Pearls of the Pčinja Valley – Rural Tourism Attractions
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(JPMNT) Journal of Process Management – New Technologies, International Vol. 1, No.4, 2013. PEARLS OF THE P ČINJA VALLEY – RURAL TOURISM ATTRACTIONS OF THIS AREA PhD Svetlana Trajkovi ć, Collage of applied professional studies, Vranje, Serbia PhD Predrag Trajkovi ć, Mapro, Vranje, Serbia MSc Ivana Zdravkovi ć, School „Radoje Domanovic“, Vranje Abstract ‘’However, because of the modernization and automation of lighting devices, lighthouses River Valley P činja, with its source part and have been declared the monuments of the tributaries that make up the Aegean Sea with its highest category, and at the beginning of this configuration, where the gorge turns between decade an extremely imaginative idea to turn nearby mountains and flat areas, meadows, gardens their interiors into unique apartments for and of our arable land, remains of old mills, houses and villages, which, still do not leave the tourists has come up. This was the beginning inhabitants of this region, contains tourist potential. of a new form of adventure tourism, renting a This valley is adorned with rich flora and fauna lighthouse, which is original enough even for where one can see examples of the unique flora and the most demanding tourists, and it delights fauna, with its diversity and natural material in the more and more visitors a year after a year’’. 1 form of a "devil's stone" Witness antiquities and places of worship as well as a special value of the We will try to highlight, everything that is Monastery of St. Prohor of Pcinja. The pleasant interesting in this valley, through which flows climate and in some areas of the river gurgling clear Mountains Rivers. To highlight the flora disrupts primordial peace and makes the holiday and fauna of the area and interesting for eyes, soul of every lover of nature attractions that would attract not only domestic Keywords : tourism, mountains, valleys, fauna, tourists but also by the stranger, who loves flora, monastery vacations, river basin. nature and peace, but the history and culture of the region, as well as traditional events that are Introduction organized here for years. There are sacred, natural formations, swimming and enjoying Serbia is a country with very diverse tourist the nature, hunting and fishing. Who loves potentials. New time and a new way of life, urban life, in some thirty kilometers from the must the motivate people for new sources of monastery St. Prohor of Pcinja are the cities revenue, with use of the wealth that nature is Kumanovo-Macedonia or Vranje - Serbia. gave them. This population does not lack inventiveness, ideas and creations. They lack Valleys and gorges of the upper catchment the entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to of the river Pcinja through Serbia develop them, what is not well known. The P činja River is Aegean basin, with a total This content wants to launch initiatives, to length of 135 kilometers. From the source, show the natural resources, which makes the with several tributaries, makes the Black River tourist potential of this desperately poor near the town of Radovnica in the area of the region. It is necessary; launching a new brand western slopes of the mountain of Dukat. As a that called is rural tourism. left tributary, flows into the Vardar River, near the village of Katlanovo. The source of this The idea for the development of rural and river is part of Serbia but flows through adventure tourism in this area is evident in the Macedonia, by the amount of water is one of use of lighthouses on the Croatian part of the Adriatic coast as a special attraction high-class 1 adventurer: I. Batinic, Croatian lighthouses - a new tourist attraction of The Adriatic, JPMNT - INTERNATIONAL, Vol.1, No.3, 2013. 82 www. japmnt .com (JPMNT) Journal of Process Management – New Technologies, International Vol. 1, No.4, 2013. the poorest tributary of Vardar River, but this camping and swimming in the P ČINJA River, is one of the cleanest rivers in Serbia. as a weekend place. 2 Basin of this river has a total of 3 140 square River Valley P činja includes the Mountains of kilometers, of which 1257 square kilometers Kozjak and Starac, and P činja River valley located in Serbia, and 1893 square kilometers that separates the two ranges. Beauty and in Macedonia. This river, which is located in gorge the River P činja, deserve special southeastern Serbia, with its valley separates attention. In this area, only 3 kilometers from the mountain Kozjak and Starac. River basin the town Trgoviste, especially is the dominant Pčinja make numerous tributaries, of which region, known to locals as the "Vrazji Kamen" the largest river Surli čka, Crna, Radovni čka, and P činja river which is one of the cleanest in Kozjedolska and other small rivers. P