Buildings in Belgrade

List of buildings in Belgrade

This is a list of notable buildings in Belgrade, Serbia.
Aleksandar Palas Hotel
Metropol Hotel Belgrade
Avala TV Tower - once the highest of its kind in the world; currently undergoing reconstruction following its destruction in the NATO bombing of 1999.
Bajrakli Mosque - one of the oldest mosques in the Balkans, early 16th century.
Beli Dvor - royal mansion with its neoreinassance and neoclassic castles
Belgrade Arena - the biggest sports hall in Southeastern/Central Europe
Beograđanka - once the tallest business tower in the Balkans
Count Miloš's Residence - early 19th century Balkan-style palace
Countess Ljubica's Residence - early 19th century Balkan-style palace
Despot Stefan Tower build in 1402.
Genex Tower - the tallest residential building in the Balkans since 1980.
Hotel Moskva - early 20th century secessionist exclusive hotel
Hotel Palace
Kuća Cveća - Josip Broz Tito mauseoleum
National Museum
National Theatre
Palace Albania - built in 1930, the first Balkan skyscraper.
Skupština (Parliament)
Saborna Crkva - neobaroque in Belgrade, mid 19th century
SANU - One of the most beautiful buildings in Belgrade, built in 1922.
Sava Center - the biggest congress hall in the region.
St. Mark's Church - Emperor Dusan's tomb.
Temple of Saint Sava - The world's largest Eastern Orthodox Christian (Serb Orthodox) temple.
The Old Palace - neoclassicism in Belgrade, early 20th century
Ušće Tower - Formerly housed the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia

Aleksandar Palas Hotel

History

The Aleksandar Palas Hotel opened its doors in 2002. The hotel in Belgrade is named after the Serbian King, Aleksandar Obrenović. The location of the hotel is between two historical Belgrade streets: Kralja Petra I - the Karadjordjevic Dynasty, and Cara Lazara - the Nemanjic Dynasty, imposed the idea that a third dynasty, Obrenovic Dynasty should also have its place in the hotel name.
The building in which the hotel is located was built in 1887, the hotel is located in an architectural complex. This central zone has been declared a pedestrian zone. The Aleksandar Palas Hotel has been declared to be a five star hotel by the Serbian Ministry of Tourism, Commerce and Services.

Location

The Aleksandar Palas hotel is located in the very heart of Belgrade, at the corner of the streets Kralja Petra I and Cara Lazara. Situated near the hotel is the Kalemegdan Fortress with an extensive park and the city symbol, the statue of the Victor. The main street, Knez Mihailova, is about 80 meters from the hotel as well as the "Saborna" church and the Patriarchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Many banks, such as the National bank of Serbia are right across the hotel. The access to the freeway is quick, thus communication with the Belgrade Nikola Tesla airport is very simple. Nearby, approximately 1000 meters, are both the Central bus and train stations.

Bajrakli Mosque, Belgrade

The Bajrakli Mosque (also spelled Bayrakli) is a mosque in Belgrade, located in Gospodar Jevremova street in the neighbourhood of Dorćol. It was built around 1575, and is the only mosque in the Serbian capital out of the 80 that had existed during the time of the Ottoman Empire's occupation of Serbia. ("Bayrak" is Turkish for "flag" and "Bayrakli" means "with flag")
Coordinates: 44.8222° N 20.4575° E
During the occupation of Serbia by the Austrians (between 1717 and 1739), it was converted into a Roman Catholic church; but after the Ottomans retook Belgrade, it was returned to its original function.
It was damaged after being set on fire March 18, 2004, during that year's unrest in Kosovo in response to the burning of Serbian churches in Kosovo, but it was repaired later.

