Petar Bajalović (in Cyrillic Serbian: Петар Бајаловић;

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, 27 May 1876 -

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, Serbia,

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, 14 April 1947) was a Serbian

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who lived and worked during the latter part of

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and the

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. He was one of the representatives of architectural

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in Serbia.

Biography

Petar Bajalović completed his Gymnasium education in Belgrade, after which he enrolled at the Technical Faculty of the Belgrade's Visoka škola, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree. He then went to Germany to pursue his post-graduate studies in architecture at the

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. There he graduated in 1905. From 1906 until his death, he was a professor and founder of the

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field of studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the

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, where he distinguished himself as an excellent

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. His daughter Jelena Bajalović took his courses there and in turn became an architect. He constructed the

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for

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on International Exhibition of Art of 1911. Petar Bajalović is the older brother of

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, who was also a prominent Belgrade architect.

Oeuvres

* Serbian Pavilion at the International Exhibition in Rome (1911-1912); * Leona Panajot's house (31 rue Francuska, in Belgrade), completed in 1908, characteristic of Art Nouveau and now classified; * The house of

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at ''22 Kosančićev venac'' in Belgrade was completed in 1910; the house, also influenced by

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, is today inscribed on the list of protected cultural monuments of the

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and on the list of protected cultural treasures of the City of Belgrade. * the Stanković music school (''1 Kneza Miloša street'' in Belgrade) was renovated by Petar Bajalović in 1913-1914; it is now classified as a Historical Monument; * the house of Saint Sava in Belgrade (''13 Cara Dušana'' street), was modified by Petar Bajalović in 1923 from the construction designed by

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; the building is classified as a Historic Monument; * the building of the Saint Sava Association in Belgrade (''11 Cara Dušana'' street), completed in 1924 on plans of 1914, of academic style with a historicizing decoration, it is classified Historic monument; * Ilija M. Kolarac Endowment (''5 Studentski trg'' in Belgrade), completed in 1932; it is inscribed on the list of cultural treasures of the City of Belgrade; * the Faculty of Law of the

, 1937-1940.

Biography

Oeuvres

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