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21-458: Stepin Lug is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Belgrade, 13 km (8.1 miles) from downtown. It is a large, wooded area, roughly bordered by the neighborhoods of Veliki Mokri Lug on the north, Kumodraž on the north-west, Jajinci and Selo Rakovica on the west, Beli Potok on the south and Bubanj Potok on the east. The southern border is marked by the road of Kružni put and eastern by

42-520: A 13 distinct tree communities, but the number of the separate species is three times larger as many species were planted later even though they are not autochthonous, including both conifers and deciduous trees. They include: Evergreen trees: Deciduous trees: In March 2015, an area of 2 ha (4.9 acres) had been reforested with the white ash and red oak , one hectare and 2,000 seedlings each. The wildlife comprises hares , roes , pheasants . and wild hogs . Important historical features are

63-527: A 5 km (3.1 miles) hiking and jogging path. While it was called Titov Gaj, a mountain hut was built especially for him. He never visited the hut and it burned in the fire in the early 2010s. Also in the early 2010s, Stepin Lug was mentioned as a possible location of the Belgrade Zoo , if the old one is to be moved out of the Kalemegdan , though the forest was envisioned as the possible location of

84-543: Is a 3 kilometers long street which connects Veliki Mokri Lug and Medaković III and a sub-neighborhood of Veliki Mokri Lug developing around it. It goes through the entire western section of the neighborhood, but the term is mostly applied to the previously empty are along the street between Veliki Mokri Lug and Belgrade, which is becoming more and more urbaznied since the early 2000s. Medakovi%C4%87 III Medaković ( Serbian Cyrillic : Медаковић , pronounced [mɛ̂dakɔvit͡ɕ] ), or colloquially Medak ( Медак ),

105-574: Is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade , the capital of Serbia . It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac , with the easternmost part of Medaković III being in the municipality of Zvezdara . It is located in the valley of the Mokroluški potok , south of the Belgrade-Niš highway and consists of three parts, Medaković I on the west, Medaković II in the center and Medaković III on

126-466: Is an urban neighbourhood of Belgrade , Serbia . It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zvezdara . Veliki Mokri Lug is the southernmost neighborhood of the municipality of Zvezdara, located on the right side of the Highway Belgrade–Niš . Surrounding area is still largely unurbanized, but it makes continuous built up area with several other neighborhoods, mostly along roads: Kaluđerica on

147-456: Is entirely residential area, with central part constructed of 11 half-sphered buildings, centered on the roundabout of the bus line 30. Medaković III or colloquially Medak III, is the eastern and newer section of the neighborhood, mostly finished in the 1980s, but the full completion (arrangement of the green areas, streets, etc.) has not been done. It consists of similar, orange-white buildings with inclined, alpine-look rooftops. Medaković III

168-516: Is generally rich in springs and wells, which is obvious from many of the settlement's toponyms (streets like Petko's well, Miloš' well, Mitke's well, Little spring, Buljubaša's waters, Creek street) so as from its own name ( veliki mokri lug is Serbian for "large wet grove" as opposed to Mali Mokri Lug, "little wet grove"). During the Roman period , the Romans built an aqueduct to conduct water from

189-599: Is one of the oldest neighborhoods on the territory of modern Zvezdara municipality. Until the 1970s, Veliki Mokri Lug was a separate village and a suburban settlement of Belgrade. With the massive administrative reorganization of the Belgrade City limits after the 1971 population census, entire eastern and southern string of more or less urbanized suburbs ( Višnjica , Mirijevo , Mali Mokri Lug, Veliki Mokri Lug, Selo Rakovica , Jajinci , Kijevo , Kneževac , Resnik , Železnik , Žarkovo ) were administratively annexed to

210-610: The Belgrade-Niš highway . Stepin Lug or formerly known as Titov Gaj or just Gaj, is a memorial complex, a park-wood with an area of 8.5 km (3.3 sq mi), out of which 4.78 km (1.85 sq mi) has been protected and maintained. Total forested area was 4.91 km (1.90 sq mi) in 2010. Of that, 3.76 km (1.45 sq mi) was in Voždovac, and 1.15 km (0.44 sq mi) in Zvezdara. Stepin Lug can be divided into several areas: The area has

