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Distance from the main road (highway) and the big urban centres – Belgrade, Novi Sad,

Nis;

• Access to the site from the main road from Belgrade dir ection is highly unsafe and the

existing crossroads at the highway M-5 (E-761) Paracin – Zajecar and a regional road R

– 105 Zvezdan – Gamzigrad is not functional and is very dangerous for traffic;

is project primarily aims for the protection and preservation of a cultural property of an

outstanding value, a part of the world heritage, whose significance surpasses Serbian

boundaries and those of the whole region. Besides these technical aspects, the project

also aims to have an impact on various other levels, benefitting all:

- new job openings:

а) at the palace: 3 guides, 4 site maintenance workers, 3 handymen;

b) at the Visitor Centre:15 new openings, 8 throughout the year and 7 seasonal ones;

- village tourism development;

- local products on offer (arts and crafts and the local cuisine dishes);

- more involvement of the Tourist Organisation of Zajecar and other tourist

organisations, which would be able now to improve their offer and consequently their

income;

- hospitality industry;

- public and cultural institutions will be able to use the site for scientific and educational

purposes (concerts, literary nights, exhibitions, etc.);

- the interest of private entrepreneurs and investors will be raised.

Another sign of the increasing and already existing involvement of the local community

is, that since the start of the archaeological research and conservation works, the

farming population of the nearby villages of Gamzigrad and Zvezdan have been

engaged as unqualified workers during summer campaigns.

At the moment, the tourists are provided with the following accommodation facilities:

The Gamzigrad Spa:

- the Castrum Hotel, capacity – 150 beds

- private accommodation, capacity of about 160 beds

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Zajecar:

- the Serbia Hotel, capacity 120 beds

- the Konj Hotel, capacity 30 beds

- the Grinka Hotel, capacity 30 beds

7.1.3 Opportunities

Besides the potentials of the archaeological site itself, which provides an aesthetical

experience of viewing the remains of the ancient architecture along with a construction

frame of historic events, there are other potentials of the place to be developed:

а) Scientific potential:

- Possibilities of arranging the implementation of multidisciplinary researches of thearchaeological site and its protected surroundings. Non destructive and systematic

archaeological research, research of the ancient art achievements, architectural

achievements, petrographic research (the site containes various types of rocks of

different origin, and some investigations have already been done), biological research of

endemic plant species along with a creation of a picture of an erstwhile natural

environment (some research have already been initiated);

b) Potentials of conservation:

- Possibilities of creating a centre for conservation for the various materials found on thesite, such as objects and architectural elements;

- Possibilities of arranging for workshops of various training levels in conservation for

secondary school students or other young people at the beginning of their careers

working at museums or Institutes for the protection of cultural monuments.

c) Tourist potentials:

- Display of a 3D model of reconstructed fortress and palace and other buildings within

the complex

- Arranging for region specific food

- A chance for visitors to buy local cheese, honey and wines

- Arranging for Roman Nights, featuring food cooked according to ancient recipes

d) Educational potential

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- Organising lectures on history and art of Rome, on various levels, for both primary and

secondary school pupils

- Organising training courses for masons working in ancient techniques on the site

- Organising training workshops for building and stone-masonry workers, dealing withvarious types of stone used on the site (sandstone, limestone);

- Organising training workshops for sculptors working on stone dressing and making the

ancient decoration elements;

- Organising training workshops for extracting and modelling the clay from ancient clay

pits and for making construction elements: brick with and without decorations and roof

covering elements for the unemployed building workers;

- Organising training workshops for primary and secondary schoolchildren in making

ceramics according to ancient originals;

- Organising training workshops for making mosaics with ancient motifs – for amateurs

e) Cultural potential:

- A traditional summer school of philosophy – competitions in rhetoric/eloquence on

classical subjects

- Organisation of traditional artistic music concerts and exchanges of similar events of

Serbia and Europe (some have already been organised in collaboration with an Italian

event “Nell suono dei luoghi”);

- Organisation of a Classical Drama festival, literary nights and concerts of young music

talents;

- Engaging local artists in making souvenirs and promotion material

g) Entertainment potential:

- The area outside the ramparts is a good place for creating a sort of a labyrinth with

signs linking it to the site, meant for schoolchildren;

- Traditional annual bikers visit, when riding through Serbia;

- TV quiz games produced for primary schoolchildren, with topics related to the

Gamzigrad-Romuliana site and the period of its origin;

- Creating new board games, or jig-saw puzzles, memory games, monopoly-like games

with the Gamzigrad-Romuliana illustration elements

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f) Job potentials:

- Engaging professionals of various expertise in workshops activities;

- Engaging auxiliary staff of various profiles and qualifications, as well as unqualified

local workers on the site maintenance and safety;

- Arranging a permanent workshop for making bricks of traditional ancient dimensions,

of the clay extracted from the nearby clay pits, located some 600 metres north-west

from the site;

Memorial complex on Magura Hill TOTAL 1. 369.000.-

Later fortification - complex of towers and ramparts TOTAL 2. 625.000.-

Temple of Jupiter TOTAL 3. 330.000.-

Thermae – baths TOTAL 4. 212.000.-

CONSERVATION & RESTORATION 1+2+3+4 €1.536.000.-

5.0. Visitor Centre

5.1. Building a Tourist Centre 8 months 770.000.-

5.2. Building a B&B type hotel 12 months 680.000.-

5.3. Building a Research Centre 8 months 850.000.-

TOTAL 5. 2.300.000.-

TOTAL 1+2+3+4+5 € 3.836.000.-

Admission fee income 60,000 visitors X €4 240,000€

• Premises renting 500 m² X €120 60,000€

• Conferences, seminars, workshops 24 X €500 6,000€

• Souvenirs 10.000€

• Concerts, literary meetings, theatrical performances 30.000€

TOT AL: 346.000€

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