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17-715: Orlovača cemetery is located in the eastern part of the Orlovača field, on the southern tip of the Belgrade's urban proper, alongside the Ibar highway , on the border of Čukarica and Rakovica municipalities. It is bounded by the creeks of Krušik on the south and Krušički Potok on the north, while the valley of the Kijevski Potok is to the east. It is situated between the neighborhoods of Železnik (northwest) and Petlovo Brdo (northeast). The field itself stretches to Železnik and

34-571: A municipal court, school, inn, two stores, two textile mills, three tailors and several houses, and when still part of Gukoši had been referred to as the area "on the Ljig River ." During World War I , the Battle of Kolubara was fought nearby, making this area significant in history of Serbia and of war, and in military science. A monument memorializing the battle has been erected on Rajac Mountain. Ljig separated from Gukoši in 1922, and by 1930

51-472: A school, health center and church were built. Prior to that time, Ljig residents had worshipped in Moravci . The town of Ljig is the economic and cultural center of the municipality with a primary school founded in 1907, a high school , a public library with a cinema , a health center and a post office . Aside from the town of Ljig, the following settlements are part of municipality of Ljig: According to

68-412: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ibar highway State Road 22 , commonly known as Ibar Highway ( Serbian : Ибарска магистрала , Ibarska magistrala ), is an IB-class road, connecting Belgrade with Šumadija and Western Serbia and finally with Montenegro at Špiljani border crossing. It starts with Orlovača interchange in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica and

85-499: Is a part of the following European routes: E65 and E80 ( Bregovi – Mehov Krš), E761 (Preljina – Kraljevo) and E763 (Belgrade – Preljina). In order to provide the safer and faster traffic link of Belgrade with Western Serbia and Montenegrin coast , and to alleviate the dangers of the Ibar Highway, the new A2 motorway is under construction from Čačak to border with Montenegro. The section from Belgrade bypass to Čačak

102-550: Is a town and municipality located in the Kolubara District of western Serbia. It has a population of 2,938 inhabitants, while the municipality has a total of 10,711 inhabitants. It is surrounded by Mount Rajac and Mount Rudnik . The recorded history of the Ljig settlement itself begins in 1911, when a railroad was built between Lajkovac and Gornji Milanovac . The area, however, has a long history. The Dići church

119-575: Is being built. In Interbellum , during the period of Kingdom of Yugoslavia , the local land was parceled and awarded by the royal Karađorđević dynasty to the recipients of the Order of the White Eagle . As the Serbian word for eagle is orao , the area became known as Orlovat. After 1945, new Communist authorities nationalized the land and the name in time morphed into Orlovača. Detailed plan for

136-488: Is bordered by the Rnjakovac Creek on the south. It is bounded by the fields of Mastirine on the north, Logorište on the southwest, Drenjak on the south and Prekoplandište on the southeast. Just north of the cemetery are the railway and a crossroad of the Ibar Highway and Kružni Put, semi-circular road connecting the entire southern edge of Belgrade. Parallel to Kružni Put, a southern section of the new Belgrade bypass

153-411: Is designed in the shape of a flower and was built on top of the chapels. The 10 m (33 ft)-diameter dome is made of glass, which allows for natural light to shines through. Original chapels were located in a temporary, adapted object which wasn't suited for the purpose. In 1998 Serbian Orthodox Church asked for a proper church and chapels to be built. Patriarch Pavle consecrated the location of

170-452: Is going through several major municipalities such as Ljig , Gornji Milanovac , Preljina (town in the municipality of Čačak ), Kraljevo and Novi Pazar . In the southern section, highway goes in parallel to the upper course of the river Ibar , hence the name. Before the new road categorization regulation given in 2013, the route wore the following names: M 22 and M 2 (before 2012) / A2 , A4 , 15 and 32 (after 2012). The road

187-672: Is notorious for car accidents in this section. To prevent this from happening, a construction of new interchange began in March 2008. It will make a better access to Orlovača and increase the traffic on Ibar Highway as a present traffic light will be removed when interchange is finished. It will also provide an access to the future auto-base "Vrbin Potok" which is to be built in Orlovača, too. 44°42′34″N 20°24′29″E  /  44.70944°N 20.40806°E  / 44.70944; 20.40806 This Belgrade District , Serbia location article

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204-468: The future cemetery was finished in 1985. Head of the architectural team was Mirjana Lukić and the design was done by the Institute for Urbanism. It included ideas for all parts of the cemetery, except for the future church. Construction began in 1988 and the cemetery became operational in 1991. The latest architectural works were done in 2008 when the dome was built over the main building. The main building

221-665: The future church on 2 June 1998. Construction of the Church of the Hieromartyr Procopius began in January 1999 and was finished and consecrated in 2001. It was designed by architect Ljubica Bošnjak, frescoes are work of Mićo Beloćević, while iconostasis was painted by a group of artists from Herzegovina . The cemetery is accessible by the public transportation lines, buses number 531, 532 (weekends only) and 533 (all week days). Ibar Highway, which passes next to Orlovača,

238-591: The night. In three-year span from 2017 to 2019, a total of 1,736 traffic accidents happened on its route, with 86 deaths and 1,619 injured people. Before the completion of motorway on section from Belgrade to Čačak, with more than 18,000 vehicles passing the highway daily (as of 2016), it was one of the most frequent roads in Serbia. Often called the "black highway", it is considered the most dangerous road in Serbia, averaging several hundreds traffic accidents annually. Ljig Ljig ( Serbian Cyrillic : Љиг )

255-572: The village Baht (today's Ba ) and flowing into the Kolubara River near Valjevo . No settlement in the area was known to the Austrians when they occupied Serbia from 1717 to 1739. By 1818, however, the nearby settlement Gukosi had grown to 50 homes. A railway station was built in 1917 near the present-day center of Ljig. This lower area under the Gukoši hill includes a small settlement with

272-543: Was completed in 2019, and since then the traffic over the highway on section from Belgrade to Čačak was significantly reduced. A single-lane carriageway, it bears heavy car and truck traffic between major cities of Belgrade, Čačak, Kraljevo and Novi Pazar, as well as transit traffic towards Montenegro, and occasional agricultural machinery is not unseen. If features long stretches of straight road interrupted by dangerous curves. Speeding, DUI and other traffic offences are major causes of accidents, most of them occurring during

289-498: Was founded by Serbian nobleman Vlgdrag , who was buried here in 1327. The ruins of the medieval Vavedenje Monastery include impressive sarcophagi dating from the 15th century, believed to belong to the Serbian despots Stefan Branković and Đurađ Branković . According to legend, Djuradj's wife, Jerina, was buried there as well. An early reference to "Ljig" can be found in the 17th century records of Evliya Çelebi , which describe "LIGmehri" (the Ljig River ) rising from Kara Dag in

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