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64-542: Located in the municipality of Stari Grad , Nikola Pašić Square lies in downtown Belgrade as the direct extension of Terazije . Named after Nikola Pašić , Serbia's famous early 20th-century politician and prime minister, it overlooks the monumental building of the House of the National Assembly and itself extends into urban Belgrade's longest street, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra , while Dečanska Street connects it to

128-468: A curiosity, Stari Grad is the location of two shortest streets of Belgrade, Marka Leka and Laze Pačua , which are 45 and 48 meters long, respectively. Despite being in the sole downtown and densely populated urban section, they have no numbers as all the buildings located in them are )numbered from the neighboring streets. Community health center Stari Grad was founded in 1948 as the Polyclinic of

192-528: A neglected, empty passage. New possible reconstruction was announced in April 2017, followed by a series of postponing: for October 2017, January, March and May 2018. The project includes new paving of the area and reintroduction of the greenery. Nothing has been done, though, and in May 2019 part of the concrete ceiling collapsed so the city again promised to renovate the passage, sometime in 2019. The original fountain

256-566: A number of people working on the territory of the municipality doubles its own population and makes possible for the municipality of Stari Grad to achieve GDP per capita 6 to 8 times higher than the average in Serbia. The ethnic composition of the municipality 2011: The ethnic composition of the municipality 2022: Recent presidents of the municipality: The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018): As

320-502: A population of 96,517 with a density of 13,788/km (35,710/sq mi) back in 1961. Even though residential areas are much densely compact compared to Vračar, the latter is densely populated because almost one third of Stari Grad, even though it is "heart" of Belgrade is not inhabited (mostly the large park of Kalemegdan and the highly industrialized riverside of the Danube, with dozens of factories and spacious hangars and depots). However,

384-403: Is a municipality of the city of Belgrade . It encompasses some of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade, thus the name (‘’stari grad’’, Serbian for “old city”). Stari Grad is one of the three municipalities that occupy the very center of Belgrade, together with Savski Venac and Vračar . Even though some of the oldest sections of Belgrade belong to Stari Grad, the municipality itself is among

448-471: Is a shopping area in an indoor passage which connects Terazije and the Square of Nikola Pašić. Originally, it was a location of Hotel "Pariz", which was built in 1870 and demolished in 1948 during the reconstruction of Terazije. Passage has been protected by the state as a "cultural property", though still under the "preliminary protection", and was nicknamed by the architects as the "belly button of Belgrade". It

512-608: Is known as Nicholas Krasnoff in Malta. In May 2016 MaltaPost issued a commemorative set of stamps in his honour. In 1922 Krasnov and his wife moved to Belgrade , then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia . He was one of around 90,000 Russian emigrés in Yugoslavia at the time, and one of many Russian architects and civil engineers that would have a large impact on the country over the next two decades. In Belgrade he became head of

576-689: Is located across the fountain. Adjacent to the square is the Pioneers Park as well as the buildings of the Belgrade City Hall and the Presidency of the Republic. The pedestrian section of the square is used for various public events, most notably open flower, honey, and book sales. On occasion, artificial ice rink or beach volley sand courts are put up as seasonal attractions in winter and summer, respectively. Total plateau area of

640-403: Is most populated area which makes it the heart of the city, it spreads from Terazije down to Despot Stefan Boulevard. Tasmajdan neighborhood is along with Šipka the on the east side of Stari grad next to municipality of Palilula. A lso in this street is located Knez Mihajlova street and the square of the Republic. The most of Belgrade's landmarks are located in this municapality. This is a list of

704-612: Is not generally considered by the Belgraders as one single definitive neighborhood. The area which Stari Grad covers is either simply styled "downtown" or by the names of the more established neighborhood which it overlaps: Two parts of Dorćol separated on social-difference and architecture basis, It spreads from the bank of Danube by the Kalemegdan fortress to the Republic Square also known as "The Horse". Downtown Belgrade

