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The towering bronze monument to Stefan Nemanja holding a sword and scroll, with visitors at its base and Belgrade’s former main railway station behind it.

The pale yellow and white façade of Belgrade’s former main railway station, with its clock, decorated pediment and MDCCCLXXXIV inscription.

A side view of the Stefan Nemanja monument showing its sword, scroll and helmet-shaped base, with visitors standing beside the rounded golden centre.

Belgrade’s former main railway station and the Stefan Nemanja monument across the tram tracks on Savski Square, with pedestrians in the foreground.

A meat-filled burek and an ajvar-and-cheese pastry on white paper beside a cup of yogurt at Skroz Dobra Pekara in Novi Sad.

The curved Skroz Dobra Pekara storefront on Bulevar oslobođenja in Novi Sad, with the bakery counter visible through the windows.

Burek with drinking yogurt: breakfast before the market.

A seeded pastry with an open centre of red-orange ajvar and white cheese, beside a cup of yogurt.

Bread and a tray of tomato, cucumber, onion and lettuce on a wooden table beside a planted railing.

A paper bag bearing the Ćirino Drvce name and tree emblem in Cyrillic.

Ćevapi in opened bread with mustard at Ćirino Drvce in Belgrade.

Dessert sushi rolls topped with berries and fruit, with fried banana, nori and rice visible in a cut end at Tokio Sushi in Novi Sad.

Tokio Sushi sign and entrance on a dark street in Novi Sad.

Vertical Japanese lettering welcoming visitors to Tokyo beside the counter at Tokio Sushi.

Large octopus illustration above red bench seating inside Tokio Sushi.

Four upright onigiri with toppings, pickled ginger and a piped green rosette of wasabi.

A cup of domaća kafa on a metal tray at Kafana “?” in Belgrade, with a long-handled džezva, water and wrapped ratluk.

A cup of milk coffee topped with leaf-shaped latte art at Coffee Dream in Novi Sad, with water and a wrapped sweet behind it.

The raised Coffee Dream sign on a dark wall in Novi Sad.

The view from an outdoor table at Kafana “?”, with a railing, parked cars and pedestrians close to the seating area.

A long golden Karađorđeva šnicla stretching beyond an oval plate, with chips, lemon and sauce at Balkan Ekspres 021.

Balkan Ekspres sign beside the Danube below the walls of Petrovaradin Fortress.

A singer seated at a Yamaha keyboard between speakers on the restaurant terrace.

Cut end of a breaded pork roll showing a creamy kajmak filling and pieces of bacon.

A bottle of Jelen beer on a red-and-white checked tablecloth.

A chocolate-coated knedla with a small golden topping on a pale plate at Ferdinand knedle in Novi Sad, with another knedla blurred behind it.

Colourful coated knedle in Ferdinand knedle’s display case in Novi Sad.

Čoko-narandža knedla cut open to show the pale potato dough surrounding its chocolate-orange filling.

A hand holding a bottle of Krugher & Brent RED doppelbock under red and blue lighting at KOTA 84 in Novi Sad.

Tables and chairs beneath a red-lit arch in the passage outside KOTA 84 in Novi Sad.

The illuminated KOTA 84 travellers’ café sign surrounded by coloured bulbs.

A mirror ball, red helmet, carved figures and a head wearing sunglasses among the eclectic interior decorations at KOTA 84.

Bottles and glasses on a table at KOTA 84, including a bottle of Krugher & Brent RED.

A Sherman tank beside the museum building, with green artillery pieces nearby.

A blue, black-spotted soft toy with its face and a paw protruding from the muzzle of a gun.

Replica of the Red-haired Goddess, with an elongated head, bent arms and wide hips, in a museum display case.

Round Christmas ceremonial bread decorated with birds, crops and stamped patterns, with bread stamps displayed in front.

Reconstructed shopfronts along a museum corridor, with a saluting postman beside the photographic studio and an APOTEKA sign farther along.

Dolls in pink and pale blue dresses behind a wooden-framed shop window at the Museum of Vojvodina.

Religious paintings with blue backgrounds set among curling brown woodcarving.

A doll in a blue dress lying beside a blue dish with red hearts, white crockery and cardboard boxes at Najlon Market.

Guitars and a framed painting at Najlon Market.

