Muhar (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Мухар) is an urban neighborhood of

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, the capital of

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. It is located in the Belgrade

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Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...

Location

Muhar is centered on the Branko Radičević Square. Geographically, it is a small, narrow valley between the hills (and neighborhoods) of

Gardoš Gardoš ( sr-cyr, Гардош; Hungarian: Gárdos) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun. Located on the slopes of the hill of the same name, with its tower and preserv ...

to the north and

Ćukovac Ćukovac ( sr, Ћуковац) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun. Location Ćukovac is one of several small neighborhoods which constitute the downtown of Zemun, f ...

to the south, some of the oldest sections of Zemun. It forms a natural connection between the much larger Zemun neighborhoods of

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further south and Gornji Grad to the north.

History

Muhar was named after Ivan Muhar (1867–1966), one of the most famous merchants in pre-

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Zemun. Starting as an apprentice, he later opened his own store in the square and, as the business grew, later built a mansion (''kuća Ivana Muhara'') which is one of Zemun's main landmarks. Subsequently, the entire area around the square became known as Muhar. Today, the square officially bears the name of

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 ...

, a 19th-century Serbian

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poet.

Characteristics

Muhar is one of Zemun's major crossroads. It marks the ending section of ''Glavna'' street, Zemun's main street. Through the ''Karamatina'' and ''Njegoševa'' streets on the east it is connected to the

Zemunski Kej Zemunski Kej ( sr-Cyr, Земунски Кеј) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun. Location Zemunski Kej, as its name suggests (Zemun's quay), is located alongside ...

, while on the north-west, through the streets of ''Cara Dušana'' and ''Dobanovačka'', it extends into the neighborhood of Gornji Grad. However, Muhar is too narrow for such traffic capacity and is a regular place of

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, especially in the

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. Muhar is also the location of the

Madlenianum Opera and Theatre Madlenianum Opera and Theatre is an opera house and theatre located in Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia. It is the first privately owned opera and theater company both in Serbia and in Southeast Europe. It is located in Belgrade, Serbia, and was founded o ...

. The entire area of Gardoš-Muhar-Ćukovac is known for its vast net of ''lagums'', underground corridors. So far, 76 long corridors have been discovered, with many smaller ones. The longest is long and the total explored length is . They cover an area of .

References

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