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PLAVI ANĐEO
Crkva posvećena Svetom Ahiliju, po kome je Arilje
dobilo ime, po mnogo čemu je jedinstvena srednjove-
kovna građevina, nastala u 13. veku. Posebno je izdvaja
ktitorska freska kralja Dragutina pored koga su njegova
žena, ugarska princeza Katlin, i brat Milutin sa kojim je
u vreme gradnje crkve bio u slozi. Potrebno je dugo za-
gledati po visokim crkvenim zidovima dok se pogled ne
zaustavi na otmenom oslikanom liku arhangela Gavrila,
poznatoj freski ariljskog Plavog anđela, jednoj od najlep-
ših u nasleđu srpskog srednjeg veka. „Ko tebe nije video,
taj ne zna sebe“, napisao je za tu fresku veliki srpski
pesnik Branko Miljković.
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BLUE ANGEL
The church dedicated to St. Achillius, which Arilje is
named after, is in many ways a unique medieval building
that emerged in the 13
th
century. It stands out in par-
ticular thanks to the fresco of its founder King Dragutin,
standing beside his wife, Hungarian princess Kathleen,
and his brother Milutin, with whom he was in good rela-
tions at the time of the church’s construction. It takes
a long time staring at the high church walls until one’s
gaze falls on the elegantly painted figure of the Archan-
gel Gabriel, better known as the Arilje Blue Angel fresco,
one of the most beautiful in the legacy of the Serbian
Middle Ages. “Who has not seen you does not know
himself,” wrote great Serbian poet Branko Miljković as a
dedication to this fresco.
MALINE
Na mestu gde se Veliki Rzav uliva u
Moravicu, nalazi se Arilje, gradić vrednih
ljudi u čijoj okolini rodi pet odsto svih
malina na svetu, čime se nezvanično
kandiduje za titulu svetske prestonice
malinarstva. Malina je glavni
izvozni proizvod toga kraja.
Sa dvadesetak hiljada stanov-
nika, gradić je vodeći u Srbiji
po izvozu po stanovniku. Brojni
malinjaci širili su se po okolini u
poslednjih pedeset godina, zaslu-
gom nekolicine mladih agronoma
koji su tada predvideli perspektivu
za gajenje tog voća.
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RASPBERRIES
At the spot where the Veliki
Rzav merges with the River
Moravica, sits Arilje, a small town
of hardworking people, whose
surroundings are the birthplace
for five per cent of all raspber-
ries in the world, thereby leading
to the town being an unofficial
candidate for the title of world
raspberry capital. The raspberry
is the main export product of the
region. With twenty thousand
inhabitants, the town is the leader
in Serbia in terms of exports per
capita. Countless raspberry bush-
es have spread throughout the
area in the last fifty years, thanks
to numerous young agronomists
who then saw the prospects for
the cultivation of this berry fruit.
Ktitorska freska u
crkvi iz 13. veka
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Benefactor’s
fresco in the 13th
century church
Crkva posvećena
svecu po kome je
Arilje dobilo ime
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Church dedicated
to the saint Arilje is
named after
U centru
grada
podignut je
spomenik
malini
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A
monument to
raspberries
has been
erected in
the centre of
town