History

In 1989, The City of Belgrade was chosen to host the Basketball World Championship of 1994[5]. However, there was a condition for the city to build an all-new basketball arena. The city government immediately started a competition to find the best design of the new arena that was supposed to have a seat capacity of 20,000. The design submitted by Belgrade architect Vlada Slavica was chosen as the best.
In 1991 a location for the project was chosen – "Block 25" in New Belgrade. However the project was already becoming problematic. There were only 3 years left to the World Championships and building this mega structure would have to be done in record time. A team of a 126 companies was formed to be part of the arena committee. Two architects were chosen to design the arena's roof.
In 1992 construction started as the arena committee formed a partnership with American company HOK that has had many experiences with building sporting objects. However, tough times were ahead. As the disintegration of Yugoslavia started, the United Nations imposed sanctions on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (made up of the two remaining republics at the time - Serbia and Montenegro) and HOK stopped all co-operation with the arena committee. Even with this set back, work on the Belgrade Arena continued.
In 1993 Serbia went through one of its blackest years in modern history. The country experienced record inflation rates, and as a result of the sanctions and the conflicts in Yugoslavia, Belgrade lost the right to host the 1994 Basketball World Championships[3].
Following the formal announcement by FIBA, the arena's construction still continued for some time, though at a considerably slower pace due to the lack of material. However, sometime in 1995 the construction completely stopped. Work on the arena re-commenced in 1998 as the city was chosen to host the world table tennis competition in 1999 to be held in the Belgrade Arena. By this time the roof was already taking shape towards completion, part of the façade was done and the interior was half complete. Once again, Yugoslavia lost the privilege to host the competition as the city was bombed by NATO forces the year the competition was supposed to be held.

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Foundation

Since the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts was founded by law (as the Serbian Royal Academy) of November 1, 1886, it has been the highest academic institution in Serbia. According to the Royal Academy Founding Act, King Milan was to appoint the first academic, who would then choose other members of the academy. The names of the first academics were announced by King Milan on April 5, 1887. At that time, there existed four sections in the academy, which were then called "specialised academies". Four academics were appointed to each section:
Academy of Natural Sciences
Josif Pančić
Dimitrije Nešić
Jovan Žujović
Ljubomir Klerić
Academy of Philosophy
Stojan Novaković
Milan Kujundžić
Svetislav Vulović
Svetomir Nikolajević
Academy of Social Sciences
Čedomilj Mijatović
Milan Đ. Milićević
Ljubomir Kovačević
Panta Srećković
Academy of Arts
Ljubomir Nenadović
Matija Ban
Mihailo Valtrović
Davorin Jenko

Predecessors
The Serbian Royal Academy was the successor to the Serbian Learned Society with which it merged in 1892 and accepted its members as its own either regular or honorary members, its tasks and its place in scientific and cultural life. The same had occurred several decades earlier when the Serbian Learned Society took over the place and functions of the Society of Serbian Letters, the first learned society in the Serbian Principality.

History

Today
Today, the Academy directs a number of scientific research projects which are realized in cooperation with Serbian scientific institutions and through international cooperation.

Members

Department of Mathematics, Physics and Geo Sciences
Bogoljub Stanković
Stevan Karamata
Zoran Maksimović - Secretary of the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Geo Sciences
Stevan Koički - Vice-President
Zvonko Marić - Representative of the Department
Milosav Marjanović
Mileva Prvanović
Olga Hadžić
Dragoš Cvetković
Fedor Mesinger
Vojislav Marić
Aleksandar Ivić
Božidar Vujanović
Fedor Herbut
Nikola Konjević
Marko Ercegovac

Corresponding Members
Stevo Todorčević
Nikola Konjević
Marko Ercegovac
Zaviša Janjić
Stevan Pilipović
Đorde Šijački
Vidojko Jović
Milan Damnjanović
Gradimir Milovanović

Nonresident Members
Nemanja Kaloper

Foreign Members
Bogdan Maglić
Sergei Petrovich Novikov
Vilen Andreyevich Zharikov
Tihomir Novakov
Vasiliy Sergeyevich Vladimirov
Yuriy Tsolakovich Oganesian
Pantó György
Blagovest Sendov
William N. Everitt
Dietrich H. Welte
Julius Erich Wess
André Berger
Dionigi Galletto
Igor Shafarevich
Anton Zeilinger
Milan Herak - resigned
Vladimir Majer - resigned

Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences
Dušan Kanazir
Milutin Stefanović
Vojislav Petrović - Representative of the Department
Dragomir Vitorović
Paula Putanov - Representative in Novi Sad
Dušan Čamprag
Slobodan Ribnikar
Miroslav Gašić - Secretary of the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences
Ivan Gutman
Dragoslav Marinković
Živorad Čeković