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Building Of The Patriarchate, Belgrade
The Building of the Patriarchate () is a building in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is the administrative seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church and its head, the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Finished in 1935, the building was declared a cultural monument on 18 December 1984. Location The building is located in the neighborhood of Kosančićev Venac, formerly known as Varoš Kapija, in the municipality of Stari Grad. It is bounded by the streets of ''Kosančićev Venac'' on the west, ''Kneza Sime Markovića'' on the east and ''Kralja Petra'' on the south, occupying the majority of the block formed by these streets. Being located in the oldest part of Belgrade outside of the Belgrade Fortress, the building is surrounded by many historical and important edifices and localities: Belgrade Fortress and Kalemegdan Park on the north, University of Arts in Belgrade, Park Mihailo Petrović Alas, Mika Alas's House, the Sava river and the historical district of Savamala on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stari Grad, Belgrade
Stari Grad ( sr-Cyrl, Стари Град, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. It encompasses some of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade, thus the name (‘’stari grad’’, Serbian for “old city”). Stari Grad is one of the three municipalities that occupy the very center of Belgrade, together with Savski Venac and Vračar. History Even though some of the oldest sections of Belgrade belong to Stari Grad, the municipality itself is among the latest urban ones formed administratively. It was formed by the merger of the municipality of Skadarlija and part of the municipality of Terazije on January 1, 1957. Geography Stari Grad occupies the ending ridge of Šumadija geological bar .The cliff-like ridge, where the fortress of Kalemegdan is located, overlooks the Great War Island and the confluence of the Sava river into the Danube, and makes one of the most beautiful natural lookouts in Belgrade. With Novi Beograd, it is one of 2 municipalities of Belgrade (out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konak (residence)
Konak (, , , , ) is a name for a house in Turkey and on the territories of the former Ottoman Empire, especially one used as an official residence for the elite members of the Ottoman society. Characteristics The konak, a transnational Ottoman architectural style, was commonly referred to as a “''Turkish house''” in Europe, though it was not inherently tied to any single nation or religion in the Ottoman Empire. In the Ottoman Empire, konaks were prominent urban mansions, especially in Istanbul, which was considered home to the finest examples. After the empire’s fall, various nations rebranded konaks as part of their national heritage, often erasing their Ottoman roots. In Turkey, konaks were integrated into the national identity, while in places like Greece, their Ottoman elements were reinterpreted as Byzantine or Hellenic. Architect Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , ; ), was a Swiss-French architectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avala
Avala ( sr-cyr, Авала, ) is a List of mountains in Serbia, mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view of Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the surrounding area on all sides is mostly lowlands. It stands at above sea level, which means that it enters the locally defined mountain category just by . Location Avala is located south-east of downtown Belgrade. The entire area of the mountain belongs to the Belgrade City area, the majority of it being in the municipality of Voždovac, with the eastern slopes being in the municipality of Grocka, and the southernmost extension in the municipality of Sopot, Serbia, Sopot. It is possible that in the future the entire area of Avala would create a separate municipality of Belgrade, named Avalski Venac. Geography Avala is a low type of the Pannonian Island Mountains, Pannonian island mountain, though it is actually the northernmost mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Saint Sava
The Church of Saint Sava ( sr-Cyrl, Храм Светог Саве, Hram Svetog Save, lit='The Temple of Saint Sava') is a 79 m high Serbian Orthodox church, which sits on the Vračar plateau in Belgrade, Serbia. It was planned as the bishopric seat and main cathedral of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The church is dedicated to Saint Sava, the founder of the Serbian Orthodox Church and an important figure in History of Medieval Serbia, medieval Serbia. It is built on the presumed location of St. Sava's grave. His coffin had been moved from Mileševa Monastery to Belgrade. The coffin was placed on a pyre and burnt in 1595 by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha. Bogdan Nestorović and Aleksandar Deroko were finally chosen to be the architects in 1932 after a second revised competition in 1926–27 (for which no first award was granted, Nestorović being runner up). This sudden decision instigated an important debate in interwar Yugoslavia which centered around the temple's size, design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vračar
Vračar ( sr-Cyrl, Врачар, ) is an affluent urban area and Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade known as the location of many embassies and museums. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 55,406 inhabitants. With an area of only , it is the smallest of all Belgrade's (and Serbian) municipalities, but also the most densely populated. Vračar is one of the three municipalities that constitute the very center area of Belgrade, together with Savski Venac and Stari Grad, Belgrade, Stari Grad. It is an affluent municipality, having one of the most expensive real estate prices within Belgrade, and has the highest proportion of university educated inhabitants compared to all other Serbian municipalities. One of the most famous landmarks in Belgrade, the Church of Saint Sava, Saint Sava Church is located in Vračar. Vračar borders five other Belgrade municipalities: Voždovac to the south, Zvezdara to the east, Palilula t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savinac
