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Đurđe S. Ninković
Djurdje S. Ninković (1888–1940) was a prominent businessman and hotel manager, hotelier in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in the 1920s and 1930s. At that time Belgrade had very few hotels and Ninković was a pioneer in establishing functional style affordable hotels specifically aimed at business people. Hotels In 1930 he commissioned the well known architect Branislav Kojić, who was a proponent of the traditional Serbian ''national style'' but also incorporating principles of modernism, to design a new hotel opposite the main Belgrade Glavna railway station and the central Post Office building. The blandly named Hotel Pošta(Belgrade), hotel Pošta (the Post office hotel) on Sava Square, with some 35 guest rooms and a restaurant, was completed and opened in 1931. From adverts in newspapers in 1931 it can be seen that the hotel boasted modern furniture, with hot and cold running water in each room and every other room had a radio, which was a rarity at the time. In 1937 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynasty (replaced by the Karađorđević dynasty for a short time). The Principality, under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire, ''de facto'' achieved full independence when the very last Ottoman troops left Belgrade in 1867. The Treaty of Berlin (1878), Congress of Berlin in 1878 recognized the formal independence of the Principality of Serbia, and in its composition Nišava District, Nišava, Pirot District, Pirot, Toplica District, Toplica and Vranje districts entered the Southern and Eastern Serbia, South part of Serbia. In 1882, Serbia was elevated to the status of a kingdom, maintaining a foreign policy friendly to Austria-Hungary. Between 1912 and 1913, Serbia greatly enlarged its territory through engagement in the First Balkan War, Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
