Golf Naselje ( Serbian

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: Голф Насеље) is an urban neighborhood of

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, the capital of

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. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of

Čukarica Čukarica ( sr-cyr, Чукарица, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. Name Like several other neighborhoods of Belgrade, Čukarica was named after kafana. At the present location of the Sugar Refinery, there was a kafana in the secon ...

Location

Golf Naselje is a modern settlement in the vicinity of the sport center

Košutnjak Košutnjak ( sr-cyr, Кошутњак, ) is a park-forest and urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between in the municipalities of Čukarica (upper and central parts) and Rakovica (lower part). With the adjoini ...

, the easternmost extension of the

Banovo Brdo Banovo Brdo ( sr-cyrl, Баново брдо, ) is a neighbourhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Banovo Brdo is bounded by the neighborhoods of Čukarica and Čukarička Padina in the west ...

. It is bordered by the

park to the north and east, Sunčana Padina to the south and

to the west.

Restaurant Golf

Predating the neighborhood, a restaurant was built on top of Košutnjak in c.1930. It was designed by

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, as a rustic edifice with cellar, ground floor and a loft. The main façade, facing the garden, is made of 5 large, arched, glassed openings. The middle one serves as the door between the winter salon and summer garden. Main entrance into the restaurant is built on the side of the building. In 1936, golf courses were built around the restaurant, which gave the name to the venue. There were 9

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and foreign ambassadors considered the courses "among the most beautiful in Europe". The initiative for the golf complex, which included the building of the Golf Club, came from the regent,

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, also known as Paul Karađorđević ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Pavle Karađorđević, Павле Карађорђевић, English transliteration: ''Paul Karageorgevich''; 27 April 1893 – 14 September 1976), was prince regent o ...

. The building was restored in 1946, after

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. It was originally used as the children's vacation and recuperation facility and restaurant. The venue was to be liquidated so it was taken over by the Hospitality Management Chamber which adapted it into the pre-service training facility for the Masters School in 1955. As number of students grew, the building was annexed with 3 classrooms, 18 rooms and the great hall which continues into the terrace. In 1960 it was renamed Catering School which became part of the Catering Educational Center in 1963. Students were moved from the boarding rooms in

Zeleni Venac Zeleni Venac ( sr-cyr, Зелени венац) or colloquially Zelenjak ( sr-cyr, Зелењак) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipalities of Savski Venac (major part) and Stari ...

into the restaurant in 1975, but the school moved out from the restaurant completely in 1978, which continued as a hospitality venue of its own.

Characteristics

The whole neighborhood was named after the restaurant.

Administration

The neighborhood was mostly organized as the local community, sub-municipal administrative unit, of Blagoje Parović. It had a population of 6,616 in 1981, 7,623 in 1991 and 9,447 in 2002. Prior to the 2011 census, it was merged into the Mihajlovac local community, which includes much wider area.

References

Neighborhoods of Belgrade Čukarica {{BelgradeRS-geo-stub