MEDIEVAL TOMBSTONES ˝STEĆCI˝ FROM CROATIA ON UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE LIST

In July 2016, during the 40th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, the Republic of Croatia, together with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, submitted the multinational nomination of the Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Among the 28 necropolis that have been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the decision of the World Heritage Committee, two are found in Croatia located in Konavle and Cisti Provo. The Church of St. Barbara in the village of Dubravka is one of the oldest churches in Konavle and the largest preserved medieval cemetery in Konavle is found around the church. The existence of 104 tombstones has been established here.

The value of the stećci medieval tombstones as cultural heritage and their tourist potential was recognized by the Dubrovnik-Neretva Country Regional Development Agency DUNEA that implemented the project ˝HERCUL – Valorisation of the Cultural Heritage of Medieval Tombstones in the Western Balkans˝ from 2011 to 2014. As part of the project, the medieval tombstones stećci trail was created, a tourist route which includes 19 locations in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, from the Neretva River Valley, along the Dubrovnik Littoral Region, to Konavle, including the new UNESCO site in the county – the Church of St. Barbara. Brochures have been published and there is a promotional film about the stećci tombstones that can be viewed on the Rural Dubrovnik Neretva web page.

˝Spice Indian Style˝ - Presentation of the tourism and gastronomy of India

With the support of the Embassy of the Republic of India to the Republic of Croatia

the  presentation of Indian cuisine with a special emphasis on the extremely numerous and exotic spices that are abundant in this globally popular cuisine is to be held on Sturday 22 October.

A guest chef of the Good Food Festival will be Stephen Lobo, an established Indian chef with a German address, whose delicacies are enjoyed by many Indian dignitaries when visiting Germany, employed as the team leader for product development at the Lufthansa Sky Food company. Chef Stephen is also a DJ who specializes in Indian music so the food tasting will be accompanied by typical sounds of this distant land.

New trends - ˝Passionate Raw Pleasures˝, workshop on raw food - Mihaela Devescovi, workshop leader

You often hear about raw foods, you love smoothies and salads, but you would also like to learn to prepare some other raw delicacies? Do not miss the workshop by Mihaela Devescovi,

She is the owner of the very popular web portal sirovahrana.hr and author of two interesting books, ˝Sirova hrana˝ (Raw Food) and ˝Slatke strasti˝ (Sweet Passion) that contain many ˝raw˝ recipes. At Mihaela’s workshop you can learn to prepare a warm pumpkin soup with caramelized onions, almond and pumpkin gnocchi with porcini mushroom sauce, and a pink beetroot cream with chocolate sauce. Try new combinations of flavours, take note of new recipes, and prepare to be impressed with raw specialties!