Cardboard boxes of crockery, cables and household objects set out at ground level.

A headless trophy and model aircraft in front of religious icons, jars and a photograph of President Aleksandar Vučić.

Metal signs with American number-plate designs and advertising designs at a market stall.

Toys at a market stall, including figures of Mario and Luigi.

Coats and folded linen beside shoppers in a covered market aisle.

Oak branches tied with red ribbon for Serbian Christmas, with washing machines behind them.

Customers at a meat stall beneath hanging sausages and other cuts.

A small blue-striped ceramic cup with a red flower beside a bottle of grape rakija.

The yellow-brick tower and colourful tiled spire of the Name of Mary Church rising above Freedom Square in Novi Sad.

The bronze Svetozar Miletić monument seen from behind on Freedom Square, with the Name of Mary Church beyond.

Blue-green, orange and yellow patterned tiles climbing above the blue clock face towards the gold cross of the church spire.

The dark carved wooden main altar beneath pale arches, stained glass and a chandelier inside the Name of Mary Church.

Decorative ironwork and a carved floral capital in front of pale pointed arches inside the church.

A carved religious figure beneath a pointed wooden canopy casting a large spired shadow beside stained glass.

A seated representation of Nikola Tesla reading a book beside a large radial coil at the museum in Belgrade.

Visitors lifting fluorescent tubes during a museum demonstration, with a tall copper-ringed coil beyond them.

Electrical discharge above a Tesla coil while visitors hold glowing fluorescent tubes below.

A museum guide holding an unlit fluorescent tube above his head.

The same museum guide holding a glowing tube, its light illuminating his face and hands.

Bust of Nikola Tesla with his head inclined and a hand resting against his face.

A textured jacket, white shirt and tie displayed under a dark hat at the Nikola Tesla Museum.

A pink marble Armenian family tomb beside a bus stop in central Novi Sad, with white skulls and intertwined hearts above it.

Skulls below, intertwined hearts above: the Tomanović–Čenazi family monument.

The carved face of an Armenian khachkar in Novi Sad, with the Crucifixion surrounded by ornamental patterns.

The reverse of the Novi Sad khachkar, with seven names commemorating the crew of a humanitarian flight.

The Family sculpture at Novi Sad’s Raid Memorial beside the Danube, with Petrovaradin Fortress illuminated across the river.

Light catching the uneven surface of Jovan Soldatović’s bronze Family figures at Novi Sad’s Raid Memorial.

The Family sculpture at Novi Sad’s Raid Memorial beside the Danube, with Petrovaradin Fortress illuminated across the river.

Names of victims on the bronze plaques at Novi Sad’s Raid Memorial, beside a panel bearing the Star of David.

A pale seated sculpture with an extended neck in a blue indoor pool at SPENS, beside stairs, plants and shops.

White marble monument to Marina Olenjina with a long supporting leg and an angular skirt, against trees near the Serbian National Theatre.

Liberty Square, with the Miletić monument in front of City Hall.

Bronze statue of Jovan Jovanović Zmaj holding a cane outside the ornate Bishop’s Palace in Novi Sad.

Jaša Tomić’s bronze statue holding a document and raising a finger on Dunavska Street, with café umbrellas behind it.

A pale sculpture on grass at Petrovaradin Fortress, with two visitors leaning over a circular opening and roses below a brick wall.

A rounded stone figure with a tilted head beside a road, with parked cars behind it.

Painted horses above Kod Šervala with a large horse-shaped shadow facing them on the left.

King Peter I Karađorđević on horseback, illuminated against the night sky above Republic Square.

Dark wooden benches beneath white arches, with blue stained glass at the end of the gallery.

A round window turns flowers and interlacing lines into a pattern of blue, red and gold.

Names and an inscription run beneath the synagogue’s sunburst window design.

A covered grand piano and music stands in the main hall, with the Torah ark beyond.

Seating beneath the stained glass, seen through the arches.

The white clock tower of Petrovaradin Fortress above the Danube in Novi Sad, with black clock faces and a weathered green roof.

A narrow gateway through the ramparts of Petrovaradin Fortress, with a car passing through.

Brickwork, narrow openings and wildflowers beneath the ramparts of Petrovaradin Fortress.

