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Rajsko sokače | Origin of Street Names

Rajsko sokače | Origin of Street Names

Belgrade's alleys are a legacy of the time when our capital was an oriental town that was permeated by hundreds of narrow and short alleys and passageways, connecting the bigger and more important ones.

Nadežda Petrović | Origin of Street Names

Nadežda Petrović | Origin of Street Names

Nadežda Petrović (1873 - 1915) was one of the most important Serbian painters, one of the first female photographers in Serbia and a kind of heroine of the Balkans and the First World War.

Šaban Bajramović: From Hustling to Gandhi's Path | Old Belgrade Stories

Šaban Bajramović: From Hustling to Gandhi's Path | Old Belgrade Stories

During his fifty-year career, Šaban Bajramović was followed by numerous anecdotes, some of which are completely unverified, so they can be classified as urban legends. One of them says that Saban was actually "weaker" with letters.

Milan Jovanović - Batut | Origin of Street Names

Milan Jovanović - Batut | Origin of Street Names

Milan Jovanović - Batut (1847 - 1940) was a Serbian and Yugoslav doctor, honorary doctor of medicine of several European universities and founder of the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade, and its first professor and dean.

Milan Rakić | Origin of Street Names

Milan Rakić | Origin of Street Names

Milan Rakić (1876 - 1938) was a Serbian poet, warrior and diplomat, a man who in the period between the two world wars enjoyed an extraordinary reputation in the Serbian and Yugoslav establishment and society in general.

Anastas Jovanović: the First Serbian Photographer | Old Belgrade Stories

Anastas Jovanović: the First Serbian Photographer | Old Belgrade Stories

The most intriguing artistic personality of Serbian modern history, the first typographer, lithographer and first photographer - Anastas Jovanović.

Giuseppe Garibaldi | Origin of Street Names

Giuseppe Garibaldi | Origin of Street Names

Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 - 1882) was an Italian military leader and revolutionary, most responsible for the unification of the Italian states in 1861 and the creation of a sovereign Italian state within the borders we know today.

Mihailo Petrović - Alas | Origin of Street Names

Mihailo Petrović - Alas | Origin of Street Names

Mihailo Petrović - Alas (1868 – 1943) was the greatest Serbian mathematician of his time, university professor and academician, philosopher, travel writer, Alas and one of the most famous Serbs in history.

Vasilija Radojčić | Origin of Street Names

Vasilija Radojčić | Origin of Street Names

Vasilija Radojčić (1936 - 2011) was a legendary singer of Serbian folk music who, with her unsurpassed interpretations, became one of the most important guardians of the folk tradition of southern Serbia.

Disconnection Day | Funny Holidays

Disconnection Day | Funny Holidays

The idea of Disconnection Day is for each of us to completely turn off all our electronic devices and internet connection for at least 24 hours, to spend time without technology and "digital stress".

Sima Lozanić | Origin of Street Names

Sima Lozanić | Origin of Street Names

Sima Lozanić (1847 - 1935) was a chemist, one of the first professors of Belgrade University and its first rector, minister, diplomat and academician.

Savski venac | Belgrade Neighborhoods Names

Savski venac | Belgrade Neighborhoods Names

The neighborhoods of the Savski venac are among the most attractive and elite in the city, and their names have very interesting origins.

Woodrow Wilson | Origin of Street Names

Woodrow Wilson | Origin of Street Names

Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) was the American president during whose two mandates the Kingdom of Serbia and the United States, had truly friendly relations for the first time, perhaps the only time in history.

Rakovica | Belgrade Neighborhoods Names

Rakovica | Belgrade Neighborhoods Names

Like all other Belgrade municipalities, Rakovica also consists of several clearly separated settlements and neighborhoods, whose names are known to almost everyone, but whose origins are known to few.

Sima Milutinović - Sarajlija | Origin of Street Names

Sima Milutinović - Sarajlija | Origin of Street Names

Simeon "Sima" Milutinović (1791 - 1847), popularly known as "Sarajlija", was a Serbian poet, insurgent and chronicler, Njegoš's teacher and probably one of the smartest Serbs of his time.

Stevan Aleksić | Origin of Street Names

Stevan Aleksić | Origin of Street Names

Stevan Aleksić (1876 - 1923) was one of the greatest Serbian painters at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, although his work was not sufficiently followed, recognized, or perhaps appreciated during his lifetime.

Zvezdara | Belgrade Neighborhoods Names

Zvezdara | Belgrade Neighborhoods Names

From Mokri Lug on the outskirts, to the Vuk's Monument in the center of Belgrade, Zvezdara includes neighborhoods with different physiognomy, age and extremely interesting names.

Pork Roast Day | Funny Holidays

Pork Roast Day | Funny Holidays

Pork Roast Day is symbolically celebrated every December 18 in the world. It is not known who and when this holiday was established, but it is believed to have something to do with the ceremonial closing of the pig slaughter season.

International Mountain Day | Funny Holidays

International Mountain Day | Funny Holidays

In 2003, the United Nations established the International Day of Mountains, which is symbolically marked every year with various actions, conferences and forums on the topic of preserving mountain biodiversity.

Vojvoda Vuk | Origin of Street Names

Vojvoda Vuk | Origin of Street Names

Vojin Popović (1881 - 1916), better known as Vojvoda Vuk, was one of the most respected Serbian warriors whose short life span was filled with numerous exploits and heroism, enough for Serbian history to never forget him.