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Vladimir Nikolić
Vladimir Nikolić (1857–1922; sr-cyr, Владимир Николић), was a Serbian architect notable for his projects built in Vojvodina province. He mostly worked in Renaissance Revival architecture, Neo-renaissance, Neo-romanticism, Neo-romanticic and Serbo-Byzantine Revival styles. Biography Nikolić finished elementary school in Senta, and continued his education in Pančevo, Maribor, Munich and later went on to Vienna and enrolled at the TU Wien, Polytechnic but did not finish his studies. He spent nine years working on several projects in the Kingdom of Serbia, for which he was awarded Order of the Cross of Takovo by king Milan I of Serbia. In early 1892 Nikolić moved from Belgrade to Sremski Karlovci, which was the spiritual capital of Serbs of Vojvodina. At the behest of his godfather or cousin Patriarch Georgije Branković, he designed and built numerous buildings in Sremski Karlovci and other parts of Vojvodina, including the Patriarchate Court, Sremski Karlovci, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senta
Senta ( sr-cyrl, Сента, ; Hungarian: ''Zenta'', ; Romanian: ''Zenta'') is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisa river in the geographical region of Bačka. The town has a population of 18,704, whilst the Senta municipality has 23,316 inhabitants (2011 census). History Archaeological finds indicate that the area around the modern settlement was populated from the prehistoric times. Neolithic and eneolithic societies settled in the vicinity of modern Senta thousands of years ago leaving credible traces of their presence. A Neolithic Tiszapolgár–Bodrogkeresztúr culture necropolis was found in Senta. The first historic population that might have lived in the area were most likely the Agathyrsi (6th century BC). With certainty we can claim that the inhabitants of the early "Senta" in the 6th century AD were Sarmatians, Slavs alike and Avars. Hungarian people inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgije Branković
Georgije Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Георгије Бранковић; 1830–1907) was the Patriarch of Karlovci, the spiritual leader of Habsburg Serbs, from 1890 until his death in 1907. He instigated a number of significant religious, educational, and economic reforms within territories covered by the Patriarchate, and was a renowned patron of the arts. Biography A painting called '' Migration of the Serbs'' was commissioned by Patriarch Georgije for the 1896 Budapest Millennium Exhibition, marking a thousand years of the Hungarian Empire and reaffirming that country's territorial rights. Prompted by patriotism and contemporary politics, Patriarch Georgije convinced painter Paja Jovanović to present the case for the legitimacy of the Serbian historical presence and territorial claims and, as a consequence, contemporary acceptance of the "legal and privileged position of the Serbs in the Austrian monarchy". The Serbian understanding was that their migration was in response to L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Deaths
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1857 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. * January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating. * January 9 – The 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). * January 24 – The University of Calcutta is established in Calcutta, as the first multidisciplinary modern university in South Asia. The University of Bombay is also established in Bombay, British India, this year. * February 3 – The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, D.C., becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf. * February 5 – The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States is promulgated. * March – The Austrian garrison leaves Bucharest. * March 3 ** France and the United Kingdom for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Serbian Architects
This is a list of notable Serb architects or architects of other ethnic background associated with Serbia. A * Marko Andreijić (c. 1470 - after 1507) * Andreja Andrejević (19th century) * Nikola Antić (19th century) * Milan Antonović (1850-1929) * Ilija Arnautović (1924-2009) * Louis D. Astorino * Ivan Antić (1923-2005) B * Aleksandar Bugarski (1835-1891) * Petar Bajalović (1876-1947) * Đura Bajalović (1879-1949) * Bogdan Bogdanović (1922-2010) * Jovanka Bončić-Katerinić (1887-1966) * Dragiša Brašovan (1887-1965) * Ksenija Bulatović (born 1967) * Aleksej Brkić (1922-1999) * Uglješa Bogunović (1922-1994) * Ljiljana Bakić (1939) * Dragoljub Bakić (1939) * Zoran Bojović (1936-2018) * Branko Bojović (1940) C * August Cerman (19th century) * Predrag Cagić (1941-2016) * Mihailo Canak (1932-2014) D * Pavle Djakonović (19th century) * Vojislav D. Dević (1952) * Aleksandar Đokić (1936-2002) * Nikola Dobrović (1897-1967) * Nikola Djordjevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sremska Mitrovica
Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, hu, Szávaszentdemeter, la, Sirmium) is a city and the administrative center of the Srem District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava river. , the city has a total population of 37,751 inhabitants, while its administrative area has a population of 79,940 inhabitants. As Sirmium, it was a capital of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy of 4th century CE. Ten Roman emperors were born in or near this city, Emperors Herennius Etruscus (251), Hostilian (251), Decius Traian (249–251), Claudius Gothicus (268–270), Quintillus (270), Aurelian (270–275), Probus (276–282), Maximian (285–310), Constantius II (337–361) and Gratian (367–383). Name The modern town name is ''Sremska Mitrovica'' ( sr, Сремска Митровица). The Hungarian name was ''Szávaszentdemeter'' while in Croatian it is referred to as ''Srijemska Mitrovica''. Mitrov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sombor
