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Bohemian Spirit of the Old Belgrade | Old Belgrade Stories

Bohemian Spirit of the Old Belgrade | Old Belgrade Stories

It would be difficult to briefly explain to a foreigner, who does not know Belgrade and our people, what a cafe is and what it means to our society. And it means a lot - from culture, to science, to politics.

Živojin Mišić | Origin of Street Names

Živojin Mišić | Origin of Street Names

Živojin Mišić (1855 - 1921) was a Serbian duke, a famous military leader from the Great War and probably the greatest military strategist in the war-filled history of Serbia.

Diana Budisavljević | Origin of Street Names

Diana Budisavljević | Origin of Street Names

Most of us have watched "Schindler's List" at least once and admired Liam Neeson in the role of Oskar Schindler, a great man and industrialist, a German who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust.

Jovan Sterija Popović | Origin of Street Names

Jovan Sterija Popović | Origin of Street Names

Jovan Sterijin Popović (1806 - 1856) was one of the most important Serbian writers, the founder of drama in Serbian literature, the founder of the National Museum in Belgrade and one of the leading intellectuals in the first half of the 19th century.

Stevan Stojanović - Mokranjac | Origin of Street Names

Stevan Stojanović - Mokranjac | Origin of Street Names

Stevan Stojanović - Mokranjac (1856 - 1914) was the most important Serbian classical music composer, music pedagogue, founder of the first music school and a role model for generations of future composers.

Potholes Day | Funny Holidays

Potholes Day | Funny Holidays

Every time we suddenly bump into a pothole while driving, in a large number of cases, some swear word automatically comes out of our mouths, and often compassion for our vehicle.

Belgrade Cobblestones - Silent Witness of the City's History | Old Belgrade stories

Belgrade Cobblestones - Silent Witness of the City's History | Old Belgrade stories

Today, occasionally, a cube peeks out from numerous street holes as a reminder of the time when it dominated the city.

Filip Višnjić | Origin of Street Names

Filip Višnjić | Origin of Street Names

Filip Višnjić (1767 - 1834) was a Serbian fiddler and poet who sang and wrote a large number of folk heroic songs, earning an eternal place in the anthology of Serbian folk poetry and literature.

Milica Jakovljević | Origin of Street Names

Milica Jakovljević | Origin of Street Names

Milica Jakovljević Mir-Jam (1887 - 1952) was a writer and journalist, best known for her sentimental love stories and novels, which in the 1930s brought her great popularity and a place in the anthology of Serbian literature.

Slobodan Janković | Origin of Street Names

Slobodan Janković | Origin of Street Names

Slobodan Boban Janković (1963 - 2006) was a Serbian basketball player, a legend of Crvena zvezda, one of the most intelligent players who ever "tapped the ball" on Yugoslav basketball courts.

Jakov Ignjatović | Origin of Street Names

Jakov Ignjatović | Origin of Street Names

Jakov Jaša Ignjatović (1822 - 1889) is one of the founders of realism in Serbian literature, a successful journalist and politician who was often challenged and criticized for his pro-Hungarian views.

Borivoje Stevanović | Origin of Street Names

Borivoje Stevanović | Origin of Street Names

Borivoje Stevanović (1879 - 1976) was a famous Serbian impressionist painter, the first academic painter of southern Serbia, one of the founders of the "Belgrade school" of painting, a longtime professor of drawing and finally a regular member of SAN

Milan Đ. Milićević | Origin of Street Names

Milan Đ. Milićević | Origin of Street Names

Milan Đakov Milićević (1831 - 1908) was a respected Serbian writer, travel writer and probably the greatest chronicler of a stormy period in recent Serbian history.

Đorđe Genčić | Origin of Street Names

Đorđe Genčić | Origin of Street Names

Đorđe Genčić (1861 – 1938) was a Serbian politician and industrialist, but also one of the most controversial figures in Serbian history who will be remembered as the ideologue of the conspiracy that ended the Obrenović dynasty.

Sava Šumanović | Origin of Street Names

Sava Šumanović | Origin of Street Names

The memorial house of Sava Šumanović, with a gallery of his masterpieces, is located in Šid, and many schools and streets in Serbia bear his name today.

Marija Maga Magazinović | Origin of Street Names

Marija Maga Magazinović | Origin of Street Names

Marija Maga Magazinović (1882 - 1968) was a Serbian choreographer, philosopher, humanist and fighter for the rights of women in Serbia to university education and employment at the beginning of the 20th century.

Branislav Nušić | Origin of Street Names

Branislav Nušić | Origin of Street Names

Branislav Nušić (1864 - 1938) was a Serbian writer, an unsurpassed writer of sociological dramas in which all the shortcomings of Serbian society from the beginning of the 20th century were brilliantly depicted with a comic approach.

Mihajlo Kostić - Pljaka | Origin of Street Names

Mihajlo Kostić - Pljaka | Origin of Street Names

Mihajlo Kostić - Pljaka (1933 - 2001) was a Yugoslav actor, recognizable for his minor but striking film roles, as well as roles in iconic plays in Belgrade theaters. He is also known as the father of the popular actor Vuk Kostić.

Venijamin Taušanović | Origin of Street Names

Venijamin Taušanović | Origin of Street Names

Venijamin Taušanović (1884 - 1952) was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, a long-term bishop of the Diocese of Bihać, Zletovo-Strumica and Braničevo, and one of the most respected church dignitaries in the 20th century.

Milena Pavlović Barili | Origin of Street Names

Milena Pavlović Barili | Origin of Street Names

Milena Pavlović Barili (1909 - 1945) was a Serbian-Italian painter and poet, insufficiently affirmed in her homeland during her lifetime despite being the only representative of surrealism in Serbian painting.