This interactive workshop deals with the cultural and historical monuments of Montenegro and ways of preserving and restoring them throughout history. Through examples of significant monuments, the participants will discuss the challenges of their protection and how different approaches of restoration affect the preservation of their authenticity and historical value. The workshop encourages discussion on the importance of cultural heritage and its preservation in modern society. During this workshop, participants will also have the opportunity to learn something ,that they did not know until now, about Montenegro. The duration would be around 60 to 90 minutes.

Lecturer: Arandjel Jeremić

I am Arandjel Jeremić and I am 19 years old and I graduated from high school in Herceg Novi, graduating as Civil Engineering Tehnician for high-rise buildings with the best grades. I am currently in my first year of studies at the University of Montenegro, majoring in civil engineering. And the interest in history, cultural heritage and the preservation of cultural and historical monuments came to me from a young age, considering that my dad has been engaged in this business for many years and I have watched him work since I was young, some of the projects he worked on are the Kotor town walls, the Forte Mare fortress, the Cathedral of St. Tryphon in Kotor, and he also did restoration work on buildings in the old towns of Budva and Herceg Novi, as well as on the restoration of World War 2 monument in Gornja Seoca, Virpazar ( the place where uprising againts the fascist regime began). During all these works I followed him closely, helped him and observed him, absorbing knowledge and following in his footsteps, and this is something I want to do in the future.