The Danube below Petrovaradin Fortress, with a bridge in the distance.

Layers of brick ramparts following the hillside at Petrovaradin Fortress.

A narrow view through the brickwork at Petrovaradin Fortress, with the Danube beyond.

The white clock tower at Petrovaradin Fortress, with black dials, Roman numerals and a weathered green roof.

Petrovaradin’s Lower Town, with the Danube and a white arched bridge beyond.

Love locks attached to a railing above Petrovaradin's Lower Town.

A pale sculpture among trees and benches at Petrovaradin Fortress.

Brick pillars, upholstered chairs and tall candlesticks inside Restoran Vidin Kapija.

A small stemmed glass of rakija with water beside it on a dark table.

Baby spinach salad with apple, pomegranate seeds and cheese.

The entrance to Restoran Vidin Kapija, with its name in Cyrillic beside the door.

A cut-open stuffed pepper showing minced meat and rice beside mashed potatoes on an oval dish.

Whole stuffed peppers and mashed potatoes on an oval dish, with sauce pooling around them.

A bowl of riblja čorba, a Serbian river-fish soup, at Kafana “?” in Belgrade.

The wooden menu cover at Kafana “?” in Belgrade, marked with the Cyrillic word for kafana and a question mark.

Bread on a plate at Kafana “?” in Belgrade.

A chandelier made with sabres and ammunition inside Ružica Church in Belgrade Fortress.

Ružica’s stone walls and green spire, with two soldiers flanking the entrance.

The gilded icon screen and painted vault inside Ružica Church.

Sabre hilts and ammunition forming a chandelier inside Ružica Church.

Ammunition arranged as pendants beneath a chandelier inside Ružica Church.

A twentieth-century soldier in the foreground, with a medieval warrior beyond at Ružica Church.

The ossuary of the defenders of Belgrade near Ružica Church in Belgrade Fortress.

Large pieces of beef goulash in thick dark sauce beside mashed potatoes in a brown ceramic dish.

Brown menu cover reading Balkan and Gradska kafana in Cyrillic.

Wooden chairs and checked tablecloths inside Gradska kafana Balkan, with an arch and mural beyond.

A glass of Jelen lager on a white tablecloth.

A round bread roll in a basket with cabbage salad in the foreground.

Finely cut cabbage salad served in a white bowl.

Beef goulash in thick sauce with mashed potatoes along the side of the dish.

Two large sarma cabbage rolls with a sausage between them, served with bread at Resto bar Greda in Novi Sad.

Sutlijaš rice pudding dusted with cinnamon in a decorated brown ceramic bowl.

Shopska salad with grated white cheese covering tomato and cucumber in a white bowl at Balkan Ekspres 021.

The terrace at Balkan Ekspres, beneath the greenery.

Vines and hanging flowers above wooden terrace furniture and an open door at Balkan Ekspres 021.

Christ depicted amid golden mosaic patterns inside the dome of St. Petka Chapel in Belgrade.

Stone exterior and red roof of St. Petka Chapel, with a blue mosaic of the saint beside the entrance.

Crucifixion mosaic above an arch inside St. Petka Chapel, surrounded by blue and gold patterns.

Blue mosaic of St. Petka beside the chapel entrance, with fortress walls in the background.

Interior mosaic of St. Petka in green robes, with Belgrade’s fortifications behind her.

Octagonal stone dome and cross of St. Petka’s baptistery rising above the grassy hillside.

Icons displayed on carved wooden stands inside St. Petka Chapel.

Close view of mosaic saints and winding floral patterns inside St. Petka Chapel.

A large chandelier above wooden chairs and a green railing inside McDonald’s in Subotica City Hall.

Subotica City Hall with red walls, patterned roofs and a small McDonald’s sign at street level.

Coloured glass panels with amber borders suspended above tables inside the Subotica McDonald’s.

Wooden tables and chairs in the upper seating area beside a pale turquoise door and dark green tiles.

A sweet iced coffee topped with a white swirl under a domed plastic lid on a wooden table.

A McDonald’s interior with patterned wall tiles, decorative wooden partitions and a framed picture of fries.

The entrance to the Subotica McDonald’s with an I’m lovin’ it sign, a burger advertisement and wooden tables.

