Nachricht Nummer : 353 Übertragungszeit : 3 min 50 sec Nachricht von : WAM@ZAMIR-ZG.comlink.de (Wam) Betrifft : Zagreb Diary on 22 December, 1993 Kopienempfänger : /APC/YUGO/ANTIWAR, /CL/EUROPA/BALKAN Erstellungsdatum : 31.12.1993 20:15:00 W+1 Zagreb Diary 22 December, 1993 Dobar dan, Hurrah, today they seems to have reached an agreement some where about Bosnia, there is going to be a cease-fire around Christmas and that is immediately more than in the West around here, since Orthodox Christmas is two weeks later, so they wouldn't start fighting before the 15th of January next year, what a pity that they didn't include the ramadan in the deal. Have you noticed how terrible sarcastic you become if you have to hear about cease- fire after cease-fire around here and you know that it wouldn't last longer than the ink on the papers have to dry. This one makes maybe a change, you never know and you shouldn't never give up hope. For the rest I was typing a lot today and not much happened, in the end of the day we heard that Sophy arrived in the UK after all. She went by UNPROFOR plane to Split, heard there that the flight of the military flight for BritBat was booked out, civilians (working for UN) are coming last and only could get a military flight from the USAmericans to Germany, there is just could book herself a last minute ticket on a commercial flight to London, which cost at least twice time more than Zagreb to London would have cost, but it was an interesting journey she said. I found some days ago some documents of the Croatian Ministry of Education and Culture, a list of the by war damaged monuments in Croatia, as monitor up to 12 December 1991, not so new with other words and produced in the time that Croatia was full in war and that with other words almost every thing, even facts, went through a propaganda machine. In didn't read to whole list, but the part of Lipik and Pakrac was nice background material. I know the reality in those place and write about it, the list looks a bit like a learn book "learn the monuments of Pakrac and Lipik", the house and buildings in the list are the only monuments to be found in those places, the other buildings may also be destroyed, but they weren't old enough for the list. Since it was today a little bit boring day, or rather busy day, I included totally against my principles this Pakrac and Lipik part in my diary. In think it is interesting since I write a lot about Pakrac just to hear what the official institions tell about it. remember during the fights big parts of Pakrac and Lipik have changed sides five times. Lipik - Historical urban core The town of Lipik is inseparable from the "Lipik Baths" which are the center and the historic heart of the town. The baths were used even in antiquity, as confirmed by writing from Roman times. In the middle of the 18th century the baths were visited by Count Jankovic, and in the middle of the 19th century they became the property of A. Knoll from Vukovar. The baths were then organised, new buildings were erected, the surrounding area and the garden developed. Hotels, villas, amusement areas and sanatoriums were built at the turn of the century. The historical center of Lipik has been badly damaged in attacks by paramilitary units and the Yugoslav Army. Pakrac - The Church of the Ascension of the Virgin Mary (The Katholic Churh) A small Neogothic building, built by domestic architects at the end of the 19th century. The church was damaged by explosive left inside by unknown individuals. The explosion damaged the front door, interior and inventory. Pakrac - Church of St. Joseph (The Orthodox Church at the "other side" I think, but I am not sure) A neogothic structure built at the end of the 19th century by local builders. The chapel was destroyed by explosives (the perpetrator of this attack is unknown). Pakrac - Orthodox bishop's palace (That's were the Croatian Checkpoint is) Two-story structure, elongated floorplan from 1732. Restored in an eclectic historical style ca. 1896. The building and church are historically significant for the Serbian Orthodox Church - Arsenije Carnojevic was bishop in Pakrac in 1705. In the course of street fighting, the roof was hit by machine-gun and rifle fire, and the door and windows were destroyed. According to the bishop's reports, significant materials kept in the building were also destroyed. Pakrac - Historical urban core of Pakrac Medieval town, below Psunj, in the form of an irregular pentagon with seven towers. Inside the city walls there is a defence tower with a round floor plan. Partially torn down in 1922, with the city walls partly preserved. As a settlement, it was mentioned in 1237 in the list of belongings and settlements of the Ivanovac order, and in the Middle Ages, it was the well-fortified seat of the sanjakate encompassing all of western Slavonia. In 1708 it became the seat of the eparchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church. At the end of the 19th century the old fortifications in the center of town were torn down, and the urban network of streets formed around the right square and the bridge across the Pakra. Structures inside the historic city center, along with other protected monuments, were vandalised with Chetnik symbols and signs. Pakrac - Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit - (I geuss this is the Orthodox church) The church was built in the baroque era and restored at the end of the 19th century in the eclectic spirit, according to a design by Herman Bolle. It is a spacious structure with a rounded sanctuary. The belfry is by the main facade, which has a decorated portal as the main entrance. Together with the Bishop's residence the church forms a significant late classicist unit. The church was hit by a mortar shell. The attack caused a fire. Mir from somewhere in Hrvatska, Wam ------------------------------------------------------ "Zagreb Diary" can be found on a lot of different electronic networks, it is copyright free and can be ported to any network or other means of communication you like, but please drop my a line, you can reach by sending a message to wam@zamir-zg.comlink.de . Zagreb Diary is dedicated to Tyche, Pjort and Rik, so that they found out what there father have been doing all that time in Zagreb. Financial support for Grassroot relief work in Croatia or BiH can be send to Kollektief Rampenplan (atn. Lylette, Postbox 780, 6130 AN Sittard, Netherlands, tel:. +31-46-524803 and fax: +31-46-516460 or to Zagrebacka Banka, Zagreb, accountnr.: 2440291594, to Kat, Pieter Jan Herman Fredrik, Brace Domany 6 6fl nr3 (postbox 33), 41000 Zagreb. 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