Importance of cultural heritage and architecture around our apartments in Belgrade.

At City Break Belgrade Apartments we always try to provide you with the best service and the best information concerning our apartments. As we are also travelers, we know how important it is to be informed about the place you are visiting and staying in. We mean not only the most important cultural monuments, but also the smaller ones like spatial cultural and historic ensembles that are equally important.

We are proud to offer you accommodation in Belgrade in exactly such an important locations.

We have already written about bars in Belgrade that will make you feel like a local. In this post we will try to update you with the historical importance of Belgrade neighborhood where you might sleep:)

Houses in Đure Daničića street. Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1i8CEgO

Kopitareva gradina is a small square in the city center located between the streets of Džordž Vašington, Šafarikova, Jelena Ćetković, Đura Daničić and Hilandarska. It was first shaped in the early twentieth century in the garden of archbishop Mihailo.

The partitioning of garden began around 1900 and family and ground-floor houses began to be built on those plots. Taking into account the period in which they were made, houses were designed in the spirit of classicism and secessionist architecture which was characteristic for the development of Belgrade at that time. The memorial qualities of Kopitareva gradina are materialized in the preserved architectural and city planning concept of this small-town ambience and cultural-historic importance of the houses.  What is most interesting is that Kopitareva gradina has preserved the authentic atmosphere of Belgrade at the beginning of XX century. It has been declared a cultural property and protected by law in 1968. * 

Houses on the corner of Kopitareva gradina and Jelene Ćetković street, 1966. House on the right is Jovan Cvijić museum. Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1rfcEWy

Many important people of that time lived in this area, including Jovan Cvijić, famous geographer. His family house is now a museum, which is not very much advertised, but it is very close to our apartments Klishe zen and Radio Funky located in Hilandarska street numbers 4 and 5. Click here to see a map of this area.
Hilandarska is also an important part of this neighborhood. At the beginning of the street, the corner with Svetogorska, there is a building of former Artisans Club. It was built around 1931 to unite all artisan institutions . Since 1947, it has been the home of Radio Belgrade, first radio station in former Yugoslavia.

Artisan Club now Radio Belgrade, around 1933. Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1hhb4xZ

 If you look to the left, you will probably notice a lot of high school students in the street. That is because they attend the secondary commercial school, the building  of which is the legacy of Evgenija Naumović - Kiki dedicated to her parents Nikola and Marija Naumović, the wealthy merchant family. This was highly regarded school after WWII.

House of Laza K. Lazarević, Hilandarska 7. Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1njTUYo

Next to the building of Radio Funky apartment, there is a house of Laza K. Lazarević, famous Serbian writer and psychiatrist. Today, his house is Children's Department of Belgrade City Library.

As you walk along Hilandarska, at the corner with Đura Daničić street, there are two interesting buildings. One is  almost a century old and is now the residence of the Brazilian Embassy and across is the former house of Serbian architect Milan Antonović, who was involved with the architecture of houses in Kopitareva gradina.  

Residence of the Brazilian Embassy, Hilandarska 9. Photo credit:http://bit.ly/1hhnJRp

Residence of the Brazilian Embassy. Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1gNf8ql

House of architect Milan Antonović. Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1nCAqvA

Talking about this important cultural heritage, one can only conclude that every building, every house, every neighborhood, every street, every corner and every space has a story to tell. We our proud to present you with one and host you in such important surrounding. 

Always keep your eyes wide open when exploring the vicinity of the place you are staying at.

Photo credit: http://bit.ly/1gNgAsK

* Note: Most of the information was taken from various web sites which are listed at the end of the text, although you can find additional information on linked words. Some are only adapted for the purposes of this article. Please keep in mind that these are not checked by the author of this article nor does the author take credit for them. The purpose of this article is to provide general overview of the cultural and historical heritage of a part of the Old town municipality in Belgrade. There are a lot of other important buildings in nearby which we didn't mention, such as theater Atelje 212 for example. We strongly encourage any individual to independently engage in deeper studies and research if they find it interesting.  


Reference: 

http://beogradskonasledje.rs/kd/zavod/stari_grad/kopitareva_gradina.html, visited multiple times in April 2014. 
http://beogradskonasledje.rs/kd/zavod/stari_grad/zanatski_dom.html, visited multiple times in April 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopitareva_Gradina, visited multiple times in 2014.
http://arhiva.scd-lunjina.org/dobrotvori/index.html, visited multiple times in 2014.