Statue Friday — Dositej Obradović

Dositej Obradović, was born at Čakovo (Tschakowa), Habsburg Monarchy, February 17th 1739, as Dimitrije Obradović, and as an adherent of the Serbian Orthodox Church, he became a monk in the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Hopovo, in the Srem region, and acquired the name Dositej (Dositheus).

Founder of modern Serbian literature, he is commonly referred to by his mononym, first name alone, as Dositej (Dositheus). He translated many European classics, including Aesop's Fables, into Serbian.

Obradović became a monk on February 17th, 1757 and was very happy at the beginning, but eventually he discovered that his thirst for knowledge was greater than his desire for sanctity. During his three-year stay at Hopovo he learned Old Slavonic and classical Greek. Obradović left the monastery, on November 2nd 1760, and went to Zagreb, where he mastered Latin. That was just the beginning of his traveling adventures. For forty years he travelled throughout the Balkans, the Levant, Imperial Russia, and Europe: Albania, Dalmatia, Corfu, Greece, Hungary, Turkey, Germany, Romania, Russia, Poland, Italy, France and England, learning languages and different cultures.

In 1802 Dositej traveled to Trieste knowing that a printing press there was publishing Serbian works. While there he heard of the Serbian uprising against the Turks, and he raised money and donated funds of his own to the cause. He went to work for the victorious Karadjordje administration in 1806. He also wrote the first Serbian national anthem Vostani Serbije.

At more than sixty years of age, Obradović became a champion of the effort to educate his people. He settled in liberated Belgrade in 1807, and in September 1808 he opened the first Elite Schools or Velika škola (Grandes Écoles), later the University of Belgrade. His health started to decline in 1809, and he died on March 28th 1811, shortly after being appointed Minister of Education.

You’ve had a chance to see the silhouette of his statue here… and now you can see how that monument looks like in a bright Summer day.

Category / Категорија	Statue Friday
Settings / Поставке	ISO80, 30.5mm (140mm equiv.), 1/500 sec, f4.5
Camera / Камера	Canon PowerShot G10
Lens / Објектив	Canon 6.1–30.5mm (35mm film equivalent: 28–140mm), f/2.8-4.5
Location / Локација	Smederevo, Serbia

The monument is placed in front of the Smederevo High School…

Category / Категорија	Statue Friday
Settings / Поставке	ISO200, 30.5mm (140mm equiv.), 1/318 sec, f4.5
Camera / Камера	Canon PowerShot G10
Lens / Објектив	Canon 6.1–30.5mm (35mm film equivalent: 28–140mm), f/2.8-4.5
Location / Локација	Smederevo, Serbia

This is an entry to the SevenDaysOutside challenge by our @erikah

These are the days and the categories:

• #WindowMonday – Windows
• #DoorTuesday – Doors
• #RustArtWednesday – Rust
• #GateThursday – Gates
• #StatueFriday – Statues
• #BrickSaturday – Bricks (bricks only, no pavement elements or cobblestones please)
• #StreetlampSunday – Street Lamps

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