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"Balkan: A Tapestry of History, Culture, and Conflict" Step into the intricate world of the Balkans

Background imageBalkan Collection: Prcanj, Bay of Kotor, Kotor, Montenegro

Prcanj, Bay of Kotor, Kotor, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: Map of the Macedonian and Thracian Empire

Map of the Macedonian and Thracian Empire. Date: 1808

Background imageBalkan Collection: Croatia, Zadar Region, Zadar. Roman ruins in front of the Church of St

Croatia, Zadar Region, Zadar. Roman ruins in front of the Church of St. Donatus and the cathedral of Anastasia. Completed in the 9th Century on the ruin of the old Roman forum

Background imageBalkan Collection: Serio-Comic War Map For The Year 1877, 1877

Serio-Comic War Map For The Year 1877, 1877. Found in the collection of State History Museum, Moscow

Background imageBalkan Collection: Street cafe in old city, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Street cafe in old city, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Map of the Dacian Empire and Roman provinces

Map of the Dacian Empire and Roman provinces. Date: 1801

Background imageBalkan Collection: Ismail Enver Pasha, Turkish leader, WW1

Ismail Enver Pasha, Turkish leader, WW1
Ismail Enver Pasha (1881-1922), Turkish military officer, leader of the Ottoman Empire in both Balkan Wars, architect of the Ottoman-German Alliance during the First World War

Background imageBalkan Collection: Map of the Balkans, highlighting Greek and Turkish territory

Map of the Balkans, highlighting Greek and Turkish territory
Postcard map showing the Balkans, highlighting Greek and Turkish territory

Background imageBalkan Collection: Piran, Slovenia

Piran, Slovenia, Balkans, Europe

Background imageBalkan Collection: Bulgaria / Sword Custom

Bulgaria / Sword Custom
When his troops take Mustapha- Pacha from the Turks, Tsar Ferdinand tramples the enemy flags, and the name of the town is changed to - guess what ? - Ferdinandovo

Background imageBalkan Collection: Wwi / Serbian Army / 1914

Wwi / Serbian Army / 1914
The Serbian army, to much acclaim, leave to defend their country against Austrian forces. Austria had declared war on Serbia on 28 July

Background imageBalkan Collection: Lake Bled, Slovenia

Lake Bled, Slovenia, Balkans, Europe

Background imageBalkan Collection: A Corporal of the 1st / 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry

A Corporal of the 1st / 9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
A Corporal of the 1st/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion Highland Light Infantry in full marching kit. Hommage du Capitaine Andre. Tres sympathique souvenir. (Very warm memories of Captain Andre)

Background imageBalkan Collection: The Old Town of Dubrovnik

The Old Town of Dubrovnik, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, approaching

Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, approaching Luleburgaz in disorder: 100 deaths per day. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1 December 1912

Background imageBalkan Collection: First Balkan War (1912 - 1913) - Hand-to-hand combat

First Balkan War (1912 - 1913) - Hand-to-hand combat
Hand-to-hand combat during the First Balkan War as Greek troops overun a Turkish gun battery. The war lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League (Serbia, Montenegro, Greece)

Background imageBalkan Collection: Croatia, Zadar Region, Zadar. Sunset at the Greeting to the Sun - a 22 metre installation

Croatia, Zadar Region, Zadar. Sunset at the Greeting to the Sun - a 22 metre installation consisting of 300 multi-layered glass plates, designed by Nikola Basic

Background imageBalkan Collection: Gabriele d Annunzio in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia)

Gabriele d Annunzio in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia)
Gabriele d Annunzio (1863-1938) in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), at the time of its occupation (under his leadership) by Italian nationalists

Background imageBalkan Collection: Serbia map

Serbia map
Map of Servia in the 1870s. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageBalkan Collection: A heavy gun battery moving uphill during the Balkan campaign

A heavy gun battery moving uphill during the Balkan campaign
A French heavy-gun battery move up a steep hill during fighting with the Bulgarian army on the Macedonian border, October 1916

Background imageBalkan Collection: Yanitza, The Albanian Joan of Arc, from Le Petit Journal

Yanitza, The Albanian Joan of Arc, from Le Petit Journal
CHT344066 Yanitza, The Albanian Joan of Arc, from Le Petit Journal, 28th May 1911 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageBalkan Collection: Elevated view over Stari Grad (old town), Trogir, Dalmatia, Croatia

