Pioneers’ Park

Pioneers’ Park (Pionirski park), the former royal garden, is one of the central city parks. It is surrounded by several important buildings, among them, the buildings of Stari dvor (Old Palace)- today the building of the City Assembly of Belgrade, and Novi dvor (New Palace)- today the seat of the...

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  • Pioneers’ Park (Pionirski park), the former royal garden, is one of the central city parks. It is surrounded by several important buildings, among them, the buildings of Stari dvor (Old Palace)- today the building of the City Assembly of Belgrade, and Novi dvor (New Palace)- today the seat of the President of Serbia.
  • Until the end of the Second World War, the park served as the garden of the Old Palace and was surrounded by a high fence. The new authorities removed the fence in 1944, making the garden public and naming it the Pioneers’ Park.
  • There are several monuments and artistic sculptures in the park, such as the fountain “Girl with the jug” and the Kajmakčalan observation post.
  • In honor of the great Yugoslav novelist and Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić, the area between the Pioneers Park and King Milan Street is called Andrićev venac.