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768-442: Is part of the wider protected Spatial Cultural-Historical Unit of Stari Grad. Since the 1950s, the covered square was a quiet corner in sole downtown, with mini gardens and coffee shops and a popular destination of many Belgraders, but in the recent decades mainly lost that function. In 1959 a round plateau with the fountain and a bronze sculpture, called “Girl with the seashell”, sculptured by Aleksandar Zarin  [ sr ] ,

832-574: Is the Livadia Palace , later the location of the 1945 Yalta Conference . This was built on the Yalta estate of Tsar Nicholas II , on the site of a previous palace demolished in 1904. Krasnov worked on the designs through 1909 and they were commissioned in 23 April 1910, and built over the subsequent 17 months. Krasnov designed over 60 buildings in Crimea in total, blending a modernist style with

896-659: The Home of the Artisans , which is today the building of the Radio Belgrade . Kujundžić had one condition, that the name is to be preserved. Because of that, above the entrance into the building, the sculptural composition was carved. It shows two persons with an anvil (symbol of artisans), next to the anvil are scissors (symbol of tailors), with two white doves. The kafana was moved to the Bohemian quarter of Skadarlija and

960-554: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia , and was a key figure in the architectural development of Belgrade . Krasnov started attending the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1876, aged 12. As a young artist he received patronage from Sergey Tretyakov, brother of the founder of Moscow 's Tretyakov Gallery , and entrepreneur Petar Gubonyin. In 1887 Krasnov took up the post of Chief Architect in Yalta , for which he

1024-676: The Republic Square . At the corner of Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra and Dečanska Street, near the former "Topola" kafana , the first gas station in Belgrade was open. It was located on the spot close to the modern fountain, where the jardinières facing the National Assembly are situated today. In order to make room for the "contemporary works in the style of the Socialist realism ", the new urban concept of Belgrade after 1945 "ruthlessly demolished all obstacles". In order to create

1088-654: The Russian Revolution , Krasnov left Yalta with his family in 1919 for Malta , alongside the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna , sister of Queen Alexandra , and over 600 members of the Russian aristocracy. Nikolay was in a group housed in the empty Villa St Ignatius , which had been a Jesuit college and then a hospital during World War I . To earn money, Nikolay painted many scenes of Malta, signing his paintings as N Krasnoff. He

1152-676: The Serbian National Archive Building (1928); and the Yugoslavian Ministry of Finance Building (built 1926–29). These academicist buildings were large and imposing, and designed to represent the strength of Yugoslavian statehood. However, Krasnov also created buildings of various other styles, including the renovation of the medieval Ružica Church in 1925. He also created the artistic interiors for St. George's Church royal mausoleum in Topola ,

1216-466: The multiplex , with additional halls 2 (305 seats), 3 (105) and 4 (101), with the total area of 6,250 m (67,300 sq ft). In 2013 the building was declared a cultural monument . In July 2017 the facility was closed for the impending complete reconstruction, projected to last up to 8 months. Due to the protected status, the overall appearance has to be preserved. The unique marble floor, banisters and handrails will be repaired and with he help of

1280-607: The Department of Monumental Architectural Developments and Monuments, part of the Serbian Ministry of Housing and Building. His building designs in Serbia number around 60, and were created under the name Nikola Krasnov, as a mark of respect to his adopted homeland. His key works in Belgrade include: the Ministry of Forestry building (now Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1923) which bears a memorial plaque to Krasnov;

1344-683: The First Raion . It was located at the corner of the Gospodar Jevremova and Kapetan Mišina streets, in the building of the Belgrade Shipping Society. It moved into the large, new building in the Simina Street in 1964. In 2018, it was estimated that municipality has 47,000 inhabitants, but the health center had 82,000 registered patients. Up to the 1860s, this area was uninhabited. The Hilandarska Street

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1408-550: The People's Hero holder Dušan Korać  [ sr ] as well as the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) representative in Yugoslavia, Mohammed Nabhan. It also saw musical performances by Riblja Čorba , Električni Orgazam , Radomir "Točak" Mihailović , and Aki Rahimovski . A group of Yugoslav liberal dissidents used the rally to protest against the regime and were arrested. They carried

