CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER AT THE LAUNCHING OF PUBLICATION “WORLD HERITAGE SERBIA”

Belgrade, 4 January 2010 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II attended the launching of the new publication “World Heritage Serbia” today at the National Museum in Belgrade. The numerous guests were addressed by H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremic, Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. Nebojsa Bradic, Minister of Culture, H.E. Mrs. Zorica Tomic, Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO, Mrs. Vera Pavlovic Loncarski, director of the Republic Cultural Heritage Preservation Institute, Prof. Dr. Radovan Bigovic from the Faculty of Theology and Mr. Marko Popovic, President of the Commission for the Preservation of Cultural Goods of Exceptional Importance.

“World Heritage Serbia” is the first professional publication presenting all cultural monuments in Serbia that are on the UNESCO list. The Ministry of Culture of Serbia and Republic Cultural Heritage Preservation Institute will promote this edition as a part of the programmes “Serbia in Serbia” and “Serbia in the World”.

The UNESCO list of the world heritage features 890 locations of cultural and natural importance, with all being locations of extraordinary universal values.