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Stari Grad ( sr-cyr, Стари Град) is an urban neighborhood and the city center of
Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...
, Serbia. In the
Serbian language Serbian (, ) is the standard language, standardized Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of ...
, the name "Stari Grad" means "Old Town".


Location


Borders

The eastern borders of Stari grad are Kej žrtava racije (Quay of the victims of raid) and Beogradski kej (Belgrade Quay), the southern border is Bulevar Cara Lazara (Tzar Lazar Boulevard), the western border is Bulevar oslobođenja (Liberation Boulevard), the north-western borders are Jevrejska ulica (Jewish Street), Šafarikova ulica (Šafarik Street), Ulica Jovana Subotića (Jovan Subotić Street), and Temerinska ulica (Temerin Street), and the northern borders are Ulica Miloša Bajića (Miloš Bajić Street), Trg Republike (Square of the Republic), Daničićeva ulica (Daničić Street), Ulica Zlatne grede (Zlatna Greda Street), Pašićeva ulica (Pašić Street), Ulica Matice srpske (Matica Srpska Street), Sterijina ulica (Sterija Street), and Ulica Hadži Svetića (Hadži Svetić Street). The neighbouring settlements are: Podbara in the north,
Salajka Salajka (), also known as Slavija (), is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Borders The western and southern border of Salajka is Kisačka ulica (Kisač Street), the eastern border is Temerinska ulica (Temerin Street), and the ...
, Rotkvarija and Grbavica in the west, and Liman in the south. In the east of the settlement is the river
Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...
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Parts of the neighborhood

Stari grad (City Centre) is divided into the Old Centre and the New Centre, and the border between these two parts of the settlement is Bulevar Mihajla Pupina (Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard). The Old Centre is located on the northern side of this Boulevard, while the New Centre is located on the southern side. One of the oldest parks in town, the Danube Park, is located in Stari grad.


History


Ancient times

A part of a
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
Necropolis A necropolis (: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'' (). The term usually implies a separate burial site at a distan ...
(2000-95 B.C.E.) was found at the site of the Library of
Matica srpska The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Матица српска, Matica srpska, ) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national institution. It was founded on June 1, 1826, in Pest, ...
.


Medieval times

In the medieval period (13th-16th century), a settlement named Bakša (Baksa, Baksafalva, Bakšić) existed at this location. Image:Novi sad stara naselja02.png, Medieval settlement of Bakša in the location of modern Stari grad (13th-16th century) Image:Novi sad stara naselja03.png, Settlement of Bakšić in the location of modern Stari grad during Ottoman administration (16th-17th century)


Birth of Stari grad

The settlement from which Stari grad (and Novi Sad) developed was founded in 1694. This settlement was known as Racka varoš or Petrovaradinski Šanac and was part of the Danube
military frontier The Military Frontier (; sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна крајина, Vojna krajina, sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војна граница, Vojna granica, label=none; ; ) was a borderland of the Habsburg monarchy and later the Austrian and Austro-Hungari ...
. The original area of Petrovaradin Šanac was in the northwest part of today's Stari grad and the southwest part of today's Podbara. Until the middle of the 19th century, the settlement mainly expanded to the west, where new urban districts — Rotkvarija,
Salajka Salajka (), also known as Slavija (), is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Borders The western and southern border of Salajka is Kisačka ulica (Kisač Street), the eastern border is Temerinska ulica (Temerin Street), and the ...
and Grbavica — were formed, and only later expanded to the east and south, so that some parts of today's Stari grad are newer in origin than some neighboring urban districts.


