Academic Park ( Serbian Cyrillic : Академски парк , romanized : Akademski park ) is a park in Belgrade , the capital of Serbia . It is situated in the neighborhood of Studentski Trg , in the downtown. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad . Built from 1886 to 1889, Academic Park is one of the oldest parks in Belgrade.
31-533: Academy Park may refer to: Academic Park , Belgrade, Serbia Academy Park (Albany, New York) , United States Academy Park, a street in Glasgow , Scotland Academy Park High School , Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Academy Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
62-602: A grammar school in Caransebeș . He finished the mathematical military school in Lugoj , and completed his academic studies at the University of Vienna , earning a degree in philosophy and technical sciences at the age of 22. Josimović spent his entire working life dedicated to teaching and designing innovative urban cityscapes . Upon his arrival in Belgrade, on 18 September 1845, he became
93-520: A modern water supply system in Belgrade was put forward by Emilijan in 1867. He started from the fact that the central reservoir should be placed in the highest part of the town, in the Upper Town, while the steam engine would bring water from the Danube, and then it would be distributed from the top of the hill to various parts of the city. However, there was no money or support for his ideas. The centenary of
124-641: A part-time professor at the Belgrade Lyceum , where he taught mathematics. He also founded the Technical Society. In the Belgrade Artillery School, where he worked from 1850, first as a part-time professor, and from 1854 to 1869 as a full professor, in addition to mathematics, he also taught mechanics , and then geodesy . He became a full professor at the Grande école on 19 November 1869. There he
155-404: A textbook on civil architecture and road construction . He was one of the founders of the "Belgrade Singing Society" in 1853. As an engineer, he tried in 1867 to solve the issue of water supply in the city of Belgrade. He published his "Proposal" in the newspaper and imagined that water would be pumped from the Danube with the help of pumps. In 1885, pensioner Josimović was a regular member of
186-483: Is referred to as the area of today's narrowest city center. This was at the same time when large construction works were being carried out in other major European cities, such as Haussmann's renovation of Paris and Ildefons Cerdà 's "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample . The first urban plan traced some of the basic axes of today's Belgrade - Knez Mihajlova Street, Tsar Dušan, King Peter I avenues. Until then,
217-617: The Republic Square (to the east) and the Belgrade Fortress (to the west). It is completely encircled by Studentski Trg, which is effectively turned into the four streets around the park. When formed, the park was called "Little Park" ( Mali park ) and later was renamed to "Pančić's Park" ( Pančićev park ). Today, it is officially named Academic Park, but colloquially it is also called "University Park" ( Univerzitetski park ) and "Students' Park" ( Studentski park ). Northern section of
248-538: The strategic bombing campaign within the scopes of the oil campaign against Nazi Germany , the U.S. began massive bombardment of the oil fields and refineries in Romania, known as the Operation Tidal Wave campaign. On their return, as Belgrade was important strategic point, the bombers threw their unused bombs on the city. German occupational forces dug several pools across the city to storage water for extinguishing
279-609: The "Serbian Agricultural Society". He also wrote articles for the professional newspaper "Težak" (1889). On 1 August 1848, he became a regular member of the Society of Serbian Letters . Josimović actively participated in the public and social life of Belgrade and Serbia, in which there were few intellectuals at that time. He became a member of the Society of Serbian Letters, and then of the Royal Serbian Academy. He also participated in
310-548: The Great Market (Serbian: Velika pijaca or Veliki pijac ). Remaining, smaller part of Turkish cemetery, which was functional until the 1860s, was fenced by the local Turks to prevent further deterioration. After Turks completely withdrew from Belgrade and Serbia in 1867, the cemetery became overgrown with grass and was turned into the meadow, called "Little field" ( Poljanče ) by the local population. First modern Belgrade's urbanist Emilijan Josimović suggested dislocation of
341-424: The adoption of the first urban plan of the old core of Belgrade was marked in 1967 with a special exhibition and a ceremonial academy. The Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of Serbia had published a special publication "Emilijan Josimović - the first Serbian urbanist", whose author was Dr. Branko Maksimović. During the renovation of Knez Mihailova Street and its transformation into a pedestrian zone in 1987,
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#1732852343361372-470: The bagged man". The Pančić monument was the first such monument in Belgrade, and the park was soon renamed to Pančič's Park. The market continued to operate until 1926 when was finally closed and its area was used to enlarge the Pančič's Park in 1927, when the present square was finally formed, with the park in the central part. The project was done by Đorđe Kovalevski. In 1929, the stone ornamental fence with