Savinac ( sr-cyr, Савинац) is an List of Belgrade neighborhoods, urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Vračar. Location Savinac is located in the western part of the municipality, on the western slopes of the Vračar hill and stretches from the Slavija Square, Slavija square to the Vračar plateau and the Temple of Saint Sava. The main streets in the neighborhood are ''Svetog Save'', ''Makenzijeva'' and the ''Boulevard of the Liberation''. Originally, the term stretched west of the boulevard (present Karađorđev Park), but today not many people consider that part of Belgrade as part of Vračar. History The neighborhood of Savinac almost entirely overlaps the neighborhood of Englezovac. Construction of the neighborhood began in 1880 when a Scottish people, Scottish businessman and Church of the Nazarene, Nazarene Francis Mackenzie (missionary), Francis Mackenzie bought a large piece of land nearby (which ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politika
( sr-Cyrl, Политика, lit=Politics) is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans. Publishing and ownership is published by Politika novine i magazini (PNM), a joint venture between Politika a.d. and East Media Group. The current director of PNM is Mira Glišić Simić. PNM also publishes: *''Sportski žurnal'' *''Politikin Zabavnik'' *''Svet kompjutera'' *''Ilustrovana Politika'' *''Bazar'' History Since its launch in January 1904, was published daily, except for several periods: *Due to World War I, there were no issues from 14 November 1914 to 21 December 1914, and again from 23 September 1915 to 1 December 1919. *Due to World War II, there were no issues from 6 April 1941 to 28 October 1944. *In protest against the government's intentions to turn into a state-owned enterprise, a single issue was not published in the summer of 1992. The launc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sremski Karlovci
Sremski Karlovci ( sr-Cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka Districtautonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danube, from Novi Sad. According to the 2022 census results, it has a population of 7,872 inhabitants. The town has traditionally been known as the seat of the Patriarchate of Karlovci, Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy. It was the political and cultural capital of Serbian Vojvodina after the May Assembly and during the Revolution in 1848. Name In Serbian language, Serbian, the town is known as ''Sremski Karlovci'' (Сремски Карловци), in Croatian language, Croatian as ''Srijemski Karlovci'', in German language, German as ''Karlowitz'' or ''Carlowitz'', in Hungarian language, Hungarian as ''Karlóca'', in Polish language, Polish as ''Karłowice'', in Romanian language, Romanian as ''Carloviț'' and in Turkish language, Turkish as ''Karlofça''. The form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriarchate Court, Sremski Karlovci
The Patriarchate Court (, ) is a listed historical building which was the seat of the Patriarchate of Karlovci between 1848 and 1920, in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia. The building remained as the unofficial seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church after the unification of 1920 until 1930 when the Serbian Patriarch moved his episcopal seat to Belgrade. Today, it is the seat of the Eparchy of Srem. The building is protected and listed as an Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance. History The palace was built between 1892 and 1895 as a project of Serbian architect Vladimir Nikolić on the site of the old "Pasha's Konak". Pasha's Konak was the first residence of the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church after transferring from the Archbishopric of Peć to Sremski Karlovci. Metropolitan Stefan Stratimirović established a fund in 1817 to raise money for the construction of the palace, which was built during the reign of Metropolitan Georgije Branković. Construction of the palac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karađorđe
Đorđe Petrović (; ; – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. He held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 February 1804 to 3 October 1813. Born into an impoverished family in the Šumadija region of Ottoman Serbia, Karađorđe distinguished himself during the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791 as a member of the Serbian Free Corps, a militia of Habsburg and Ottoman Serbs, armed and trained by the Austrians. Fearing retribution following the Austrians' and Serb rebels' defeat in 1791, he and his family fled to the Austrian Empire, where they lived until 1794, when a general amnesty was declared. Karađorđe subsequently returned to Šumadija and became a livestock merchant. In 1796, the rogue governor of the Sanjak of Vidin, Osman Pazvantoğlu, invaded the Pashalik of Belgrade, and Karađorđe fought alongside the Ottomans to quash the inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosta Hakman
Kosta Hakman ( sr-Cyrl, Коста Хакман; 22 May 1899 – 9 December 1961) was a Yugoslav and Bosnia and Herzegovina painter. Early life Hakman was born in 1899 in Bosanska Krupa, the third child of local judge Mihailo Hakman, who descended from Polish Catholic immigrants, and Darinka Đurić, a teacher of Bosnian Serb descent from Sarajevo. He had three brothers, Mihailo, Stefan and Nikola and two sisters, Jelena and Zora. He was baptized in the Serbian Orthodox faith. He finished elementary school in Tuzla. In 1908, he started attending the Grammar School in Tuzla, thought to be one of the best schools in Bosnia at the time, and also known for its liberal ideas nurtured by both professors and students. A year later, he moved to Sarajevo where he received a scholarship and enrolled in the Prva gimnazija Sarajevo. The boy "of enormous height and brilliant intelligence" was soon noticed not only for his "gift for painting", and, as an excellent student, his talent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
