TESNJAR

BY MIRKOVIC SNEZANA AND PAVLOVIC BRANKO ( DECEMBER 1996 )

IN THE OLD PART OF VALJEVO, ON THE RIGHT BANK OF KOLUBARA RIVER,

TESNJAR DOWNTOWN AREA IS WELL PRESERVED AND RESTORED.

TESNJAR HAS NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS WHERE CONTEMPORARY AND OLD

CRAFTS ARE PRACTICED INCLUDING NOW RARE CRAFTS: WEAVERS, SADDLERS,

POTTERS, CANDELMAKERS... TESNJAR IS COMPOSED OF BUILDINGS FROM 18th

AND 19th CENTURIES BUILT IN ORIENTAL STYLE. THE ARCHITECTURE IS

MODEST AND NATIONAL BUT IT ILLUSTRATES ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE

TIME WHEN IT WAS MADE. THE URBAN AMBIENT OF OLD "MARKET-PLACE"

TESNJAR IN VALJEVO IS PROCLAMED AS THE MONUMENT OF CULTURE AND

PROTECTED BY LAW. THE AIM IS PROTECTION OF THE AMBIENT WHICH HAS