1472-810: The banner of Solidarity , the Polish labor union and an anti-authoritarian social movement. On 25 May 1984— Marshal Tito 's "birthday", known in SFR Yugoslavia as the Day of Youth —the square saw a large open-air rock concert the admission for which was free of charge. Twelve Yugoslav rock acts took the stage in front of reportedly 90,000 spectators. The acts that participated in order of appearance were: Delta 9, Beta Kentauri, Dorian Gray , U Škripcu , Električni Orgazam , Film , Divlje Jagode , Zabranjeno Pušenje , Dʼ Boys , Disciplina Kičme , Kerber , and Drugi Način . On 24 May 1986, another Day of Youth celebration

1536-463: The central entertainment multi-purpose venues in Belgrade (concerts, shows, cinema). Conductor Mladen Jagušt  [ sr ] stated that the hall is one of the five in Europe with the best acoustics. In the 1970s and 1980s it became a prestigious scene, Belgrade's version of Paris Olympia . A massive reconstruction ensued in 1978 when the interior of the entry hall was remodeled. In time it became

1600-459: The club organized dance competitions for participant from the entire Yugoslavia. Band Zana was promoted for the first time here, while band Aska practiced its choreography for their performance at the 1982 Eurovision song contest . The venue was closed in 1989. Bezistan covers an area of 13,667 m (147,110 sq ft). The major feature within Bezistan was the "Kozara" cinema, one of

1664-502: The construction of the First Town Hospital in the 1860s. Later it was renamed to Vidin-Kapija . Unlike Svetogorska, Hilandarska, as a side street, never became a commercial area, remaining residential with distinguished villas and buildings. They included houses of writer and physician Laza Lazarević , and the largest house of all, the home of Mihailo Jovanović , Metropolitan of Belgrade . His garden, which extended to

1728-520: The early 1990s, it was one of the Belgrade's first toponyms to change its name with the ending of the era of Socialist Yugoslavia. It was renamed from the Marx and Engels Square to the Nikola Pašić Square in 1992. A monument to Nikola Pašić was erected in 1998. When the statue was to be erected, ideas of bringing back the earth to the square in order to create an artificial hillock as a pedestal for

1792-526: The end of summer of 2023. The architects continued to insist on reduction of the fountain, and also asked for the Pašić's monument to be repositioned. This project also included reconstruction of the area in front of the assembly building. The "lavish fountain" was planned for the plateau along the boulevard, while the cars should move underground, as the idea of an underground garage in the Vlajkovićeva Street

1856-445: The entire neighborhood and the modern Svetogorska Street, were named after it in 1872. By the end of the 19th century, the neighborhood gradually developed along the central street and became fully urbanized, as a direct, eastern extension of the city's downtown. At the corner of Hilandarska and Džordža Vašingtona, there was a famous kafana named Kod Sedam Švaba ("Chez Seven Germans"), after German engineers who were working on

1920-471: The fountain and build a new, smaller one, with the sprinklers on the ground level. Demolition of "one of the most recognizable city fountains" prompted a public opposition to the project. Chief city urbanist Marko Stojčič stated in July 2019 that the fountain is not envisioned by the new project at all, adding that he will "insist to keep water in some form". In August 2019, deputy mayor Andreja Mladenović said that

1984-593: The fountain will keep its location and appearance, and that only its rim could be modernized. City also wanted to make the fountain operational during the winter, too, but the architects who designed the project were against it. Architect Savičić, co-designer, accepted that their proposal for the ground fountain will be dropped, but suggested that the fountain should at least be reduced to its 1987 size. The square's open space attracts various bird species, among them: feral pigeon , house sparrow , hooded crow , European kestrel , and common swift . Furthermore, walking around

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2048-428: The fountain will not be removed, not specifying if the old one will be kept or the new one will be built instead. As the opposition among the citizens continued, Stojčić stated that the new fountain will be similar to the existing one "to the extreme degree". Political opposition in the city hall, threatened to physically prevent the works in the square if the fountain is to be removed. In August 2020, city confirmed that

