Drvengrad - ethno village founded by Emir Kusturica
Drvengrad is a film ethno village in Mokra Gora. It is situated between Zlatibor and Tara and was constructed on Mecavnik hill by a film director Emir Kusturica. Mecavnik rises above the village of Mokra Gora and is on the same altitude as old railway station Jatare with old narrow railtracks Sarganska Osmica.
Drvengrad is an urban style ethno village. On one of its ends there is the entrance gate and on the other a small wooden church built in Russian style and dedicated to St. Sava. In the center there is a square with ground made of wood and surrounded by authentic log cabins transported from regions in Serbia and Bosnia.
Drvengrad has a picture gallery, library, cinema "Underground", pastry and sweet shop where home-made cakes and natural juices are served, a national restaurant, souvenir shop...
The expert jury of Brussels Foundation for architecture Philip Rotie proclaimed Drvengrad the best European architectonic achievement in the last three years.
Kusturica says about Drvengrad: "I have made up a town which looks like people have always lived there".
