In this tour, get to know:
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Terazije
Terazije is one of the central squares of Belgrade. It covers the area from Sremska Street to Kralja Milana Street. The square began to form in the first half of the 19th century. The name of the square comes from the term used for the Turkish water supply towers, which...
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Palace Albanija
Palace “Albania on the corner of Kolaračeva and Knez Mihailova streets was the first skyscraper in Belgrade. The building was designed by project of Branko Bon and Milan Grakalić from 1938 and completed in 1939 according to the projects of Miladin Prljević and Đorđe Lazarević. It remained the tallest building...
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Terazije Fountain
The Terazije fountain is the work of sculptor Franc Loran. It was built in 1860 to mark the return of Prince Miloš Obrenović to the throne. It is one of the most important legacies of his reign. The fountain was built on the site of an old Turkish fountain-water tower...
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Hotel Moskva
Hotel Moskva (Hotel Moscow), former Rossiya Palace, is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in Belgrade. The building was designed by Serbian architect Jovan Ilkić and a group of architects from St. Petersburg. This building is considered one of Ilkić’s most significant works. It was designed in the Art...
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Palace Igumanov
The Palace Igumanov was built in 1938. The building was designed by architects Petar and Branko Krstić, in the style of modernism. It was built by Sima Andrejević Igumanov (1804—1882), a Serbian merchant and a great benefactor. On the front of the facade there is an inscription text: “Endowment of...
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Palace Anker
Palace “Anker” at 26 Terazije Street was built in 1899, after the design of architect Milan Antonović. It is one of the most important examples of the 19th century academism in Belgrade. This two-storey house with shops on the ground floor and business premises on upper floor was built by...
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Krsmanović’s House
Krsmanović’s house at Terzije was built in 1885. The building was designed by architect Jovan Ilkić. It was built in the style of academism, as a residential house for the merchant Marko O. Markovic. The Krsmanović brothers bought the house in 1898 and later, it became the property of Aleksa...
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Building of Smederevska Banka
The building of Smederevska Banka (Smederevska bank) at 39 Terazije Street was built between 1910 and 1912, after the project of the architects Milorad Ruvidić and Isail Fidanović. It was originally a house of merchant Milan M. Stefanović. The building has kept its residential and business purposes to this day....
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Palace Atina
Atina Palace was built in 1902 as a residential-business building. It was built for merchant Đorđe Vučo, after the design by architect Dimitrije T. Leko. With its prominent decorative domes the house structurally reflects the academic tradition, while compositional elements indicate the procedure of historicism. It is part of the...
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Ministry of Justice Building
The building of the Ministry of Justice at 41 Terazije Street was erected in 1883, by the design of architect Svetozar Ivačković, in cooperation with the engineer Jovan Subotić. It originally had two entrances, one of which was closed in 1910, during renovations. The facade is made in the Neo-Renaissance...
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Pension Fund Building
The building of the Pension Fund of the clerks and servants of the National Bank of Yugoslavia was built in 1939, after the design of the Russian architect Grigorije Samojlov. Withseveral different entrances, the building opens out to two Belgrade squares – the Terazije Square and the Nikola Pašić Square....
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House of Vuk’s Foundation
The House of Vuk’s Foundation is one of the oldest buildings in this part of the city. Its construction began in 1870-1871. Initially, the architect of the building was Aleksandar Bugarski, but it is not known exactly what the building looked like. After its construction, the building underwent numerous extensions...