Palilula (pali - light, lula-pipe) got its name thanks to the fact that it was used to be the only place where people could smoke pipes because this was prohibited in the city center during the Turkis...
In front of the former home of the poet Djure Jaksica in Skadarlija, there is a sitting bronze monument to this artist which was construted in 1990. The monument was made by Jovan Soldatovic and is on...
The first public monument in Belgrade was erected in 1848 in the current Karadjordje park. The monument was erected by Aleksandar Karadjordjevic as an homage to the heroes of the I Serbian Uprising wh...
In November 1939 the first stop light was set up in Belgrade, at the corner of Kralja Aleksandra boulevard and Takovska street, near the main post office. This was also the first stop light in Serbia...
The SKC building (Students' cultural (kulturni) center) was constructed in 1895 and was then known as the Officer's home. The Officer's home was constructed by instrution from the King Aleksandar Obre...
The area called "Red cross" in Belgrade was named after the cross which was set here by the book-binder Grigorije Vozarevic in this location in 1847, which was painted red.
The drinking fountain of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha or the Vizier's drinking fountain as some call it, was constructed in 1576 under the orders of the grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha in Kalemegdan. It is...
Belgrade has its own crooked tower! It is a tower belonging to the Catholic church of St. Anton Padovski in Vracar. Designed by the architect Joseph Placenko, the 25m tall church was completed in 1932...