In the first decades of the 20th century, before the Zoo was constructed, Kalemegdan had artificial lakes and a stream! They were located where Luna park...
The first gun duel in Belgrade took place in 1905 in Banovo hill, between the court marshall Bosko Colak Antic and Milan Pavlovic, the editor of the "Opozicionar"...
The stone taken from Tasmajdan was used to construct Viminacium, only to be transported to Smederevo 1000 years later to construct the Serbian medieval...
The Federation Palace (today "Srbija" palace) was constructed in 1959 for the needs of the government, or more precisely the executive board. The Federation...
The municipality of Vracar has existed in its modern form since 1960 and includes parts of areas that used to belong to East Vracar, Neimar and Terazije.
The home of Topalovic family from the movie "Maratonci trce pocasni krug" is located in Kosancicev venac in the corner of Zadarska and Srebrenicka streets....
The Nature museum in Belgrade was founded in 1895 as "Jestastvenicki museum of the Serbian country". The museum was originally housed in the Foundation...
The first Serbian opera "Na uranku" composed by Stanislav Binicki was performed in the National theatre on 20th December 1903. The comedian, writer and...
To honor Lazar Herbeljanovic, the settlement "Lazarevac" was named after him in 1889.
However, there are differring opinions on how this town got its...
The first soccer match in Belgrade took place in 1896 in Lowtown near the Nebojsa tower.
A Jewish man by the name of Hugo Buli upon his return from studying...
On Tasmajdan, there is a cave 28m directly under the church of St. Mark. In its depts there is a Nazi hideout, a quarry and a saltpepper cave that served...
Avala tower was constructed in 1965 after the project by Uros Bogunovic and Slobodan Janjic.
It was destroyed in the NATO bombing on 29th April 1999 and...
The name New Belgrade was first mentioned in 1924 when Petar Kokotovic, a farmer from Bezanija, started the tavern "Novi Beograde" in the street Tosin...
Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti osnovana je 1. novembra 1886. godine. Osnovana je na tradicijama Društva srpske slovesnosti (1841-1864) i Srpskog učenog...
The first underground passageway street crossing in Belgrade was built in New Belgrade, block 21, under Lenjin’s Boulevard (today called Mihajla Pupina...
The large gunpowder storage, the popular “Barutana” is an artificial cave that was dug out at the start of the 18th century. The digging was done through...
Prečnik Rimskog bunara iznosi 3.40 metara a njegova dubina je oko 51 metar (dno bunara je niže od dna reke Save). Niz dva spiralna stepeništa, od kojih...
The National theatre in Belgrade began work in 1868. The first play "Djuradj Brankovic" by Karoli Obernjak was held (according to the new calendar) on...
In the age of Celts and Romans, Zemun was called Taurunum. Its name today is linked to the arrival of Slovenian tribes around 6th century. It is believed...