Momir Korunović ( sr-cyr, Момир Коруновић), was a Serbian architect best-known for his projects built in
Serbo-Byzantine Revival
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. He was sometimes called ''the Serbian
Gaudi''.
Korunović finished his higher education in
Belgrade and went on to finish postgraduate studies at
Czech Technical University in Prague, after being granted a scholarship provided by
Ministry of Education of Serbia. He worked as a government official in the Ministry of Construction and was responsible for construction of a number of
Sokol
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movement buildings, a wooden stadium, churches and other prominent buildings, with total of 143 authored projects.
Selected works
File:Зграда Соколског дома „Матица“ 1.JPG, Sokol building in Belgrade
File:Sokolski dom Obrenovac.jpg, Sokol building in Obrenovac
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The largest Serbian t ...
File:LjubljanaCvCirilaMetodaFotoThalerTamas1.jpg, Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church (Ljubljana)
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File:Храм Покрова Пресвете Богородице у Београду 2.jpg, Church of the Cover of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Belgrade
File:Crkva Vaznesenja Gospodnjeg (nova), Krupanj 001.jpg, Church of Holy Ascension, Krupanj
File:Zgrada Seizmološkog zavoda, Beograd.JPG, Seismological Institute Building
Seismological Institute Building ( sr, Зграда Сеизмолошког завода, is located in Tašmajdan, park in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Built and adapted from 1908 to 1939, it was the first public building in this part o ...
File:Kuća Momira Korunovića 3.JPG, Korunović's family house
File:Old Post Office in Belgrade during winter.jpg, Old Post Office
File:Unrealized project by architect Momir Korunović3.png, Unrealized project, 1912-1914
File:Unrealized project by architect Momir Korunović2.png, Unrealized project of a Post office building, 1912-1914
See also
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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 ...
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Milan Antonović
Milan Antonović (Милан Антоновић; Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 1850 – Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1929) was a Serbian architect. His style is characterized by Eclecticism in architecture, with influences from both acad ...
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Dragutin Dragiša Milutinović
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Those bearing it include:
* Stephen Dragutin of Serbia
* Dragutin Topić
* Dragutin Dimitrijević
* Dragutin Mitić
* Dragutin Tadijanović
* Dragutin Šurbek
* Dragutin Lerman
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References
Literature
* Đurić Zamolo, Divna, ''Graditelji Beograda'', 1815-1914
* Kadijević, Aleksandar, ''Momir Korunović'', 1996
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1883 births
1969 deaths
Serbian architects
People from Jagodina