Elevated view over Stari Grad (old town), Trogir, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Man in traditional costume of Dubrovnik region of Croatia

Man in traditional costume of Dubrovnik region of Croatia
Man in the traditional costume of Dubrovnik region of Croatia. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBalkan Collection: Tirnova, the old capital of Bulgaria, c1890

Tirnova, the old capital of Bulgaria, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Background imageBalkan Collection: The Balkan States Exhibition - Earls Court - Old Japan

The Balkan States Exhibition - Earls Court - Old Japan
The Balkan States Exhibition at Earls Court in 1907 was really two exhibitions in one. The main event featured a large Balkan village with practical working exhibits by native workers (see)

Background imageBalkan Collection: Mrs Mabel St Clair Stobart

Mrs Mabel St Clair Stobart, pictured on horseback on the front cover of The Tatler. Mrs Mabel St Clair Stobart, was founder of the Womens Sick and Wounded Convoy Corps (1912)

Background imageBalkan Collection: Typical Bulgarian Outfits, 1885

Typical Bulgarian Outfits, 1885
4 typical Bulgarian outfits of the time, 1885. We see the national costume, a water seller, a lady, and a peasant woman. Part of a piece on the crisis in Eastern Roumelia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Elevated view over picturesque Korcula Town illuminated at sunset, Korcula, Dalmatia

Elevated view over picturesque Korcula Town illuminated at sunset, Korcula, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Les Honneurs sous le feu

Les Honneurs sous le feu. Georges Scott, (1873-1943). Scott Started His Career In The 1890S And Worked As War Correspondent For The News Magazine L Illustration During The Balkan Wars Of 1912-13

Background imageBalkan Collection: poppy flowers, istria, croatia, eastern europe. balkan, europe

poppy flowers, istria, croatia, eastern europe. balkan, europe
poppy flowers, istria, Croatia, eastern Europe, Balkan, Europe

Background imageBalkan Collection: Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5 / 8)

Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5 / 8)
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5/8) - Full-face view of a young man with hand on hip in decorated jerkin and cape with blue embroidered trousers

Background imageBalkan Collection: British and French Soldiers - Salonica

British and French Soldiers - Salonica
A scruffy young turkish paperboy selling the Paris Balkan Newspaper and the French Echo to British and French soldiers during World War One in Salonica as two veiled ladies and a Greek priest

Background imageBalkan Collection: Praskvica Monastery

Praskvica Monastery, interior of the Serbian Orthodox Monastery, Pastrovici Hills near Sveti Stefan, Montenegro, Balkans, Europe

Background imageBalkan Collection: Makedonia / Bulgaria

Makedonia / Bulgaria
MACEDONIA The inhabitants of Gumurdjina, Macedonia - men, women and even children - drive out the occupying Bulgarians who they perceive as invaders

Background imageBalkan Collection: Montenegro, Bay of Kotor, Kotor

Montenegro, Bay of Kotor, Kotor

Background imageBalkan Collection: Iovanovitch / Serb Heroine

Iovanovitch / Serb Heroine
Sophia Ivanovich volunteers to serve in the Serbian army so long as hostilities against the Turks persist : she is engaged to marry the gentleman behind her

Background imageBalkan Collection: Zabljak Lake, Zabljak, Durmitor National Park, Montenegro

Zabljak Lake, Zabljak, Durmitor National Park, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: Saranda (Sarande) city beach, Albania

Saranda (Sarande) city beach, Albania

Background imageBalkan Collection: The Acropolis in Athens, Greece, at the time of Pericles, ca 430 BC, Historical

The Acropolis in Athens, Greece, at the time of Pericles, ca 430 BC, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, acropolis, altertum, ancient cities, ancient city, ancient civilizations, ancient greek civilization, ancient times, ancient world, antiquity, archaeologic, archaeological

Background imageBalkan Collection: The Avenger: An Allegorical War Map for 1877, 1876-1877. Creator: Anonymous

The Avenger: An Allegorical War Map for 1877, 1876-1877. Creator: Anonymous
The Avenger: An Allegorical War Map for 1877, 1876-1877. Private Collection

Background imageBalkan Collection: Bosnian Crisis. Cover of the French periodical Le Petit Journal, 18th October 1908, 1908

Bosnian Crisis. Cover of the French periodical Le Petit Journal, 18th October 1908, 1908. Private Collection