A bronze plumber in a hard hat emerging from a manhole in a brick pavement in Subotica, with one hand extended towards the viewer.

The bronze plumber sculpture beside a tree and circular bench on Dimitrija Tucovića Street in Subotica.

A popcorn-bucket-shaped kiosk beneath a tree, beside an ice cream freezer.

Ornate pastel-coloured buildings around Liberty Square in Novi Sad, with people walking and sitting on benches.

An arched yellow passage with hanging lamps and two people talking.

Mickey and Minnie costumed performers posing with visitors among balloons in Novi Sad.

Winter illuminations beside the Name of Mary Church reflected on wet paving.

An Index sandwich held in its paper wrapping at night.

The main gable of Subotica Synagogue with Stars of David in round frames above a large fan-shaped window, seen through an iron fence and leaves

Two domes of Subotica Synagogue covered in green and orange patterned tiles, seen through a curling iron fence

The women’s gallery above wooden benches, with coloured glass windows and a side door open to trees outside

An arched stained glass window with a floral design, framed by painted flowers on a dark wall

Looking straight up into the dome, with a ring-shaped chandelier and inscriptions in Hebrew and Hungarian around the arches

A tall dark metal hanukkiah in the synagogue garden with a plaque at its base, beside cypress trees and a pale building

A turquoise noticeboard with ticket prices in Serbian and English, a concert poster showing the synagogue and City Hall, and a dress code sheet

The Grand Terrace at Palić seen from the park, a carved dark-red wooden gable above an arched passage with the lake visible at the far end

Wooden seats and metal handrails inside a city bus, with a partition and the street visible through the front windows

A paved avenue under tall trees at Palić, lined with white lamp posts and an iron fence

An old yellow bicycle beside a road, with flower pots in its front basket and rear rack

A wooden cart painted red, yellow and green, parked on fallen leaves beside a scooter and a white bicycle rack

A red pergola-style restaurant front with a sign in Serbian and Hungarian and yellow parasols behind it

The lake side of the Grand Terrace, a half-timbered building with an arched passage, and a signpost pointing to the men’s beach and the Women’s Lido

The park side of the Grand Terrace, with a fan-shaped carved wooden gable, round bays and dark-red window frames

Inside the Music Pavilion at Palić, dark-red timber posts painted with pale blue flowers and railings with heart-shaped cut-outs

The memorial fountain on the shore of Lake Palić, topped by an urn planted with an agave, with a bronze bird and catfish spouting water

Visitors posing in front of large white letters reading PALIĆ and PALICS, decorated with red tulips, on the lakeshore

The curving stone wall of the lakeshore, with a white wing-shaped sculpture at the end of the pier

A white paddle steamer with red railings moored against a concrete wall, with a young swan in the green water beside it

A park fountain with an empty basin and peeling blue paint, surrounded by red begonias, with a white bench in the foreground

Human skulls set in niches in the stone wall of Skull Tower in Niš, with many of the niches around them empty

A pale yellow chapel behind rusty scaffolding and orange safety mesh, with a red and white flowerbed beside the path

A bronze bust of Stevan Sinđelić on a stone pedestal with a marble plaque dated 1809, in a small park

A row of skulls set into the tower wall, seen from the side behind glass

Close view of three skulls in stone niches in the wall of Skull Tower

The upper part of the tower wall, rough stone with a single skull remaining

A single skull displayed in a clear cylindrical case against a green drawing

The white dome of the chapel with a round window of red, blue, green and yellow glass above the top of the tower

Skulls in the upper rows of the tower wall, with the coloured glass window of the dome beyond

The ticket office at Skull Tower, painted with portraits of Stevan Sinđelić, rows of skulls and the Čegar memorial tower

Two sarma cabbage rolls and a sausage in a brown ceramic serving dish, with slices of bread alongside.

The gilded Torah ark of Subotica Synagogue beneath organ pipes, flanked by candelabra, with rows of green benches in front and a black electric fan on the floor

Painted folk-style flowers around peacock-feather stained glass windows beneath the dome, above a gilded chandelier

Bacon-wrapped chicken skewers with thick-cut fries on a plate at Restoran Vidin Kapija in Niš.

Two rounded seated sculptural forms leaning towards each other beneath trees, behind an empty wooden bench at Petrovaradin Fortress.