2112-586: The latest urban ones formed administratively. It was formed by the merger of the municipality of Skadarlija and part of the municipality of Terazije on January 1, 1957. Stari Grad occupies the ending ridge of Šumadija geological bar .The cliff-like ridge, where the fortress of Kalemegdan is located, overlooks the Great War Island and the confluence of the Sava river into the Danube , and makes one of

2176-531: The location of the Pioneer's Park. Works on the one below the plateau were to start in the second half of the year. The garage in Vlajkovićeva was also to have a circular, above the ground, multi-level parking lot. These two garages were to be connected underground. In the end, only the garage below the Pioneer's Park was finished, and even that was only in 2005. In the 1970s, city administration decided to remodel

2240-546: The mid 20-th century), merchant Nastas Savić (in 1937), shopkeeping Obradović family (demolished in the 1960s, to make room for electrical substation ). Some villas had facades in Bauhaus style, or interior halls in pink marble and fountains. The largest building was a modern Trade School, a bequest of Mrs. Evgenija Kiki. In the late 1920s, the Artisan Guild purchased the house and the surrounding lot in order to build

2304-433: The monument reappeared, but were again ultimately abandoned. In 2015, city organized design competition for three central squares, Republic Square, Terazije and Nikola Pašić Square. Design by Zorica Savičić and Zoran Dmitrović was selected. In 2017, city government announced reconstruction of the square which would include the demolition of the fountain and construction of a new, smaller one. In August 2020 city confirmed that

2368-542: The most beautiful natural lookouts in Belgrade. With Novi Beograd , it is one of 2 municipalities of Belgrade (out of 17) which occupy the banks of both major rivers in Belgrade, the Sava and the Danube ( Zemun was the third, but when the municipality of Surčin split, Zemun was left with the Danube, and Surčin with the Sava bank). The municipality of Stari Grad covers an area of just 7 square kilometers (2.7 sq mi) (second smallest in Belgrade, after Vračar) and borders

2432-484: The most popular in Belgrade for decades. It was closed in 2003, purchased by Croatian tycoon Ivica Todorić and allegedly planned as a supermarket for Todorić's Serbian brand "Idea" before it was destroyed by fire on 25 May 2012 It has been left in that condition ever since. Bezistan had candy and souvenir shops on one side, and modernistic section on other side, with McDonald's restaurant, modern coffee shop and "Reiffeisen bank", but as of 2018 it looks like nothing more than

2496-528: The municipalities of Paliula on the east, Vračar on the south-east and Savski Venac on the south. The Sava makes a border to the municipality of Novi Beograd (west) and the Danube to the municipalities of Zemun (north-west) and the Banat 's section of Palilula. The riverside of the Danube has two distinct artificial bays, the small marina ( Marina Dorćol ) and the Port of Belgrade . The neighborhood of Stari Grad

2560-510: The name for the neighborhood fell into oblivion. The neighborhood remains a location of several important buildings which were declared cultural monuments and protected by law: Stari Grad is twinned with: Nikolay Krasnov (architect) Nikolay Petrovich Krasnov (Russian: Николай Петрович Краснов; 23 November 1864 – 8 December 1939) was a Russian Serbian architect and painter, who served as Chief Architect of Yalta , Crimea , between 1887 and 1899. From 1922 he lived and worked in

2624-421: The neighborhoods in the municipality: Like the other two "old" municipalities of central Belgrade ( Savski Venac and Vračar ), Stari Grad for decades is a highly depopulating municipality, but being a central municipality and small in area, it remains one of the most densely populated municipalities in Serbia. There were 48,450 inhabitants according to the 2011 census or 6,921/km (17,930/sq mi), compared to

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2688-481: The new, wide plateau of the square named after Marx and Engels and effectively being transformed into a parking later, several buildings were demolished prior to te beginning of the construction of Dom Sindikata in 1947. The square was built during the 1950s as part of a massive Terazije reorganization project. Inaugurated as the Marx and Engels Square in honour of the famous communist theoreticians, its original terrain