Little and Great Limans

In The General Urban Plan of 1845, the eastern border of the city's area was made up of the streets of Alekse Šantića, Želežnička, Narodnog heroja and Zmaj Jovina. The major expansion of the city centre towards the south and east occurred only after World War I and World War II, when Stari grad was given its present appearance. The southeastern part of today's Stari grad in the past was called "Mali Liman" (Little Liman) and "Veliki Liman" (Great Liman), which most of which is part of modern day Liman neighborhoods. Up until the early 1930s, the Little Liman contained ponds, sandbars, water plants, willows and meadows. Little Liman covered today's Danube Park and the area along the Danube towards the former railway embankment, under which were the underpasses that connected to the Great Liman. The area of Little Liman was framed by the Danube, the Danube Street, the Zmaj Jovina Street, the King Alexander Street and the railway embankment (today's Tsar Lazar Boulevard). In Little Liman, fishing from boats was common, and along the Danube, towards the Fortress, there was a collection of buildings called the Brukšanac (Bruckschanc), a small fortification that provided protection for a pontoon bridge. A few hundred meters upstream was the first city beach, with a wooden building on the water. This beach was later torn down to make room for the city flood embankment. The new city beach called
Štrand Štrand ( sr-cyr, Штранд) is a popular city beach on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located and the edge of Liman neighborhood, with the Liberty Bridge passing above the beach. Name Its name derives from the Germa ...
would open in 1911 and would is located in what is today the banks of the Liman neighborhood. The name Little Liman was completely lost when the terrain was fully built and thus the central city core connected to the Danube.


Population

According to the data from JKP Informatika Novi Sad for 2010, the population of Stari grad was 17,383 residence. The registered residence in there three local communities were: "Stari grad" with 4,153; "Sonja Marinković" with 6,162; "Prva vojvođanska brigada" with 7,523. Since 2022, Star grad neighborhood in total has about 18,506 residents registered in its three local communities: "Stari grad" with 3,963; "Sonja Marinković" with 6,088; "Prva vojvođanska brigada" with 8,455.


Local Communities

Stari grad is part of Novi Sad municipality, and since 1989 it is administratively divided into three
local communities A local community has been defined as a group of interacting people living in a common location. The word is often used to refer to a group that is organized around common values and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical l ...
: *''"Stari grad"'', located in King Alexander I Street, encompasses most of the core city center in the northern part of the neighborhood; *''"Sonja Marinković"'', located in Žrtava racije Quay 4, encompasses most of the south eastern part of the neighborhood towards the Danube and bordering Žarka Zrenjanina Street and Stražilovska Street. *''"Prva vojvođanska brigada"'', located in Dimitrija Abramovića 8, encompasses most of the south western part of the neighborhood towards the Liberation Boulevard and bordering Žarka Zrenjanina Street and Stražilovska Street. Between 1980 and 1989, Stari grad was one of the seven municipalities of Novi Sad City. The municipality included the city quarter of Stari grad, part of Rotkvarija, and part of Liman.


Buildings

Some of the important buildings located in Stari grad are:
City Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ...
, Bishop's Palace,
Banovina Palace The Banovina Palace ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Бановинска палата, Banovinska palata, , , , ) in Novi Sad, capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina in Serbia, is a representative complex consisting of two buildings. The larger Banovina ...
, Spens Sports Center, Vojvodina football stadium.


Culture


Churches

A churches located in Stari grad: Name of Mary Catholic Church, Minster Orthodox Church, Nikolajevska Orthodox Church, Saint George's Orthodox Cathedral, Uspenska Orthodox Church, Novi Sad Synagogue, Greek-Catholic Church. Image:Serbia-0290 - Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George.jpg, Saint George's Orthodox cathedral (Saborna crkva) in Stari Grad Image:Serbia-0304 - The Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church.jpg, Uspenska Orthodox church in Stari Grad Image:Nikolajevska crkva.JPG, Nikolajevska Orthodox church in Stari Grad Image:Crkva imena Marijinog.jpg, The Name of Mary (Latin) Catholic church in Stari Grad Image:NoviSadSynagogue014.jpg, Synagogue in Stari grad Image:Rusinska crkva.JPG, Greek Catholic (Rusyn) church in Stari grad Image:Novi_Sad,_Christian_Adventist_Church.jpg, Adventist Protestant church in Stari grad Image:Novi_Sad,_Adventist_prayer_house.jpg, Adventist Protestant prayer house in Stari grad Image:Novi_Sad,_Protestant_Evangelic_Church.jpg, Evangelical Protestant church in Stari grad


