September 13, 2007
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

U.S. Ambassador Helps Restore Viminacium

On September 13, 2007, U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Cameron Munter will sign a grant of $31,200 to help preserve the Roman amphitheater at the Viminacium Archaeological Site. Dr. Miomir Korac, Assistant Minister of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and Viminacium Project Director will accept the grant. The signing will take place at the site.

Viminacium Archaeological Site, managed by the Archaeological Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, is located at the confluence of the Mlava and the Danube rivers near the town of Kostolac in the municipality of Pozarevac, Eastern Serbia. The archaeological complex includes a legionary base, civilian settlement and river port.

Funds for the project will be used to define the physical extent of the site where the amphitheater is located and evaluation of the state of preservation of the structure in order to place it under the protection of law as a cultural monument. The project will also plan for the conservation and presentation of the archaelogical means and artifacts associated with the structure.

The American Embassy in Belgrade views this project as a sign of the American people's respect for Serbian cultural heritage and of the strong ties between the Serbian and American peoples.

The funding for this project is provided by the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation established by Congress in 2001. The Fund helps countries around the globe preserve historic sites and manuscripts, museum collections, and traditional forms of music, dance, and language.

The Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation has to date helped fund three projects in Serbia: restoration of the elementary school or mekhteb adjoining the “Altun Alem” Mosque in Novi Pazar ($50,000 in 2006), renovation of facade of the Memorial School in Orasac ($24,450 in 2005) and reconstruction of the Rakovica Monastery's roof ($17,000 in 2001.)

Ambassador Munter and Dr. Miomir Korac, Assistant Minister for Culture and Viminacium Project Director
Ambasador Manter i Dr Miomir Korać, pomoćnik ministra za kulturu i direktor projekta Viminacium

Ambassador Munter and Dr. Miomir Korac signing the grant
Ambasador Manter i Dr Miomir Korać potpisuju ugovor o donaciji

Ambassdor Munter greeted by youth in Roman dress
Mladi u romanskim togama pozdravljaju ambasadora Mantera

Mausoleum at Viminacium
Mauzolej u Viminaciumu

13. septembar, 2007
Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

Ambasadorov fond pomaže očuvanje arheološkog nalazišta Viminacium

Ambasador Kameron Manter će 13. septembra 2007. godine potpisati ugovor o donaciji u visini od 31,200 dolara za očuvanje Rimskog amfiteatra na arheološkom nalazištu Viminacium. Dr Miomir Korać, pomoćnik ministra za kulturu Republike Srbije i direktor projekta Viminacium, će primiti donaciju. Potpisivanje ugovora će se obaviti na lokaciji.

Arheološko nalazište Viminacium, koje je pod patronatom Arheološkog instituta Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti, se nalazi na ušću Mlave u Dunav blizu Kostolca u opštini Požarevac u istočnoj Srbiji. Arheološki kompleks uključuje vojni logor, grad i luku.

Sredstva iz Ambasadorovog fonda će biti upotrebljena za definisanje površine na kojoj se nalazi amfiteatar i za procenu stanja strukture i očuvanja amfiteatra da bi se stavio pod zaštitu zakona kao spomenik kulture. Projekat takođe uključuje konzervaciju i prezentaciju arheoloških predmeta koji će biti pronađeni.

Ambasada SAD u Beogradu smatra da je ovaj projekat znak poštovanja američkog naroda prema srpskoj kulturnoj baštini kao i jakih veza između srpskog i američkog naroda.

Donacija se daje iz Ambasadorovog fonda za očuvanje kulturnog nasleđa koji je osnovao Kongres 2001. godine. Ovaj fond pomaže zemljama širom sveta da očuvaju istorijske spomenike, rukopise, muzejske kolekcije, kao i tradicionalne forme muzike, igre i jezika.

Ambasadorov fond za očuvanje kutlurnog nasleđa je do sada pomogao tri projekta u Srbiji: restauraciju osnovne škole "mekteba" pored Altun Alem džamije u Novom Pazaru (50,000 dolara 2006. godine), renoviranje fasade Memorijalne škole u Orašcu (24,450 dolara 2005. godine) i rekonstrukciju krova manastira u Rakovici (17,000 dolara 2001. godine).

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