Свети Јован

18. The Monastery Đurđevi Stupovi is located near Sopoćani. It was built at the beegining of the 12 st. Romanesque style are two domes
included in the plan of the church, situated in the west, to the left and right from the narthex. UNESCO included the Djurdjevi Stupovi
in the World Art Heritage.
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19. Жича
Градац
From this part of Serbia we take you to Čačak, where our school is
located.
Студеница
 Ђурђеви ступовиСопоћани 
UNESCO
Caravan
ČAČAK

20. UNESCO
Čačak is one of the biggest towns in Central Serbia with around 72.000 citizens.

21. Right here in Čačak you can find one of the most modern schools in Serbia. This is where we study and learn.

22. We decorate the schoolyard…

23. ...plant the flowers

24. ...organize presentations and workshops.

25. - The goal of the project ‘’Transromanica – World heritage in the hands of the young“ is to present
the importance of the natural and cultural heritage to the young, the heritage which is under the
UNESCO protection, then to convey the awareness to the young of the necessity of preserving the
natural and cultural heritage by traveling through remarkable landscape of Serbia and other
countries.
- It is planned that the project educates the students of the south-eastern Europe schools, which
would practically create the groups of the students who are educated in the field of the World
heritage and development, that is, schools’ teams, whose members would be an example to their
surroundings and peers in the respective schools by acting positively.
-The particular goal of the project is to raise the level of education of the young students and to
create the conditions for mass education of the citizens, by forming teams of peer tutors.
- The participants from countries in the region would have the opportunity to get acquainted with the
variety of cultures and nations, to promote tolerance, to organize thematic workshops, knowledge
quizzes and to share their experience with the peers within the peer education in the countries of
the region.
-Used methods
-The project would include different methods and activities: visual, informative method, research,
demonstrations, contacts, experience, debates, then video presentations, making photos, artworks,
workshops based on the given topic, knowledge quizzes.
The goals and objectives of our proposal of cooperation refer to:

26. Afterwards, we would organize a picnic to Ovčar and Kablar's gorge, the protected natural area of the first category for
which many say it is the most spectacular landscape of Serbia.

27. ...with the worlds' unique meanders of West Morava River

28. ...and diverse flora and fauna

29. ...river and lake Međuvršje

30. Proposed possibilities for the cooperation with the other participant countries
Our suggestion is to organize „UNESCO CARAVAN“ in a cooperation with the teams of the participant
countries of the eastern Europe that wish to be involved in this project. The UNESCO caravan, which would
consist of the several countries’ teams (with a few greatest students and two professors), would include the
visits of the sites on the UNESCO list of the countries in this region, divided into several stages.
UNESCO Caravan, who would we called ‘’Transromanika’’, will linked cultural heritage from this period on-
route between Slovenia and Serbia, because on the territory of these countries there are mentioned facilities.
Furthermore on this route we visited the other world heritage sites on the territory of other countries we are
going through.
The second stage would consist of the visit of the other countries that would like to be involved in this type of
organization, and so on. The project would involve a visit of similar sites on the UNESCO list, which are
located in the other European countries of the region. We would create teams of students that would be in
charge of the communication and information exchange. Likewise, on the school website we would create a
page that would contain the students’ essays about their own impressions of the journey which would
promote the development, world heritage, peace and tolerance.
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CARAVAN
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Jointly for our common future