Background imageBalkan Collection: Ostrog Monastery, Niksic, Montenegro

Ostrog Monastery, Niksic, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: Rijeka Crnojevica, Lake Skadar, Montenegro

Rijeka Crnojevica, Lake Skadar, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: St. Matthias Church, Kotor, Kotor Bay, Montenegro

St. Matthias Church, Kotor, Kotor Bay, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: Vrazje Lake, Zabljak, Durmitor National Park, Montenegro

Vrazje Lake, Zabljak, Durmitor National Park, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: Perast, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Perast, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: Montenegro, Budva

Montenegro, Budva

Background imageBalkan Collection: Montenegro, Budva, Old Town, Stari Grad

Montenegro, Budva, Old Town, Stari Grad

Background imageBalkan Collection: Montenegro, Bay of Kotor, Perast, Our Lady of the Rocks Island, Church of Our Lady

Montenegro, Bay of Kotor, Perast, Our Lady of the Rocks Island, Church of Our Lady of the Rocks

Background imageBalkan Collection: The picturesque coastal village of Perast illuminated at sunset, Perast, Bay of Kotorska

The picturesque coastal village of Perast illuminated at sunset, Perast, Bay of Kotorska, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: The Dancer, Stari Grad (Old Town), Sveti Ivan, Budva, Montenegro

The Dancer, Stari Grad (Old Town), Sveti Ivan, Budva, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: Croatia, Cres Island, Lubenice beach

Croatia, Cres Island, Lubenice beach

Background imageBalkan Collection: Elevevated view over the picturesque harbour city of Split illuminated at sunset, Split

Elevevated view over the picturesque harbour city of Split illuminated at sunset, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: The clock tower on the Town Hall (15th century), Old town, Trogir, Dalmatia, Croatia

The clock tower on the Town Hall (15th century), Old town, Trogir, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Elevevated view over Stari Grad & harbour illuminated at dusk, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Elevevated view over Stari Grad & harbour illuminated at dusk, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Clock tower and West Gate, Narodni Trg, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Clock tower and West Gate, Narodni Trg, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Oculus of Vestibule of Diocletians Palace, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Oculus of Vestibule of Diocletians Palace, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: East gate, Porta Argentea, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

East gate, Porta Argentea, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Croatia, Istria, Porec, Euphrasian Basilica (Eufrazijeva bazilika), 4th Century Floor

Croatia, Istria, Porec, Euphrasian Basilica (Eufrazijeva bazilika), 4th Century Floor Mosaic

Background imageBalkan Collection: Croatia, Istria, Rovinj, the ancient city of Rovinj after sunset

Croatia, Istria, Rovinj, the ancient city of Rovinj after sunset

Background imageBalkan Collection: The sea organ, Zadar, Zadar county, Dalmatia region, Croatia

The sea organ, Zadar, Zadar county, Dalmatia region, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: The Rival Buses. English cartoon by Ernest Howard Shepard from Punch, 1947, caricaturing U. S

The Rival Buses. English cartoon by Ernest Howard Shepard from Punch, 1947, caricaturing U. S
COLD WAR: BALKANS, 1947. The Rival Buses. English cartoon by Ernest Howard Shepard from Punch, 1947, caricaturing U.S. President Harry Truman (left)

Background imageBalkan Collection: British Aerospace ATP G-LOGE

British Aerospace ATP G-LOGE (msn 2004), of Loganair, with Britannia Airways Boeing 737s and a Balkan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154A. Date: circa 1990

Background imageBalkan Collection: Palace of Diocletian Croatia - Vestibule of the Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia, Europe

Palace of Diocletian Croatia - Vestibule of the Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia, Europe
IMB4842116 Palace of Diocletian Croatia - Vestibule of the Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia, Europe; (add.info.: Palace of Diocletian Croatia - Vestibule of the Diocletian's Palace in)

Background imageBalkan Collection: View of the church from the south, 1311-21 (photo) (see also 85066)

View of the church from the south, 1311-21 (photo) (see also 85066)
BEN85065 View of the church from the south, 1311-21 (photo) (see also 85066); Church of the Dormition, Gracanica, Kosovo, Serbia; (add.info)

Background imageBalkan Collection: Balkan Wars: Flight of Turkish peasants towards Constantinople, 1912 (print)

