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2nd Call: Sept 30 – Nov 08, 2019

The registration for the 17th International Congress on Dry Stone, 2020 is now open! The congress with the dry stone walling workshop will be held from 2 to 4 October 2020 in Konavle, Croatia. The event is organised by association 4 GRADA DRAGODID on behalf of International Scientific Society for Dry Stone Interdisciplinary Study (S.P.S. / S.D.S.), with the local partners. 

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As previously published on our website, a controversial cable-car project that has been initiated by Belgrade’s governmental institutions, caused public reactions and strong protest of professionals from various fields. The cable-car should have been constructed at the most important cultural and historical location as well as one of the most important urban points in Belgrade – its fortress. The fortress itself is archeological site, and crucial place for understanding Belgrade, its phases and layers of development.

Thanks to our persistent and worthy colleagues from EUROPA NOSTRA SERBIA, this project has been stopped.

Don't forget to vote for the Public Choice Award, you have time until the 15th of September! You must vote for 3 projects from 3 different countries. Your first vote counts for 3 points, your second vote for 2 and your third vote for 1. The winner will be announced in Paris during the European Heritage Awards Ceremony on 29 October. Watch the project videos, choose your favourites and spread the word!

It would be really helpful for us to collect answers from people and organisations with experience in working in regional programme on culture and creativity in the Western Balkans. If you do have this kind of experience, and have a bit of time and energy, we would be extremely grateful to collect your views on this matter.

Civil society organisation DRAGODID and International scientific society for dry stone interdisciplinary study S.D.S - Société ScientifiqueInternationale pour l'Etude la Pierre Sèche S.P.S. wish to announce the XVII International Congress on dry stone that will be held on October 2^nd – 4^th 2020 in Croatia. Southernmost Croatian municipality of Konavle is the host of the Congress. Save the date!

Congress aims to bring together dry stone practitioners, researchers, professionals and enthusiasts in order to spread knowledge and techniques, discuss topicalities and widen the cooperation network between countries. All interested can participate as listeners, speakers and/or poster exhibitors.

Craftsmen, engineers and artists, students, academics and professionals from Greece and the Balkans, meet at the old cobbled pathway that leads to the bridge of Plaka.

Craftsmen apprenticeship   –   Plaka Camp: 9/9 – 31/10    2 months of work and training on the traditional craft of the “kalderimi”

Stone Masonry Workshop   –   Plaka Workshop: 16 – 27 /10   12 days of practice and theory on stone building

KALDERIMI – COBBLED PATHWAY

This project consists in the restoration of the old cobbled pathway that leads to the Plaka Bridge. The works will take place during the autumn of 2019, while in the same time, the reconstruction of the bridge itself will be reaching completion. The cobbled pathway, which is 400m long and was partially reconditioned during the last year’s Stone Masonry Workshop, has suffered major alterations and severe damages during the past decades, and has been largely forgotten in favor of a recently constructed path, stretching across the bank of Arachthos River. If the above describe the troublesome nature of the present condition, they also imply our project’s deliverables: the old cobbled pathway, fully functional, in its authentic form.

Learning is never ending process. Our friends from The Heritage Management Organization are once more arranging exciting workshops for heritage professionals who are keen on gaining more knowledge this autumn.

Applications are opened:

SEE Heritage member organization Dragodid is organizing for the 10th time a dry-stone camp at mountain Ucka in Istria, Croatia. The volunteer camp for students and young professionals will take place at dry-stone village Pretrebisce from July 27th to August 4th 2019.

Participants will:
– learn dry-stone basics
– learn to shape stone using hand tools
– build a dry-stone wall ‘from scratch’
– repair a stone slate roof
– renovate dry-stone and wooden village infrastructure
– participate in an informal dry-stone competiton and a petanque competition!

There will be interesting lectures about building techniques, architectural heritage and related topics, as well as a walking and hiking tour along NP Učka.

We are the Stonefish. The land is located on the hill overlooking the town of Vis, on the island of Vis, Croatia. We want to create something magical on top of the hill - sustainable, beautiful and fun.

Over the past months we spent many beautiful days -and nights- here, and this is where we started using machetes and chainsaw 

If you want to help us cleaning the land a bit further, or make this space more cozy, you will be most welcome to join our volunteer team this summer!