The grave of Branko Radičević on Stražilovo is a famous place of great importance, dedicated to the famous Serbian poet

Branko Radičević Aleksije "Branko" Radičević ( sr-Cyrl, Алексије Бранко Радичевић, ; 28 March 1824 – 1 July 1853) was a Serbian poet who wrote in the period of Romanticism. Biography Branko Radičević was born in Slavonski Brod on 1 ...

, on the hill of the same name on

Fruška Gora Fruška gora ( sr-Cyrl, Фрушка гора) is a mountain in Syrmia, with most of the mountain being part of Serbia and its westernmost edge extending into eastern Croatia. The Serbian part of the mountain forms the country's oldest National p ...

, above

Sremski Karlovci Sremski Karlovci ( sr-Cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka Districtautonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danube, from Novi Sad. According to the 202 ...

Importance

The great poet of Serbian romanticism, Branko Radičević, like other students of the famous Karlovac High School, visited

Stražilovo Stražilovo is a wooded valley in the Fruška Gora mountain, Serbia. It is situated on the northeastern slopes of the Fruška Gora National park, about 5 km from Sremski Karlovci, and about 15 km from Novi Sad. It is the place where the monument ...

during his free time during his schooling in Sremski Karlovci (1837–1840). He dedicated his famous song Đački rastanak to Stražilovo, where he, already suffering from tuberculosis, expressed his desire to rest forever in this place. However, Radičević died in

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in 1853 at the age of 29, where he was originally buried. On the thirtieth anniversary of the great poet's death, an incentive was given to move his remains to Sremske Karlovci, to Stražilovo. Branko's body was ceremoniously transferred from Vienna to Stražilovo on June 22, 1883. In 1885, the people of Karlovci erected a monument worthy of the poet. It was built according to the project of

Svetozar Ivačković Svetozar Ivačković (Serbian language, Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Ивачковић) (December 10, 1844 – January 30, 1924) was a distinguished post-Romanticism, Romantic Serbs, Serbian architect; the most famous representative of the f ...

, and it was built by the Italian Petar Kituzi from

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. The building stone for the monument was brought from different areas where the Serbian people lived. A cross is drawn in the middle of the pyramid at the top, and below it are carved the words: "Branku - Serbian people". At the foot of the monument, there is a tombstone, brought from Vienna, with the text: The monument was officially unveiled on September 27, 1885, in the presence of a large number of citizens and members of the Serbian National-Church Assembly. During the

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, the

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destroyed the grave, and it was rebuilt during the centenary of Branko's poetry.

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