Editing Požega, Croatia (section)

==Festivities and events==
The city has an 800-year-old cultural and historical heritage. Its carefully cherished traditions underlie the tourist development of Požega.

The central town square with a number of nice buildings (the church of the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]], the [[Franciscan]] monastery, the Town House, etc.) and a [[plague column]] is one of the most beautiful squares in Croatia.

Požega hosts a number of traditional cultural events and performances. ''Grgurevo'' or St. Gregory's Day is a traditional show of canons and mortars, exhibited on the central square (12 March). The event includes the mortar fire in Požega [[vineyard]]s, which symbolizes the chasing of the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] from the region and commemorates the victory over the Turks on Sokolovac Hill in 1688. The [[Croatian Minute Movie Cup]] &mdash; an international festival featuring one-minute-long [[Film|movie]]s &mdash; and the national dog show are held in May The events in June are St. John's Bonfire (21 June), ''Kulenijada'' &mdash; a special event dedicated to presentation and tasting of the very best [[kulen]] (Slavonian [[paprika]]-flavoured sausages), served with quality local wines.

The events in September are ''Fišijada'' (fishing and preparing of Slavonian-style fish specialities) and the important music festival Golden Strings of Slavonia (first weekend in September). This event is a contest of [[folk music]] performers and singers but also includes other events (grape harvest, [[beauty contest]], the most "swaggering" peasant girl, national costumes show, etc.). [[Organ (music)|Organ]] music evenings are organized on the occasion of the town's day and in commemoration of its patroness, St. Teresa of Avila (15 October). There is a quiz contest each April, [http://kvizoljupci.wixsite.com/sova "Spring Open Vallis Aurea" (SOVA)], organized by the [http://kvizoljupci.wixsite.com/kviz Quiz lover's club]. SOVA arouse from Pub quiz, a popular event that is usually organized on Fridays bi-weekly, and become probably the largest independent quiz contest in the country.