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Makiš
Makiš () is a forest and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Makiš is bordered by the Sava river and Sava Lake to the west and north, Čukarica and Čukarička Padina to the northeast, Julino Brdo, Žarkovo, Bele Vode and Rupčine to the east, Železnik to the south and Ostružnica to the southwest. Geography For the most part, Makiš is a marshy forest, crossed by many small streams and canals, most notably the ''Marevica''. Northern part is known as ''Jedek'', western as ''Aščinica'' and central as ''Veliko Okno''. Part of the Sava's alluvial plane, the main section of the area, which covers several hundreds of hectares, is covered with gravel and sand which are 10,000 years old. In time, a plentiful water source formed. As the Sava river reaches the bend at Makiš, some water continues in the straight direction, penetrating the ground in the fan-shaped manner, without reaching th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Ciganlija
Ada Ciganlija ( sr-Cyrl, Ада Циганлија, ), colloquially shortened to Ada, is a river island that has artificially been turned into a peninsula, located in the Sava River's course through central Belgrade, Serbia. The name can also refer to the adjoining artificial Lake Sava and its beach. To take advantage of its central location, over the past few decades, it was turned into an immensely popular recreational zone, most notable for its beaches and sports facilities, which, during summer seasons, can have over 100,000 visitors daily and up to 300,000 visitors over the weekend. Owing to this popularity, Ada Ciganlija has been commonly nicknamed "More Beograda" ('Belgrade's Sea'), which was officially accepted as an advertising slogan in 2008, stylised as ''More BeogrADA''. Location Ada Ciganlija is located on the southern bank of the Sava River, 4 km from its mouth, and entirely belongs to Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Its eastern tip roughly borders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupčine
Rupčine ( Serbian Cyrillic: Рупчине) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Rupčine is actually the southwesternmost part of the Žarkovo neighborhood, bordered by Bele Vode to the north, Cerak Vinogradi (that is, ''Ibarska Magistrala'' road) to the east, and the ''Vodovodska Street'' and Makiš to the west. On the south, Rupčine borders with the open fields of ''Stari Lanci'' and ''Novi Lanci'', which stretch all the way to Železnik. Characteristics Quite contrary to its eastern bordering neighborhood, Cerak Vinogradi, Rupčine is not built according to urban plans and is highly unattractive in either urban, visual or sense of communal order. Atop of all that, it has quite unattractive name too (rupčine, Serbian for ''big holes''). Neighborhood had an estimated 7,000 inhabitants in March 2022. Sub-neighborhoods Makiške Terase By the 2020s, some parts of the neighborh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makiš Stadium
Makiš Stadium is the home ground of FK Milicionar, Milicionar. It's also known simply as Milicionar Stadium. The all-seated stadium was named after Makiš, Makiš forest. The stadium has a seating capacity for around 4,000. Since 2013 Rugby League World Cup qualifying, 2011 Rugby League World Cup qualifications tournament, Serbia national rugby league team use this stadium as its home ground. See also * List of stadiums in Serbia References External links Prezentacije.mup.gov.rs Football venues in Serbia Sports venues in Belgrade Rugby league stadiums in Serbia Čukarica {{Serbia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarkovo
Žarkovo ( sr-Cyrl, Жарково, ) is an List of Belgrade neighborhoods, urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location and divisions Žarkovo (Greater Žarkovo) is one of the most populous single neighborhoods of Belgrade. As such, it is divided in several sub-neighborhoods, which were built as Žarkovo's extensions: Julino Brdo and Repište, Belgrade, Repište to the north, Cerak-Cerak, Cerak II to the west and Bele Vode and Rupčine to the south. In general, Greater Žarkovo is bordered by the Čukarica, Banovo Brdo to the north, Košutnjak to the east, Skojevsko Naselje to the northeast and Makiš to the west. On the south, it is bordered by the open fields of ''Stari Lanci'', ''Novi Lanci'' and ''Rupčine'', but with the urbanized strip of land alongside the Belgrade-Bar railway and the ''Vodovodska Street'' it makes a continuous built-up area with Železnik to the southwest. Etymology The village was named Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čukarica
Čukarica ( sr-cyr, Чукарица, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Name Like several other neighborhoods of Belgrade, Čukarica was named after a kafana. At the present location of the Sugar Refinery in Čukarica, Sugar Refinery, there was a kafana in the second half of the 19th century. It was very popular as it was located at the point where two roads, one from Obrenovac and other from Šumadija, meet at the entrance to Belgrade. It was owned by Stojko Čukar and the kafana was named “Čukareva kafana” after him, which later gave name to the settlement. History The village of Čukarica asked to be transferred to the Belgrade municipality in 1906, but the plea was rejected. It was transferred from the Vračar ''srez'' under the administration of the Belgrade municipality on 8 July 1907. Municipality of Čukarica was established for the first time on 30 December 1911. After a popular referendum, inhabitants of Čukarica voted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Železnik
Železnik ( sr-cyr, Железник, ) is an List of Belgrade neighborhoods, urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Železnik is located in the central part of the Čukarica municipality, southwest from downtown Belgrade. It borders Makiš to the north, and apart from a narrow strip of urbanized land alongside the Belgrade-Bar railway and Vodovodska Street towards Žarkovo in the northeast, it has no urban connection to other parts of Belgrade. Several streams flow through the neighborhood, the creeks of ''Krušik'' and ''Krušički potok'' and a small river of ''Čitačka reka''. The State Road 22 (Serbia), Ibar Highway and the A1 motorway (Serbia), A1 motorway both pass nearby Železnik. History and population Železnik village was founded in the 17th century. Construction of the modern settlement began in 1947, as a worker's settlement for the employees of the newly constructed ''Ivo Lola Ribar'' factory. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julino Brdo
