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Rocky Solution to Serbian Landslides

February 8, 2007 at 10:04 AM | 0 Comments

Big monuments can really make a town. Especially when there's nothing else to see. The Serbian village of Zitiste knows this. Sick of getting on the tourist radar only for heavy flooding and landslides, they've come up with a plan to make Zitiste famous for something quite different: a giant statue of Rocky Balboa.

The Serbians of Zitiste want to get this right, and have not only asked for assistance from Philadelphia officials (experienced in such matters), but have also formed the Association of Rocky Balboa (Zitiste). There is even method behind their madness:

We want to create a new image of our village ... We thought long and hard about what would represent our new image, and we came up with Rocky Balboa. He is a character who never gives up and even when he looks to be beaten he picks himself up and wins through.

While we might think that someone real--and, dare it be said, Serbian--might make a better choice here, we can't argue with the fact that a significant number of tourists will probably make the detour to Zitiste in the future. Unless Rocky gets washed away by another flood or landslide.

[Photo: Stan Cherian]

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