Ičko’s House is a

cultural monument A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage registe ...

of importance to

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

and is located in

Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown ...

, at 18 Bežanijska Street.

Description

Ičko’s House is a Classical-style building, built in 1793. It consists of a basement, ground floor and partial second floor formed by a high

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...

roof with

dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a Roof pitch, pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the ...

s. The tavern Marko Kraljević was on the ground floor, while the first floor was used for housing. The building is one of the oldest preserved houses, and is representative of a town house at the end of the eighteenth century. Aleksandra Dabizić, Spomeničko nasleđe Starog jezgra Zemuna, CD, ZZSKGB, Beograd 2016 The building is known as Ičko’s House because the rebel diplomat and trader

Petar Ičko Petar Ičko ( sr-cyr, Петар Ичко, 1755–1808) was an Ottoman and later Serbian diplomat, a merchant by profession from Ottoman Macedonia. He is remembered for instituting Ičko's Peace, though of short duration. Biography He was of ...

stayed in it from 1802–1803 when he had to leave Belgrade after the return to power of the ''

Dahije The Dahije ( sr-cyr, Дахије) or Dahijas were the renegade Janissary officers of the Ottoman sultan who took power in the Sanjak of Smederevo, after murdering the Ottoman Vizier Hadži Mustafa Pasha of Belgrade on 15 December 1801. The four ...

''. Ičko played a role in the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising (; sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; ) was an uprising of Serbs in Orašac (Aranđelovac), Orašac against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. The uprising began as a local revolt ...

in 1804, working with the Serbian rebels.

Gallery

File:Ičkova kuća (2).JPG, Appearance from Bežanijska Street File:Ičkova kuća (3).JPG, Corner of Bežanijska and Svetosavska Street File:Ičkova kuća (4).JPG, Appearance from Svetosavska Street File:Ičkova kuća (5).JPG, Detail of the entrance gate File:Ičkova kuća (6).JPG, Yard File:Ičkova kuća (7).JPG, Yard File:Ičkova kuća (8).JPG, Yard File:Ičkova kuća (9).JPG, Yard

References

{{reflist First Serbian Uprising Houses completed in 1793 Houses in Serbia Buildings and structures in Belgrade Cultural Monuments of Great Importance (Serbia)