Belgrade A Cultural HistoryPerched above the confluence of two great rivers, the Sava and Danube, Belgrade has been home to many civilizations: Celts, Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Magyars, Ottomans and Serbs. A Turkish fortress, the focus for a Serbian principality, an intellectual and artistic center, the city grew until it became capital of Yugoslavia. Now it is one of the largest cities in south-eastern Europe and capital of the Republic of Serbia. Despite many challenges, Belgrade has resisted assimilation and created a unique cultural identity out of its many contrasting sides, sometimes with surprising consequences. |
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... stands alone in apparent supremacy over its surroundings near the crossroads of the two boulevards named after the two scientists, Mihailo Pupin and Nikola Tesla. The skyscraper, now in private ownership, is called the Confluence ...
... stands alone in apparent supremacy over its surroundings near the crossroads of the two boulevards named after the two scientists, Mihailo Pupin and Nikola Tesla. The skyscraper, now in private ownership, is called the Confluence ...
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... stands, the symbol of the city and the work of the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović. A most beautiful view unfolds from the plateau over the waters of the great rivers, the Sava and the Danube, which join at the foot of Kalemegdan, over ...
... stands, the symbol of the city and the work of the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović. A most beautiful view unfolds from the plateau over the waters of the great rivers, the Sava and the Danube, which join at the foot of Kalemegdan, over ...
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... stands in front of them, just as one stands on the Kalemegdan plateau. This memorial is in honour of Karađorđe, leader of the First Serbian Uprising at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when the idea of the modern Serbian state ...
... stands in front of them, just as one stands on the Kalemegdan plateau. This memorial is in honour of Karađorđe, leader of the First Serbian Uprising at the beginning of the nineteenth century, when the idea of the modern Serbian state ...
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... stands symbolically at the head. The streets, buildings and people of Belgrade are parts of many other stories and memories. I write about architectural and urban developments, influences in art and culture, the historical background to ...
... stands symbolically at the head. The streets, buildings and people of Belgrade are parts of many other stories and memories. I write about architectural and urban developments, influences in art and culture, the historical background to ...
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... stand on that rocky outcrop and look out at the view Crnjanski describes from Belgrade's old Turkish fortress of Kalemegdan, now a public park containing many reminders of the city's history. It is here that the story of Belgrade begins ...
... stand on that rocky outcrop and look out at the view Crnjanski describes from Belgrade's old Turkish fortress of Kalemegdan, now a public park containing many reminders of the city's history. It is here that the story of Belgrade begins ...
Contents
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FROM REPUBLIC SQUARE TO THE RIVER SAVA THE SERBIAN UPRISINGS AND LATER | 27 |
FROM KNEZ MIHAILO STREET TO THE RIVER DANUBE THE ROAD TO MODERNIZATION | 55 |
TERAZIJE AND KING MILAN STREET CAPITAL OF SERBIA AND YUGOSLAVIA | 87 |
KING ALEXANDER BOULEVARD AND TAŠMAJDAN THE RISING STAR OF COMMUNISM | 123 |
KNEZ MILOŠ STREET DEDINJE AND TOPCIDER FROM TITOS DEATH TO CIVIL WAR | 157 |
SLAVIJA ENGLEZOVAC AND THE VRACAR PLATEAU BELGRADE UNDER A FOREIGN GAZE | 189 |
THE CITY ACROSS THE RIVER TWENTYFIRST CENTURY BELGRADE | 207 |
Serbian Language and Names of Streets | 235 |
FURTHER READING | 241 |
INDEX OF LITERARY HISTORICAL NAMES | 249 |
INDEX OF PLACES LANDMARKS | 253 |
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