The memorial to Jews from Novi Sad killed in the resistance against fascism, 1941–1945.

Blue and gold circular stained glass above the hall of Novi Sad Synagogue, framed by white plasterwork.

The weathered blue wooden gate in the grey wall of the former Crveni Krst camp in Niš, with flags above the gateposts and a glimpse of the yard through the gap

A white roadside sign reading National Museum Niš, Memorial Complex “12th February”, in Cyrillic and English, beside a bed of red flowers

A red granite arch with a bell and a bronze relief of a helmet and rifle, with wreaths at its base, near the entrance to the camp

The pale two-storey former warehouse inside the camp grounds, with a lawn in front and newer buildings beyond the wall

The front of the main camp building, with rows of small-paned windows and a double wooden door

A tall window of clouded glass panes in a dark room

A machine gun on a bipod, set on a wooden crate behind sandbags

Straw spread along the foot of a stained wall in a dim room

Faint pencil writing on old plaster under glass, with lines copied out in red Cyrillic lettering beside it

Yellow armbands marked with a Star of David and the words JUDE and ЈЕВРЕЈИН, beside a bilingual German and Serbian identity paper from 1942

A backlit wall listing names in Cyrillic in alphabetical columns

A corridor whose walls are covered with rows of framed portrait photographs

Enamel pots, mugs and bowls on an embroidered cloth in a glass case

A watchtower with a stone base rising from the camp wall, against a blue sky

A grey and white stone mosaic beside a staircase, with angular figures and, along the bottom, a Star of David, two triangles and the numbers 74164 and 27553

A row of barred wooden cell doors along an attic corridor beneath roof beams

Two small hinged metal plates, each with a hole in the centre, on a concrete pillar

A museum panel titled Deactivation of the Concentration Camp, with archive photographs, above a lit case holding a row of skulls

A low building with peeling plaster, a small field gun on the grass and a sentry box painted in black, white and red chevrons

Three tall concrete fists of different sizes rising from a mown lawn at Bubanj Memorial Park in Niš, with pine trees behind

Close view of the three concrete fists against a deep blue sky, their forearms marked with angular lines

A single concrete fist beside a pine tree, with a small figure of a person at the bottom right for scale

A residential street running downhill towards the roofs of Niš, with hills in the distance

The three fists seen from another side, the tallest in front

A table made from a cable drum beside a road, with log benches, a green bottle and red flowers in a vase

A narrow path climbing through sunlit trees

A wooden shelter whose dark pole carries the graffiti YUGO and a five-pointed star

A man playing with a large dog on the lawn, framed by two tree trunks, with two of the fists behind

A rifle carved in blocks on the white marble relief wall

Seven narrow carved figures in a row beneath a bar on the white marble relief wall

Carved bodies lying in rows on the marble wall, with the tops of the fists rising above it

Lines of a poem in Cyrillic carved into the marble wall with the years 1941 and 1944, with the fists above

A black-and-white photograph of the three fists set between backlit panels of names in Cyrillic at the Red Cross camp museum

Fists carved into the white marble relief wall, with two of the concrete fists rising behind it and shrubs in front

Two massive white concrete wings forming a V above a hedge, their inner faces covered with small relief figures, under a cloudy sky

A white concrete V rising above a dense green hedge in the distance, with trees and street lamps under an evening sky

The white concrete V on a slope of low junipers, with an inscribed stone and rough rocks in the foreground and stone paving to the right

Close view of the concrete surface with rows of small relief faces and open hands, streaked with dark weathering

One concrete wing angled against a grey sky, its face covered with small relief figures, above dark green junipers

Relief faces crowded along the edge of a concrete wing, against a pale sky

The thick, rough-surfaced edge of a concrete wing against an evening sky, above dark green junipers

A rough stone set into a juniper hedge, inscribed in Cyrillic: here are buried the pupils and teachers shot on 21 October 1941

A dark bronze sculpture of interlocking human bodies spreading into the crown of a tree, behind a mound of clipped juniper

A red signpost on a lawn reading “Сто за једног / A Hundred for One” with an arrow pointing right and a museum icon, a bench behind

The bronze tree of bodies in the distance, between low mounds of clipped juniper on a lawn