2752-696: The north, in time developed in the entire small neighborhood of its own, originally known as Mitropolitova Bašta ("metropolitan's garden"), but in 1924 renamed to Kopitareva Gradina . The neighborhood became quite affluent. Other well-known residents include Antun Gustav Matoš , Milutin Bojić , Ivo Vojnović , and members of the Nušić family. Architects like Milan Antonijević, Andra Stevanović , Stojan Titelbah , Stojan Veljković, Otto Lorenz and Momčilo Belobrk designed numerous buildings for brothers Antonijević, hockey player Milenko Materni, priest Đoka Cvetković (demolished in

2816-511: The only work that has been done was the reconstruction of the plateau and the fountain in 2011. A popular disco club "Bezistan" was opened in the 1980s. It was located in the basement of the venue which was later adapted into the McDonald restaurant. It was different from other discos of the era, and was the only "dancing club" in the city. When the popularity of the Italo disco reached Belgrade,

2880-401: The pedestrians as it was used as an unofficial parking lot. In March 1970, city announced construction of three underground garages below the square, with 500 parking spaces each. They were designed by architect Stojan Maksimović. One was planned below the modern fountain plateau, another one was to be below the Vlajkovićeva Street, next to the parliament building, while the third was planned on

2944-723: The people ' slogan, the event was Yugoslav youth's protest against Israel 's invasion of Lebanon as well as the Israeli siege of Beirut . Organized by the Yugoslav Socialist Youth League (SSOJ), youth wing of SFR Yugoslavia 's ruling political party—the Yugoslav Communist League (SKJ), the rally was held in front of 30,000 people. It featured speeches from the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) general-lieutenant and Order of

3008-422: The post cards, especially using the angle with the parliament building behind the fountain. In time, a custom of graduation celebrations developed around it. Every year, graduate students from both the elementary and secondary schools, celebrate the last day of school by jumping dressed into the fountain. In 2017, city government announced that, within the scopes of the reconstruction of the square, it will demolish

3072-414: The square and make it more pedestrian friendly. Various ideas were given, including the creation of a hillock. Still, nothing has been done until the 1980s. On the initiative of Đoko Vještica, famous Belgrade radio host, the greenery was planted on the square, including the plane trees . The square was re-paved with the six-squared concrete slabs and the fountain was remodeled in 1987, too. Subsequently, in

3136-436: The square covers 8,752 m (94,210 sq ft). Dom Sindikata ("Trade Union Hall") is a massive building, built in the style of Socialist realism . It was projected by Branko Petričić and the construction began in 1947. It was finished by the Russian construction workers from 1953 to 1957. That year the first seminar was held and on 18 November 1957 the first musical show. The Great Hall with 1,600 seats, became one of

3200-528: The square, it is possible to hear great tit and woodpigeon sounds emanating from the nearby Pionirski Park . Large gulls regularly fly over the square at higher altitude. On 9 July 1982, the square, then named after Marx and Engels, was the site of a Palestinian solidarity rally. Named "Solidarity with the Struggle of the Palestinian People" and held under the ' Death to fascism, freedom to

3264-734: The traditions of the local architecture. Other notable examples include the Dulber Palace in Koreiz (built 1895-97), Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Yalta (1902), Yusupov Palace in Koreiz (1909), and Kokkoz Jami Mosque in Sokolyne (1910). In 1913, he presented a collection of illustrations he had produced of his works to the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts , where he held the title of academician . An opponent of

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3328-480: The vintage photos, the "old feel" will be kept. After the reconstruction, it will have five halls with additional venues, while the Great Hall will be reduced to 1,300 seats and will still be the largest concert hall in Belgrade. The building is designed in the manner of socialist realism , with the influences of the late modernism . In terms of architecture, it is the symbol of the construction immediately after

3392-480: The war, and with its position and volume, it permanently set the outline of the square, which itself is one of the most important public spaces in Belgrade. Apart from architectural values, the building is important from the cultural and historical point of view, as many important political and cultural events happened in Dom Sindikata. For all that, it was declared a cultural monument in April 2013. Bezistan

