Mika Alas’s House

House on 22 Kosančićev venac Street was built in 1910 for Mihailo Petrović, better known as Mika Alas. It was designed by famous Serbian architect Petar Bajalović. Mihailo Petrović Alas (1868 – 1943) was a Serbian mathematician, inventor, professor at Belgrade University, writer and fisherman. During the construction of his...

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  • House on 22 Kosančićev venac Street was built in 1910 for Mihailo Petrović, better known as Mika Alas.
  • It was designed by famous Serbian architect Petar Bajalović.
  • Mihailo Petrović Alas (1868 – 1943) was a Serbian mathematician, inventor, professor at Belgrade University, writer and fisherman.
  • During the construction of his house, Mika Alas significantly influenced the architect Bajalović. His way of life and inclinations were reflected in certain constructive, spatial and artistic solutions of the house.
  • The house is an exceptional representative of the Art Nouveau style in Serbia. It also has elements of the Moravian school, and represents a successful symbiosis of Art Nouveau and modern Serbian-Byzantine style.