Stadion ( sr-cyr, Стадион) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of

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. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of

Savski Venac Savski Venac ( sr-cyr, Савски Венац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 39,122 inhabitants. It is one of the three municipalities which constitute the ...

Location

Stadion is located just west of the neighborhood of

Autokomanda Autokomanda ( sr-cyr, Аутокоманда, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located on the tripoint of the Belgrade's municipalities of Voždovac, Savski Venac and Vračar. Location Autokomanda is locate ...

. It also borders the neighborhoods of

Dedinje Dedinje ( sr-cyrl, Дедиње, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac. Dedinje is generally considered the wealthiest part of Belgrade, and is the site of numerous ...

to the west,

Diplomatska Kolonija Diplomatska Kolonija ( sr-cyr, Дипломатска Колонија) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac. Diplomatska kolonija is a small sub-neighborhood of D ...

to the south and

Voždovac Voždovac ( sr-cyr, Вождовац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 158,213 inhabitants. The municipality is located in the south-central part of the urban ...

to the east. It is bordered by the ''Ljutice Bogdana'' and ''Dr Milutina Ivkovica'' streets and the ''Boulevard of prince Alexander Karađorđević''. In between, it also includes the streets of ''Maglajska'', ''Sime Lukina Lazića'', ''Ružićeva'', ''Jezdićeva'' and ''Šekspirova''.

Characteristics

Stadion is a small neighborhood, named so because it spreads between two largest football stadiums in Belgrade (''stadion'', Serbian for stadium), those of

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and

Crvena Zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...

(

Marakana The Rajko Mitić Stadium ( sr, / , ), previously known as Red Star Stadium ( sr, / ), also known as Marakana ( sr-Cyrl, Маракана), is a multi-use stadium in Belgrade, Serbia which has been the home ground of Red Star Belgrade since ...

). The area is entirely residential, with two small parks on its ends, elongated one along the boulevard and triangular one, pointed to Autokomanda. The larger of two parks spreads along the Prince Alexander Karađorđević Boulevard. Named after banker and politician , it is officially classified as an

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and covers an area of . The

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avenue along the modern ''Dr Milutina Ivkovica'' Street was planted in the first half of the 1930s. Due to its location within the wider sports complex which includes two major stadiums, and being a sub-neighborhood of the Belgrade's most affluent neighborhood of Dedinje, the real estate in Stadion are quite pricey, with high taxation.

References

Neighborhoods of Belgrade Savski Venac {{BelgradeRS-geo-stub