Jovan Cvijić
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Jovan Cvijić was a Serbian geographer, ethnologist, university professor and academic.
Photograph by Milan Jovanović (1911)
Cvijić as a young man
House of Jovan Cvijić in Belgrade, street view
Portrait of Cvijić by Uroš Predić
Balkans
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The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the B
Jovan Cvijić
…exploration of this phenomenon, eventually establishing the Serbian ethnological-historic school which gathered ethnological material from all around the Balkan peninsula and encompassed exploration of written sources. The sparking of interest in human-geographical and ethnographical research was one of the greatest…
View toward Rila, the highest mountain range of the Balkans and Southeast Europe (2,925 m)
Sutjeska National Park contains Perućica, which is the largest primeval forest in the Balkans, and one of the last remaining in Europe
Lake Skadar is the largest lake in the Balkans and Southern Europe
Pula Arena, the only remaining Roman amphitheatre to have four side towers and with all three Roman architectural orders entirely preserved