Society


Institutions

Important institutions located in Stari grad: Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina,
Matica Srpska The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Матица српска, Matica srpska, ) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national institution. It was founded on June 1, 1826, in Pest, ...
, Library of Matica Srpska, Gallery of Matica Srpska,
Serbian National Theatre The Serbian National Theatre ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српско народно позориште, Srpsko narodno pozorište), located in Novi Sad, is one of the major theatres of Serbia. History The Serbian National Theatre was founded in 1861 durin ...
, The Theatre of Young, Museum of Vojvodina, Archive of Vojvodina,
Novi Sad Open University Novi Sad Open University, also known as NOU, was a center offering many courses. It was located in Novi Sad, Serbia. Currently, NOU is an children's cultural center. History Novi Sad Open University (originally the "Radivoj Cirpanov" Labor Univ ...
, Offset of the Serbian Academy of Science and Art,
Vojvodina Academy of Sciences and Arts Vojvodinian Academy of Sciences and Art (Serbian: Vojvođanska akademija nauka i umetnosti / Војвођанска академија наука и уметности) or shortly VANU (ВАНУ) is an academic institution in Serbia in the Autonom ...
, People's Library, Cultural Centre of Novi Sad, Novi Sad Television, Novi Sad Radio. Image:Building of the Matica srpska, Novi Sad.jpg,
Matica srpska The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Матица српска, Matica srpska, ) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national institution. It was founded on June 1, 1826, in Pest, ...
Image:Serbia-0296 - Serbian National Theatre.jpg, The
Serbian National Theatre The Serbian National Theatre ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српско народно позориште, Srpsko narodno pozorište), located in Novi Sad, is one of the major theatres of Serbia. History The Serbian National Theatre was founded in 1861 durin ...
Image:SpensSC.jpg, Spens Sports Center


See also

*
Neighborhoods of Novi Sad This is a list of the neighbourhoods and suburbs of Novi Sad. Neighbourhoods on the left bank of the Danube * Stari Grad * Liman (Liman I, Liman II, Liman III, Liman IV) * Podbara * Salajka * Rotkvarija *Banatić * Sajmište * Grbavica * ...
* History of Novi Sad * Podbara * Rotkvarija * Grbavica * Liman *
Petrovaradin Petrovaradin ( sr-Cyrl, Петроварадин, ) is a historic town in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, now a part of the city of Novi Sad. As of 2011, the urban area has 14,810 inhabitants. Lying on the right bank of the Danube, across the m ...
*
Petrovaradin Fortress Petrovaradin Fortress ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, ; ), nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube", is a Bastion fort, bastion fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of ...


References


Citations


Sources

*Đorđe Randelj, Novi Sad - slobodan grad, Novi Sad, 1997. *Jovan Mirosavljević, Novi Sad - atlas ulica, Novi Sad, 1998. *Dr. Jovan Romelić, Liman, Enciklopedija Novog Sada, Book 13, Novi Sad, 1999. *Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002. *Zoran Rapajić, Novi Sad bez tajni, Beograd, 2002. *Melhior Erdujhelji, Istorija Novog Sada, Veternik, 2002. *Milorad Grujić, Vodič kroz Novi Sad i okolinu, Novi Sad, 2004. *Dragomir Ljubinac, 30 godina Mesne zajednice "7 juli" u Novom Sadu 1974-2004, monograph, Novi Sad, 2004. *Dr. Slobodan Ćučić, Naselja Bačke - geografske karakteristike, Novi Sad, 2007. *Milan Paroški, Novi Sad - stara varoš 7.000 godina, Novi Sad, 2008.


External links


Detailed map of Novi Sad and Stari grad

Map of Novi Sad

Mapa Novog Sada
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