3456-526: The width of streets and height of buildings, the building of new streets, and prevention of unregulated construction in the city. The plan also included a school and children's hospital, and the construction of the Pushkin Boulevard. Two concrete bridges were built over the river, and the embankment strengthened. Many streets were also renamed as part of this plan. Krasnov also ran a private practice in Yalta until 1911. Among his most famous work

3520-406: The works may start in 2021. The design, especially the handling of its central piece, the fountain, met with negative public reactions so the city confirmed that the fountain will remain the same. City then announced that the fountain will be redesigned, but it will remain a classical fountain, though by August 2022 it became evident that reconstruction will not start before 2023, later rescheduled for

3584-480: Was built in 1959. It was designed by Hranislav Stojanović. The fountain was remodeled in 1987. It was reconstructed in the shape of an artificial cascade stream, with "spring" in the section close to the parliament building, and the "mouth" in the newly added section of the high jetted water. There are also two drinking fountains at the head of the fountain. The fountain became one of the symbols of Belgrade, featured in numerous music and promotional videos and printed on

3648-416: Was built. A webbed roof, shaped like a semi-opened dome, made of concrete and projected by Vladeta Maksimović, was constructed to cover the plateau and the fountain. Because of that feature, and a small shops located in it, it was named "Bezistan", though it never functioned as the bezistan in its true, oriental sense of the term. Revitalization and reconstruction was projected for the second half of 2008, but

3712-469: Was described as a "dusty road with several gardens". Jovan Kujundžić, a tailor ( terzija , tailor of the cloths) had a ground floor house at the modern crossroad of the Makedonska, Svetogorska, Hilandarska and Cetinjska streets. He switched to the catering business and founded a kafana Dva bela goluba ("Two white doves"). Originally, it was a typical road meyhane . The kafana became so famous, that

3776-479: Was dismantled in the mid-20th century. City continued to push the reconstruction of the square, officially searching for the contractor in October 2023. Total projection of the cost was raised to 854 million dinars (7,2 million) in the span of three years. The dominant architectural features in the square are the massive "Dom sindikata" building and one of the Belgrade's largest fountains. Museum of Yugoslav History

3840-435: Was paid 900 roubles per year. He had a contract for 24 years, of which he served 12. Taking up the post at the age of 23, Krasnov had large responsibility for the rapid growth of the city at the time. He started by expanding the promenade, which by 1913 would become the main street of the city, before developing and adopting a new city plan in 1889. This included a new sewer system, new planning regulations including limits to

3904-474: Was placed. It was embellished with neon lights and was commemorating the first summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Belgrade that year. The obelisk turned out to be a temporary one, as it was removed some time after the summit ended. The plateau was paved with the red granite slabs and while marble slabs which formed stripes. For the first two decades the plateau wasn't easily accessible for

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3968-426: Was revived. Start was planned for 2016. Instead, only re-paving of the plateau began in October 2021, and was to be finished by February 2022, but the renovation dragged on. Public debate on arranging the area continued, with some supporting the present, open for all status, while other suggested former solution by Nikolay Krasnov , which included avenue , decorative iron fence, gates and sentry boxes . This appearance

4032-499: Was scheduled for the Marx and Engels Square with a multitude of Yugoslav rock acts booked and over 100,000 in attendance. However, the concert got interrupted early on when a huge downpour began and began to endanger the safety of the gathered crowd. The event was moved for 6 September 1986. And even though the rain fell again, this time the celebration was held in full. Stari Grad, Belgrade Stari Grad ( Serbian Cyrillic : Стари Град , pronounced [stâːriː ɡrâd] )

4096-415: Was so hilly that much earth had to be removed in order to make its construction possible. A designing concept from the 1950s, work of Hranislav Stojanović, envisioned a fan-shaped pedestrian plateau with a tall monument dedicated to Marx and Engels, which would reflect in an elongated cascade pool-fountain. The fountain was built in 1959, but the monument hasn't. In 1961, not far from the fountain, an obelisk

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