Sombor ( sr-Cyrl, Сомбор, ; hu, Zombor; rue, Зомбор, Zombor) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city has a total population of 47,623 (), while its administrative area (including neighboring villages) has 85,903 inhabitants. Name and etymology In Serbian language, Serbian, the city is known as ''Sombor'' (Сомбор), in Hungarian language, Hungarian and German language, German as ''Zombor'', in Croatian language, Croatian and Bunjevac language, Bunjevac as ''Sombor'', in Pannonian Rusyn language, Rusyn as ''Zombor'' (Зомбор), and in Turkish language, Turkish as ''Sonbor''. The older Hungarian name for the city was ''Czoborszentmihály''. The name originates from the Czobor family, who were the owners of this area in the 14th century. (The family name came from the Slavic name ''Cibor''.) The Serbian language, Serbian name for the city ''(Sombor)' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vukovar
Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of Vukovar-Syrmia County and the second largest city in the county after Vinkovci. The city's registered population was 22,616 in the 2021 census, with a total of 23,536 in the municipality. Name The name ''Vukovar'' means 'town on the Vuka River' (''Vuko'' from the Vuka River, and ''vár'' from the Hungarian word for 'fortress'). The river was called "Ulca" in antiquity, probably from an Illyrian language. Its name might be related to the name of the river "Volga". In other languages, the city in German is known as ''Wukowar'' and in Hungarian as ''Vukovár'' or ''Valkóvár''. In the late 17th century, the medieval Croatian name Vukovo was supplanted by the Hungarian ''Vukovár''. In the Middle Ages, Vukovar was the seat of the great Vu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers’ Hall, Vukovar
Workers’ Hall ( hr, Radnički dom, sr-Cyrl, Раднички дом) in Vukovar, Croatia is a representative palace in the centre of the town which was completed in 1897. The building was originally built as a ''Hotel Grand'' designed by Serbian architect Vladimir Nikolić and in 1919 it was purchased by Workers Association and renamed to its contemporary name. In 1920 the building hosted the 2nd Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The building was heavily devastated during the Battle of Vukovar in 1991. United Nations Development Programme invested 1,64 million Euros into reconstruction of the building with re-opening ceremony in 2013 being attended by President of Croatia Ivo Josipović, Vice Chair of the European Parliament Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Josip Leko and others. During the same year the building was returned from state into the property of the Town of Vukovar which was the owner of the building during the exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnasium Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Gymnasium ( sr, Гимназија "Јован Јовановић Змај", Gimnazija "Jovan Jovanović Zmaj") is a secondary school in Novi Sad, Serbia. It is named after Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, a Serb poet. It was founded in 1810 by a donation of a wealthy merchant from Novi Sad. The school was rebuilt in the 20th century, using the donations of baron Miloš Bajić who gave 20,000 forints. History 19th century Founding of the school Jovan Jovanović Zmaj High School in Novi Sad is one of the oldest cultural and educational institutions in Serbia. Through its three-century long existence it has become a proud treasurer of memories of educational development in this country. At the beginning of the nineteenth century while Napoleon's cannons were changing the political map of Europe, and Karadjordje's rebels were fighting for Serbian independence, a prominent merchant from Novi Sad, Sava Vuković of Beregsova, was thinking of leaving something permanent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora. , Novi Sad proper has a population of 231,798 while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) comprises 277,522 inhabitants. The population of the administrative area of the city totals 341,625 people. Novi Sad was founded in 1694 when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic Habsburg military post. In subsequent centuries, it became an important trading, manufacturing and cultural centre, and has historically been dubbed ''the Serbian Athens''. The city was heavily devastated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophil Hansen
Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen (; original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen ; 13 July 1813 – 17 February 1891) was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen. He became particularly well known for his buildings and structures in Athens and Vienna, and is considered an outstanding representative of Neoclassicism and Historicism. Biography Hansen was born in Copenhagen. After training with Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and some years studying in Vienna, he moved to Athens in 1837, where he studied architecture and design, with a concentration and interest in Byzantine architecture. During his stay in Athens, Hansen designed his first building, the National Observatory of Athens and two of the three contiguous buildings forming the so-called "Athenian Trilogy": the Academy of Athens and the National Library of Greece, the third building of the trilogy being the National and Capodistrian University of Athens, which was designed by his brother Hans Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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