Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
, the capital of
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun.
Location
Retenzija is located in the southeastern section of urban Zemun, on the border with the municipality of Novi Beograd. It borders the neighborhoods of
Donji Grad Donji grad ("Lower Town") may refer to:
* Donji grad, Zagreb, Croatia
* Donji grad, Osijek, Croatia
* Donji Grad, Zemun, Serbia
See also
* Gornji Grad (disambiguation)
* Stari Grad (disambiguation)
* Novi Grad (disambiguation)
* Grad (toponymy) ...
on the north,
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 ...
on the east and
Paviljoni
Paviljoni ( sr-cyr, Павиљони, meaning "pavilions") is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd.
Location
Paviljoni is located in the northernmost part of the m ...
on the west. It is bounded by the Boulevards of
Mihajlo Pupin
Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin ( sr-Cyrl, Михајло Идворски Пупин, ; 4 October 1858Although Pupin's birth year is sometimes given as 1854 (and Serbia and Montenegro issued a postage stamp in 2004 to commemorate the 150th anniversary o ...
Retenzija corresponds to the area of Blok 9b, one of 72 residential blocks drafted during the construction of
Novi Beograd
New Belgrade ( sr, / , ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. It is a planned city, built since 1948 in a previously uninhabited area on the left bank of the Sava river, opposite old Belgrade. In recent years, it has become the central bu ...
, which began in 1948. Due to the changes of the administrative borders of the city municipalities, several blocks are today part of the municipality Zemun and not Novi Beograd (9, 9a, 9b, 11, 11c, all in this area, and 50, the northernmost section of
Bežanija
Bežanija ( sr-cyr, Бежанија, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd, in the Syrmia region.
Location
Bežanija is located west of the downtown Belgrade, across the Sav ...
).
Retenzija is a residential area with a population of 9,344 (local community or ''mesna zajednica'' Prve pruge, administrative municipal subdivision). Non-residential facilities include a gas station, kindergarten and an ambulance. The neighborhood is just 100 meters away from the right bank of the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
, separated from it by Zemunski Kej. The "retenzija" is the place where the steam railway engines are filled with water and coal. Retenzija was once part of the Zemun main railway station.
Neighborhoods of Belgrade
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