Bulevar ( sr-cyr, Булевар;

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: Boulevard) is an urban neighborhood of the city of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

, Serbia. Its name simply means "

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" in Serbian. Bulevar is not a traditional city neighborhood; it is rather an informal neighborhood that includes parts of several traditional city quarters that are situated around 3 km long Liberation Boulevard (Serbian: Bulevar oslobođenja), the main street in Novi Sad.

Location

Bulevar is situated between the city's train station and Liberty Bridge. It includes parts of the traditional neighborhoods of:

Banatić Banatić ( sr, Банатић) is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Its name means "a little Banat". Borders The southern border of Banatić is Bulevar kralja Petra I (King Petar I Boulevard), the eastern border is Bulevar osl ...

, Sajmište, Grbavica, Rotkvarija, Stari grad, and Liman.

History

Liberation Boulevard was built in several phases, from 1962 until the late seventies. In that time, the new boulevard cut through the old housings establishing major communication lines. Until 1991, the name of the boulevard was Bulevar 23. oktobra (''23 October Boulevard''), in honour of October 23, 1944 when Novi Sad was liberated from Axis occupation. Today, every bus line in the city (except bus line 1) passes through Liberation Boulevard, making it the most important and busiest street in Novi Sad.

Features

Bulevar is also regarded as an informal city centre. Although most of the important political and cultural institutions are situated in the traditional city centre known as Stari grad, Bulevar is a main place in the city for business and leisure activities. Almost every bank in Serbia has its offices in Bulevar, while the headquarters of some important companies (for example Oil Industry of Serbia and Elektrovojvodina) are also located in this area. There are also many bars, shops, restaurants, and one market. Bulevar has a couple of recreational spots, including the

Karađorđe Stadium Karađorđe Stadium ( sr, Стадион Карађорђе, Stadion Karađorđe) is a multi-purpose stadium in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of FK Vojvodina ...

and Liman Park.

Gallery

Image:Sajmiste bulevar oslobodjenja01.jpg, Liberation boulevard Image:Sajmiste bulevar oslobodjenja02.jpg, Liberation boulevard Image:Banatic02.jpg, Cross Road of the Liberation Boulevard and

Jaša Tomić Jakov "Jaša" Tomić ( sr-cyr, Јаков Јаша Томић; 23 October 1856 – 22 October 1922) was a Serbian journalist, politician and author from the Serbian region of Vojvodina, which was part of the Austrian Empire when he was born. Ja� ...

Boulevard Image:Bulevar NoviSad2.jpg, New building in Bulevar Image:Liman002.jpg, NIS-NAFTAGAS building on the Liberation Boulevard, the seat of the Oil Industry of Serbia Image:Sajmiste02.jpg, Residential buildings in the vicinity of the Liberation Boulevard

References

* Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002.

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