231-526: The Belgrade City proper ( uža teritorija grada ), turning from the separate settlements into the "local communities" ( mesna zajednica ), sub-municipal administrative unit. Population of Veliki Mokri Lug by the official censuses: Unlike majority of former suburbs and now neighborhoods on the outskirts of Belgrade, Veliki Mokri Lug kept mainly rural features, which resulted in population stagnation, while some neighboring settlements expanded significantly (Mali Mokri Lug, Kumodraž, Kaluđerica). A motion for building

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252-506: The Medaković neighborhood. Construction was planned to start in the spring of 1968, while the complete resettlement was to be finished by 1971. Since 1970s and especially 1980s, the neighborhood was transformed with the construction of the highrise . Medaković II or colloquially Medak II, is the central section. It borders the neighborhoods of Medaković I (west), Marinkova Bara (north), Braće Jerković (south) and Medaković III (east). It

273-484: The church in the neighborhood originated in 1988, and the construction began in 1990. The church was designed by architect Ljubiša Bošnjak. The lot on which it was built was donated by the emigrant Rajko Nikolić from Canada . It was consecrated in 1998 and dedicated to the Saint Hieromartyr Kyriaki , but remained unfinished. The founder, and the first elder of the church, Branko Kovačević (1930-2009)

294-485: The citizens planted gardens, orchards and built gazebos between the buildings. In 1967 the settlement consisted of 546 apartments and was colloquially labeled "the settlement of the houses in flowers". In November 1968 city announced optimistic plans to resettle the neighboring Marinkova Bara, classified as an informal settlement at the time, and estimated to have a population of over 20,000. A total of 1,100 new building apartments were planned, which in turn developed into

315-512: The east, the latter two being divided by the Vojislava Ilića street. The combined population of the entire neighborhood was 23,758 by the 2011 census of population. Medaković I or colloquially Medak I, is the western and oldest section of the neighborhood. It is bounded by the streets Medakovićeva on the north, where it borders the neighborhood of Marinkova Bara ), Zaplanjska on the west where it borders Dušanovac and Ignjata Joba on

336-446: The hill on which the modern Veliki Mokri Lug is located. At some point it was joining the aqueduct from the nearby Kumodraž Hill, and the water was further conducted to the castrum of Singidunum , predecessor of modern Belgrade. Natural inclination of two hills was used for the water to flow all the way to the city. Stražarska Kosa, eastern and southeastern part of the settlement is the oldest section of Veliki Mokri Lug. As such, it

357-657: The relocated zoo already in 1965. Despite the bad traffic connection with downtown, in 2020-2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic , number of visitors from Belgrade grew as the city parks and green areas were closed or the access was restricted. In April 2022, the arranging of the area began with thorough cleaning. By June 2022, the construction of the sports fields and quad trail are planned. 44°44′43″N 20°32′10″E  /  44.74528°N 20.53611°E  / 44.74528; 20.53611 Veliki Mokri Lug Veliki Mokri Lug ( Serbian Cyrillic : Велики Мокри Луг )

378-461: The south where it borders the neighborhood of Braće Jerković . On the east and northeast it extends into Medaković II. The combined population of Medaković I and Medaković II was 10,425 in 2011. Original settlement of houses and backyards with gardens, mostly illegally built, was demolished when the highway was built in the 1960s. The inhabitants were resettled in the newly built Medaković neighborhood, which consisted of one or two-story buildings, but

399-574: The vicinity of the Torlak hill and its importance in the battles for Belgrade in the World War I and the memorial-house of vojvoda Stepa Stepanović , one of the main army-leaders of the Serbian army. On 23 May 1972 the wooded complex Torlak-Baba Velka('s forest) was declared a park under the name "Titov Gaj", celebrating Yugoslav Communist president Josip Broz Tito 's 80th birthday. Stepin Lug has

420-543: The west, Mali Mokri Lug on the north, Kumodraž on the south and Padina and Medaković III , through Cvetanova Ćuprija. Veiki Mokri Lug is located east of the Kumodraž field, on two hills, Mokroluško Brdo (234 meters) on the west and Stražarska Kosa, on the south. The settlement developed in the headwaters area of Mokroluški Potok , a right tributary to the Sava river , which flows between slopes of these two hills. The area

441-414: Was buried in the churchyard. Some works were completed later, like the floor made of ceramic granite, but it remained unpainted and without iconostasis into the 2020s. With the help from the government and parishioners, the first altar painting was finished by 2022, representing Bogorodica Širšaja , or "Mother of God, Larger than Heavens". Cvetanova Ćuprija ( Serbian Cyrillic : Цветанова ћуприја )

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