Thin trees and undergrowth in a stretch of woodland

A red signpost reading “Кристални цвет / Crystal Flower” with an arrow pointing left, on a grassy slope

A white concrete sculpture like a flower split into two halves, standing on a lawn behind a row of round shrubs

A white Orthodox church with a red drum and dark dome, covered walkways and a red-arched bell gate

A white board with red hand-lettered Cyrillic text announcing the church, dated 7510 from the creation of the world and 2002

The church tower above clipped trees, with a weathered wooden cross in the foreground

A bronze bell hanging beneath a red arch on carved white pillars

Old stone grave markers and white crosses among pine trees in the military cemetery

Weathered gravestones with hand-lettered Cyrillic inscriptions in the grass of the old cemetery

A small stone structure with a cross, a portrait plaque and a green grille, behind a fence in a garden, with two wicker chairs and a stool in front

A white wall reading “Kragujevac October Memorial park” beside the lit brick museum at dusk

Red-brick towers of different heights lit orange against a blue evening sky

A granite block inscribed in Cyrillic “Eternal Flame of Freedom”, with Josip Broz Tito’s name and the date 2 October 1978

A domed metal burner with no flame, ringed by angular granite blocks on a circle of brick paving

The red-brick museum towers lit orange at dusk, with the silhouettes of three slender bronze figures at the lower right

Five browned ćevapi side by side in an opened lepinja, with mustard across the meat.

The front of St. Mark’s Church in Belgrade, with a tall bell tower between two domed towers, bands of red and pale stone, and two people walking on the path in front

The entrance of St. Mark’s Church, with arches in red and pale stone and a blue mosaic of St. Mark and a lion above the door; visitors on the steps

St. Mark’s Church seen along a park path in winter, the bell tower on the left and the main dome in the centre, with bare trees and benches

A dark bronze sculpture of Don Quixote on a gaunt horse with its head lowered, on fallen leaves in Tašmajdan Park, with St. Mark’s Church behind the trees

The low ochre body of the Old Church and its tall domed bell tower seen through a black iron fence with a cross, between dark cypresses and a street lamp, in evening light

The rounded apse and a side bay of the Old Church, ochre walls under a dark metal roof with no dome, and the cream bell tower with a large round grilled opening beyond

The cream bell tower of the Old Church, with a large round opening filled with dark ironwork, rows of small arches and a dark dome topped by a gold cross

A white marble plaque on an ochre wall, crowned by a double-headed eagle with a shield and flanked by carved swords, with gilt Cyrillic lettering dated 1928

A small open pavilion with pink columns and a tiled dome under a tree, sheltering a mosaic of Christ and a woman at a well above two taps

Painted saints on blue and green walls with red borders above a row of dark wooden seats with small name plates, a stained-glass window at the left

A gilded wooden pulpit with green panels, a crowned double-headed eagle on top and an icon of a saint in black framed by gilt Cyrillic lettering, against painted walls

The nave of the Old Church looking towards a dark wooden iconostasis, with a wooden cross on a green-draped stand in the centre and painted saints on the walls either side

A gilded chandelier hanging beneath a painted vault, with two angels holding a cloth bearing the face of Christ and the Mother of God with raised arms in the apse beyond

The lower part of an old iconostasis with carved gilt central doors, large icons on either side and, below them, bearded figures in a walled garden holding cloths full of small figures

A painted vault showing the apostles seated in a curve above a crowned old man holding a white cloth in a dark arch, with a gilded chandelier in the foreground

The Monument to the Liberators of Niš on King Milan Square: a bronze rider with a flag on a rearing horse above a crowd of bronze fighters, with a casino advertisement on a building behind

Bronze fighters surging forward on the pedestal of the Liberators monument, with a Cyrillic inscription and relief panels of horsemen below

The Liberators monument in the middle of King Milan Square, between a large H&M store and a tall apartment block

The Čair Fountain on King Milan Square: fluted stone columns under a small pediment, with water running from a lion’s mouth and a woman and child beside it

Close view of a stone lion’s head on the Čair Fountain, with water running into a stained basin

The bronze equestrian statue of King Aleksandar I seen from behind and below, his sabre drawn, on a tall granite pedestal

Two Red Army grave markers with red stars inside low iron fences, the taller inscribed in Russian, with a dug-up park behind