činja Serbia, with a lot of historical cultural River basin is only 2.2% of Serbia's territory, monuments, among which are the church of in parts of the territory of the municipality of St. Bogorodica is located in the village of Trgoviste and Bujanovac, which also makes Donja Trnica, places of worship from the the space of the most underdeveloped areas of fourteenth century, dedicated to the Virgin. Serbia. Of the total length of the river, which is 135 km long, runs through Serbia with a The church is located on the dizzy height length of 52 km or 38.5% of the total length of above the river basin P činja on a mound which the basin. Below the top “White water” at is surrounded by stone figures of similar 1664 m above sea level there are the most figures from “Djavolja varoš”. People of important springs. In the source area is called Pčinja, are for years have built the church Black River, between the villages of along the river P činja. Everything they built Radovnica and Trgoviste name is Tripušnica during the day, at night the devils would relate and downstream of Trgoviste, upon receipt to the “Vrazji Kamen”. This is created the Kozjedolske River where the river flows to the church at a height of 60 meters, and peoples west, named is P činja. P činja then flows to the those stones called “Vrazji kamen”. north west of the mountains at the village of According to legend in ancient times, loved Šajince receive the right tributary Koru ćicu the guy and the girl from the village of Donja and continue south through a narrow valley Trnica. He was the only child of the richest between the Rujen and Kozjak Mountains. houses in the village, and the maiden of the Villages Sajince and Novo Selo in the first half poorest. Their parents did not accept that love. of the last century and previously, used by Nonetheless, two of them have decided to get water the P činja River, to build the mill, where married. The wedding took place at the Church the people from remote villages, using of the Holy Virgin, as the first wedding in the livestock, fifteen or more hours, bringing grain church. The story goes that from construction, to the grinding, waiting for days to make a no one getting married or baptized in the flour. Creating your own windmill or a church because, according to legend, the first partnership in it at the time, it was a fortune. couple to be married died immediately after Of these mills still some persistent weather, leaving the church - the horse that carried them such as: Esarova, Toncina, Balidzina, felled down the slope. Djordjina… Because of this legend the church was also Now these buildings may constitute a tourist known as "devil's church." In the second part, attraction. In this valley, there is the village a source St. Prohor of P činja, treated the Prohor of Pcinja. Not far from there, after a people from all kinds of fears. And at the end, 45-kilometer course through Serbia, river the cultural, architectural and construction moved to the Macedonia in the Pelince village. monastery complex of St. Prohor of Pcinja of Residents of Kumanovo used this part for 11 century makes this whole area particularly 2 /http://www.smedia.rs/srbijajenajlepsa/detalji/ 83 www. japmnt .com (JPMNT) Journal of Process Management – New Technologies, International Vol. 1, No.4, 2013. important from the standpoint of natural, the north in Serbia, and that less precipitation, cultural and historical values. 3 and the coefficient of the lowest rainfall and drought index for July and August. This valley boasts a dam on the Tripušnici, which was built recently, after the devastating Flora and fauna of the valley Pcinja floods in Trgoviste, has become a tourist attraction where is the daily gathering of The extraordinary richness and great diversity several hundred swimmers. If you do adequate and specificity of plant life growing in the tourism infrastructure and promotion, surely it valley Pcinja conditioned by its geological, would be economically justified tourist geomorphologic, pedagogical, hydrological gathering place. and other natural features. Configuration of the central part of the Balkan Peninsula, whom This dam was built to alleviate the decline of belongs and Serbia, had extremely nearby landslides "Besno buce" that threatened heterogeneous and complex system. the entire Trgoviste and did not think about the possibility of creating tourism potential. Forest vegetation of the valley P činja, presented a mosaic phytocenosys shows relict Even when the architects of the rules character. Forest communities with distinct contemplated in the project at the dam unless relict character develop in sheltered habitats, the practical application and the primary and characterized in the presence of certain function, can be made part of which this will tertiary relict species, which sometimes have a be designed for swimmers.