{"id":375,"date":"2007-08-19T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-19T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=375"},"modified":"2007-08-19T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-19T16:45:00","slug":"rocky-statue-in-zitiste-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2007\/08\/19\/rocky-statue-in-zitiste-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Statue in Zitiste, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue7.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue7.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">A child poses in front of a statue of the film character Rocky Balboa in the village of Zitiste, some 60 km (37 miles) from Belgrade, August 19, 2007. The three-meter high statue of Sylvester <\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Stallone<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"> in the role of Rocky, made by a Croatian sculptor, was revealed late Saturday in the centre of Zitiste. The idea to build a statue came to a village inhabitant in February who said he wanted to pay tribute to his favourite hero after seeing the sixth and latest &#8220;Rocky&#8221; movie. REUTERS\/Ivan Milutinovic (SERBIA)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue_chicken.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue_chicken.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">A men drerssed in chicken costumes stand by a huge statue of the film character Rocky Balboa,is seen just after unveiled in the village square in Zitiste, about 60 kilometers (36 miles) north of Belgrade, Saturday, Aug.18, 2007. The village of Zitiste has repeatedly suffered heavy flooding, gaining a disaster-prone reputation. Fed up, the locals started contemplating how to change that image and revive the village, which is one of the poorest in northern Serbia, and decided to erect statue of Rocky Balboa, similar to one in Philadelphia, PA, USA, where a monument to the actor Sylvester <\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Stallone<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8216;s film character already exists. (AP Photo\/Srdjan Ilic)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue5.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue4.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">A huge statue of the film character Rocky Balboa,is seen just after unveiled in the village square in Zitiste, about 60 kilometers (36 miles) north of Belgrade, Saturday, Aug.18, 2007. The village of Zitiste has repeatedly suffered heavy flooding, gaining a disaster-prone reputation. Fed up, the locals started contemplating how to change that image and revive the village, which is one of the poorest in northern Serbia, and decided to erect statue of Rocky Balboa, similar to one in Philadelphia, PA, USA, where a monument to the actor Sylvester <\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">Stallone<\/span><span style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8216;s film character already exists. (AP Photo\/Srdjan Ilic)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2007\/August\/081807statue3.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A child poses in front of a statue of the film character Rocky Balboa in the village of Zitiste, some 60 km (37 miles) from Belgrade, August 19, 2007. The three-meter high statue of Sylvester Stallone in the role of Rocky, made by a Croatian sculptor, was revealed late Saturday in the centre of Zitiste. 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