Julino Brdo ( sr-Cyr, Јулино брдо) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Julino Brdo is the northernmost tip of Žarkovo neighborhood, located between the neighborhoods of Čukarica in the north, Banovo Brdo in the east and northeast, Žarkovo in the south and Makiš in the west. Žarkovo's sub-neighborhood of Zmajevac is to the southwest while Sunčana Padina and Repište are to the southeast. Characteristics The name of the hill appeared after 1950. The neighborhood was built by 1971, with first tenants moving in in 1970. It took a while for the neighborhood to get fully equipped, and accounting its solitary position on top of the hill, it was called "end of the world" at the time. Julino Brdo was originally planned for 5,000 residents. Architect Milan Lojanica and his team worked on the project between 1967 and 1971. The neighborhood comprises one circular street surrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čukarička Padina
Čukarička padina ( sr-cyr, Чукаричка Падина) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Čukarička Padina is located between the neighborhoods of Čukarica to the east, and Makiš to the west. Actually, it is the westernmost part of the Banovo Brdo neighborhood, a strip of land on the slopes of the hill alongside the ''Savska magistrala'' road, overlooking the Sava river and Ada Ciganlija, thus the descriptive name, Čukarička Padina, which in Serbian means ''slope of Čukarica''. Characteristics The bank of the Sava river where the modern neighborhood is, was a starting point of the raft ferry line which connected two sides of the river. The merchants dug ''lagums'', underground rooms and corridors into the rock slope and used them as a storage areas. The ''lagums'' still exist, but the entrances are buried. The southernmost, triangularly shaped extension of the local co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostružnica
Ostružnica ( sr-cyr, Остружница) is a List of Belgrade neighborhoods, suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia, in the municipality of Čukarica. It has a population of 4,218 people (2011). Geography Ostružnica is located on the right bank of the Sava river, at the mouth of the Ostružnička reka, 14 km southwest of Belgrade, south of the Ada Ciganlija island. History Area of Ostružnica was a location of the Long Bridge, Belgrade, Long Bridge, the first permanent bridge in Belgrade's history. As the opposing, Syrmian side across the Sava was a vast marsh at the time (modern New Belgrade), the bridge didn't stop at the bank but continued for some length above the swamp. Because of that, the people also called it the Bridge above the marsh (''Most preko močvare''). The bridge was built by the Austrians to help them conquer Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans during the Siege of Belgrade (1688), 1688 Siege of Belgrade. According to the records, a seasoned Belg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bele Vode
Bele Vode ( sr-cyr, Беле воде, lit. "White Waters") is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Bele Vode is located in the southwestern part of Belgrade, as a western sub-neighborhood of Žarkovo. It is located west of the Ibarska magistrala (Highway of Ibar), bounded by Staro Žarkovo from the north, Cerak from the east, Rupčine from the south and Makiš from the west. Bele Vode is known for the central Belgrade waterworks plant located there, including the 'water factory'. Name of the neighborhood in Serbian means ''white waters''. The local community (''mesna zajednica'') of Bele Vode within the municipality of Čukarica had a population of 14,255 in 2002, before it was again incorporated into the local community of Žarkovo. Military Technical Institute Belgrade (former Aeronautical Technical Institute – ''VTI Žarkovo'') is located in the neighborhood. There is an elementary s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interbellum
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II (WWII). It was relatively short, yet featured many social, political, military, and economic changes throughout the world. Petroleum-based energy production and associated mechanisation led to the prosperous Roaring Twenties, a time of social and economic mobility for the middle class. Automobiles, electric lighting, radio, and more became common among populations in the first world. The era's indulgences were followed by the Great Depression, an unprecedented worldwide economic downturn that severely damaged many of the world's largest economies. Politically, the era coincided with the rise of communism, starting in Russia with the October Revolution and Russian Civil War, at the end of WWI, and ended with the rise of fascism, particularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terazije
Terazije ( sr-Cyrl, Теразијe) is the central town square and the surrounding neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Stari Grad, Belgrade, Stari Grad. Today, Terazije has primarily function of the main transit square, surrounded by the important public buildings, cultural institutions, hotels, public monuments and parks. Though not classically shaped square, Terazije was historically important as the gathering spot and the former business and commercial center of Belgrade. With the Knez Mihailova Street, which extends to the northeast connecting directly Terazije and Belgrade Fortress, the square is one of the oldest and most recognizable ambience units of Belgrade. Due to its historical and cultural importance, Terazije was declared a protected spatial cultural-historical unit in January 2020. Location Despite the fact that many Belgraders consider the Republic Square (Belgrade), Republic Square or Kalemegdan to be the city's centerpiece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
