History Archivi - BarBalcani

6May

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Culture, History, Politics

Why are Balkans called ‘Balkans’?

The name of the Balkan Peninsula is linked to mountains, and to a historical error. The origin and the development of this word can go deeper, as social scientist Chiara Milan explains in an interview (more…)

The Roman Empire lives again thanks to Balkan wine and VR viewers

The Balkan region was a major political and military center in the Roman Empire since the 1st century. This shared past can be rediscovered through wine and cultural routes and immersive technologies (more…)

A word that contains a whole forgotten world. Spomeniks between Yugoslavia, the wars and today’s Balkans

Spomeniks are more than monuments: they are spread throughout the former Yugoslavia and recall Tito's Federation utopian ideals. Recently, Donald Niebyl has inaugurated a mapping project (more…)