Balkan Wars: Flight of Turkish peasants towards Constantinople, 1912 (print)
527259 Balkan Wars: Flight of Turkish peasants towards Constantinople, 1912 (print); (add.info.: From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 24 November 1912.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageBalkan Collection: Prince Alexander of Serbia (1888-1934), c.1920 (b/w photo)

Prince Alexander of Serbia (1888-1934), c.1920 (b/w photo)
530951 Prince Alexander of Serbia (1888-1934), c.1920 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Prince Alexander of Serbia (1888-1934) future Alexander 1st of Yugoslavia c. 1920); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageBalkan Collection: Speed motor boat on the lake, Matka Canyon, Macedonia

Speed motor boat on the lake, Matka Canyon, Macedonia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Albania, panorama view of Ksamil Beach, Albanian Riviera

Albania, panorama view of Ksamil Beach, Albanian Riviera

Background imageBalkan Collection: Ksamil Beach, Albanian Riviera, Albania

Ksamil Beach, Albanian Riviera, Albania

Background imageBalkan Collection: Map of Bosnia with details of the areas occupied by minority ethnic groups, 1910 (pen

Map of Bosnia with details of the areas occupied by minority ethnic groups, 1910 (pen
CHT344067 Map of Bosnia with details of the areas occupied by minority ethnic groups, 1910 (pen, ink & w/c) by French School, (20th century); Archives du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres, Paris

Background imageBalkan Collection: Durazzo, from Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania and Greece

Durazzo, from Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania and Greece
BBC197660 Durazzo, from Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania and Greece, published 1851 (colour litho) by Lear, Edward (1812-88); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Background imageBalkan Collection: Bridge over the River Axios is guarded by troops - Greece

Bridge over the River Axios is guarded by troops - Greece
1st Balkan War - Bridge over the River Axios (Vardar), Greece is guarded. The First Balkan War, lasted from October 1912 to May 1913

Background imageBalkan Collection: Old town with the St. Euphemia Church, (Sveta Eufejima), Rovinj, Istria, Croatia

Old town with the St. Euphemia Church, (Sveta Eufejima), Rovinj, Istria, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Fortress of Pula, Istria, Croatia, Hrvatska

Fortress of Pula, Istria, Croatia, Hrvatska

Background imageBalkan Collection: Lower lakes Gavanovac and Milanovac, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Dalmatia, Croatia

Lower lakes Gavanovac and Milanovac, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Dalmatia, Croatia

Background imageBalkan Collection: Winding raod, Montenegro

Winding raod, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: Karuc, Lake Skadar, Montenegro

Karuc, Lake Skadar, Montenegro

Background imageBalkan Collection: Famous river bend at Rijeka Crnojevica, Lake Skadar, Montenegro

Famous river bend at Rijeka Crnojevica, Lake Skadar, Montenegro



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"Balkan: A Tapestry of History, Culture, and Conflict" Step into the intricate world of the Balkans, where history intertwines with diverse cultures and occasional turmoil. From the Serio-Comic War Map For The Year 1877 to the Map of the Macedonian and Thracian Empire, these lands have witnessed countless empires rise and fall. Marvel at the remnants of ancient civilizations as you explore the Map of the Dacian Empire and Roman provinces or sip a cup of coffee in a Street cafe in old city, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia. Each corner holds stories etched in stone. Leaders like Ismail Enver Pasha emerge from this region's past; their influence felt even during WWI. Their legacies shape our understanding of this complex land. The Map of the Balkans highlights Greek and Turkish territory - a constant reminder that borders here are not just lines on paper but reflections of historical struggles for power. Discover Bulgaria's rich heritage through its Sword Custom or witness Serbia's resilience depicted by Wwi / Serbian Army / 1914 photographs. These glimpses into their past reveal their indomitable spirit. Croatia beckons with its picturesque landscapes - Zadar Region offers Roman ruins juxtaposed against the Church of St. , while Piran showcases Slovenia's coastal charm. And who can resist being captivated by Lake Bled's serene beauty? Amongst these tales stands Yanitza, The Albanian Joan of Arc; her courage immortalized by Le Petit Journal. Her story echoes throughout time as a testament to bravery amidst adversity. The Balkans may be marked by conflicts past and present but it is also an enchanting tapestry woven with vibrant cultures, resilient people, breathtaking scenery – an ever-evolving mosaic that continues to intrigue all who venture within its borders.

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