Mystery Kalemegdan: No one knows who the USAT

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Autor: I. Nedi / Pictures 24.07.2014. - 00:02 11:! Komentara ()
H"ndreds o# $eo$le w%th the sweetest looko"t at Kalemegdan o&ser'e the est"ary( &"t #ew not%)e
the #%g"re o# a man w%th h"ge ears( )ar'ed on a near&y ro)k and *"st s%gned w%th + USAT oka, K%ds
meet reg"larly on the &en)h -%n U.atog oke- &"t ne%ther h%stor%ans nor ar)haeolog%sts( or
em$loyees o# the -/elgrade 0ortress- does not know anyth%ng a&o"t USAT 1*oko( altho"gh the
water %n the l%st o# mon"ments,
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LEGENDS - Even after three weeks of research and reference historians,
archaeologists and guides who are familiar with Belgrade as your pocket,
or !" was una#le to locate anyone who can safely say who is $S%&
'oka, who had made the monument and when (
)s 'oka real person or *ust a su#*ect of imagination - is also not entirely
clear( %ccording to one version, you told us a travel guide +ohn &ipold,
$S%& 'oka was one of the most famous street entertainers at
,alemegdan(

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%ccording to another version, $S%& 'oka was - a vampire(
- ) know that the fortress circling many legends a#out this stone, such as
the famous story of the vampire D*oko who appeared at night in this
place( None of our employees is not versed in the historical details of the
monument - says %na 3a*li2, spokeswoman Belgrade fortress, the
company that takes care of ,alemegdan(

3elief, in the opinion of archaeologists Dr 0arko 1opovic, carved in
stone that there is already there, and is incorporated in conservation work
on the N4 upper town, the seventies of the twentieth century(
- is an open 5uestion who it is engraved - he says (
4hoever the author and whoever was $S%& 'oka, regular visitors
,alemegdan love it and they do not mind at all(

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6ften spend their free time at ,alemegdan, and my favorite #enches in
$7atog 'oke() do not know what this monument represents, #ut we are
very lova#le and sweet - says &i*ana 0aksimovic, student(
8owever, unlike them, archaeologist Dr 0arko 1opovic no positive
a#out that part( 8e #elieves that relief has nothing to do with the
monumental heritage forts and that, therefore, represents a desecration of
many centuries of cultural creation(


0ystery $7atog 'oke remains open( &hat he was a vampire, not many
people will #elieve it( 1rior to the version of street entertainers( 4e do
know that visitors ,alemegdan fortress this unusual monument leaves no
one indifferent(

#ersions: Popular street musician or $ vampire
06N$0EN& - 8is name was George and he was e9tremely lop ears, on
what #asis he got that nickname( %t the place where his statue now, he
entertained passers performances, and they, after his death, he voted to
make memorial pla5ue - e9plains +ohn &ipold, travel guide( 8e says the
monument is made #y a group of anonymous authors, close friends
$7atog 'oke, who wanted to ovekove:e his character in stone( )n
addition, you can often hear the version that $S%& 'oka was - a
vampire(