A round vegetable pizza in an open cardboard box on a glass-topped table, covered with courgette slices, red onion, red pepper and rocket, its rim spotted with char

A narrow passage with teal-painted lower walls and a black-and-white patterned floor, leading to a wall hung with painted plates, coloured bulbs and a blue door-shaped noticeboard

A green painted board reading “Increase the piece, make a Peace!” with two pink pizza-shaped peace signs, surrounded by snapshots of customers with pizzas, with gold forks hanging beneath it

A closed white pizza box on a glass table, printed in red with a slice of pizza on wheels and the phone number 062 222 164

Close-up of the pizza: courgette, red onion, red pepper strips and rocket, with dark charred spots along the rim

The Spark of Freedom in Niš: an angular metal sculpture of folded, splintered sheets rising from a block marked 1941, in a bed of yellow and red flowers, with a bust on a pedestal behind

Bronze bust of Stanko Paunović on a dark granite pedestal inscribed People’s Hero, 1907–1942, beneath pine trees

Bronze bust of Mija Stanimirović on a stone pedestal inscribed People’s Hero, 1919–1943, on a lawn with the fortress wall behind

Bronze bust of Field Marshal Petar Bojović with a peaked cap and wide moustache, on a pale stone pedestal inscribed Vojvoda Petar Bojović 1858–1945

Bronze statue of a footballer in shorts and socks about to kick a ball, on a small stone pedestal on a sunlit lawn

The Metamorphosis Constantiniana sculpture against a blue sky: a spiral-patterned base, three stacked portraits of Constantine, a pair of rough outspread wings and a cross on top

Metamorphosis Constantiniana on its stone block pedestal by the river, with the fortress wall behind

Close view of the three stacked bronze faces of Constantine below a cross, with wings spreading to one side

A tall white pillar with a flaking, stained surface rising against a blue sky, a crowned double-headed eagle coat of arms near its foot and a bronze winged Icarus at the top

The Icarus monument seen across a bed of red roses in a small park, with trees behind

Close view of the bronze Icarus gripping a tall wing in each raised fist, one foot on a small block and the other leg bent and lifted, against a blue sky

A black seated figure with a large bowed head and arms folded over its knees, the paint flaking to white at the elbows

A metal plaque headed LAPULAPU from the Philippines Historical Committee, dated 1951, on a painted stone tablet in front of a painting of a battle in shallow water

A copper-coloured statue of Lapulapu holding a curved blade and a shield on a stone pedestal, with the white stone Magellan obelisk, its top missing, behind it and red Coca-Cola umbrellas below

Low-angle view of the Lapulapu statue holding a blade and a shield against a blue sky, above a pedestal with a Filipino-language plaque

A plaque headed FERDINAND MAGELLAN’S DEATH, dated 1941, on a brown painted stone tablet in an open pavilion

A cream-coloured column topped by a globe showing Asia and Australia, with a relief of a crowded battle scene and the word MACTAN

A black seated figure, a cream pole with green and blue shapes, and a large blue face with a patterned headband and a flower on its cheek, beside an iron fence

The stone front gate of Fort San Pedro, with a wooden sign reading EL FUERTE de SAN PEDRO 1565 over the arched entrance, a carved coat of arms and inscriptions above it, and a historical plaque on the wall to the left

A rock with a metal plate reading COURTYARD among hedges and blue flowers

A two-storey grey stone building inside the fort walls, with wooden shutters, a small balcony and an arched passage through the middle, and climbing plants on the right

Red candles burnt down to stubs and puddles of wax on a metal grille inside a round iron stand

A carved wooden board headed THE FOUNDING OF CEBU on a stone wall, holding nine framed black-and-white pictures of ships, a landing, a fight, a cross, a map and two portraits

A colour painting of a warrior in a white headband raising a long sword over a fallen Spanish soldier in armour in shallow water, with more warriors and soldiers and a boat behind

A painted portrait of a bearded man in patterned armour, holding a helmet with a pink plume

Two paintings hung one above the other: a tattooed man with folded arms and a red headband, and a woman holding a crowned figure of the Child Jesus in a red cape

A suit of Japanese armour with a horned helmet and orange cords, standing on tatami inside a glass case

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