The building of the former hotel “Nacional”

Tavern “Narodna gostionica”, later hotel “Nacional”, was built in 1868 and belonged to the group of so-called “Kalemegdan hotels”, which were built and opened after the Turkish surrender of the cities to Serbs in 1867. By the name”Nacional”, it was first mentioned in 1876 when it became a hostel for...

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  • Tavern “Narodna gostionica”, later hotel “Nacional”, was built in 1868 and belonged to the group of so-called “Kalemegdan hotels”, which were built and opened after the Turkish surrender of the cities to Serbs in 1867.
  • By the name”Nacional”, it was first mentioned in 1876 when it became a hostel for foreigners who came to Serbia because of the Serbian-Turkish war.
  • Hotel “Nacional” is associated with the names of two prominent historical figures – writer Milovan Glišić, who spent the last years of his life there, and politician Nikola Pašić, who owned it from 1892 until his death in 1926.