403-456: The city, outside the fortress. The remnants were visible until 1978 and due to the lack of funds to continue excavations or to cover it with the roof or a marquee, the remains were conserved and buried again. Area of the park and the square surrounding it used to be a Turkish cemetery. At the beginning of the 19th century, farmers were selling goods at the entrances to the city. However, Turkish soldiers would often forcibly buy goods from them at
434-465: The fires. One of such pools was built in the center of the park. In time, citizens began to use the pools for swimming and the Germans didn't try to stop them so they became sort of public swimming pools. The pools were ultimately re-filled by 1950. The park covers an area of 1.45 hectares (3.6 acres). In 2007 it was protected and declared the natural monument . In 2008, two species of bats lived in
465-489: The founding and work of the first Technical School, the forerunner of the current Association of Technicians and Engineers of Serbia. The most significant work of Emilijan Josimović is certainly "Explanation of the proposal for regulating that part of the city of Belgrade that lies in the trench" made from 1864 to 1867, the year when Belgrade officially became a free city when the Turks left. The bold and far-reaching Josimović plan
496-407: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Academy_Park&oldid=987083478 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Academic Park Academic Park is located halfway between
527-598: The market in 1867, as it was placed in the sole center of the city, and he deemed it inappropriate for the Great School to be across the market. He envisioned the social center or pedestrian square (" piazza ") in the form of the park with tall deciduous trees instead. However, when the horse-drawn tram was introduced in Belgrade 1892, as it passed through this part of the city, the market actually bloomed even more. Josimović met with much resistance and only some time before his death, he persuaded city government to decide to split
558-520: The market in two and to form a park in one of the sections. The open space area around the market, which was now a defunct Turkish cemetery, and the northwestern section were turned into the park, as Josimović originally envisioned. He also proposed for the nearby buffer zone between the city and the Fortress to be adapted into the Kalemegdan Park , as he considered parks the "air reservoirs". Some parts of
589-505: The massive gates made of wrought iron was built around the park, projected by Milutin Borisavljević. It was projected in the style of Classicism with Neo-Baroqe and Rococo motives. The fence and the gates cost seven time more than the construction of the enlarged park itself two years ago. The fence has 74 decorative oval alcoves with ornamental wrought iron flower ornaments. It also has 176 decorative amphora-shaped vases, ornamented with
620-488: The motives of ram heads and garlands. The fence and the ornaments are made of reinforced concrete with artificial stone covering. In 1930, the monument to Dositej Obradović (work of Rudolf Valdec) was transferred to the park from his previous location at the end of the Knez Mihailova street, where it was unveiled in 1914. A monument to Jovan Cvijić , sculptured by Oto Logo, was dedicated in 1994. In 1943, as part of
651-668: The older brother was engaged in trade and cooperated with Miša Anastasijević , who helped in Emilijan's schooling, considering that his father died early on. Emilijan married twice. First, Emilija, the daughter of Vasilije Lazić, and he had three children with her: a daughter Anka and two sons, Nikola and Milivoj. After Emilia's death, Emilijan married Živka, with whom he left Belgrade in 1887. The married couple went on to live first in Šopić , near Lazarevac , and later in Sokobanja , where Emilian died on 25 May 1897. In 1831, Emilijan enrolled in
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#1732852343361682-411: The original park were constructed from the spring of 1886 to 1889, which was named Little Park. The park was officially opened on 11 May 1897, just two weeks before Josimović's death. On the same day, the monument to Josif Pančić , work of sculptor Đorđe Jovanović was erected in the park. As the monument was covered with cloth for a long time, citizens colloquially nicknamed the square a "plateau of
713-464: The park was excavated in 1968 in the project of building a furnace oil tank for the boiler room of the Belgrade's City Committee of the League of Communists located nearby. Under the lawn, the remnants of the ancient Roman thermae were discovered, including the frigidarium (room with the cold water), laconicum (room with the warm water where people would sweat and prepare) and caldarium (room with
744-467: The park. Surrounding area is location of many educational and cultural institutions, thus the names (Academic/Students Park). They include: A detailed project of park's repair was done in 1989 but was never conducted. It was renovated in 2009 (when the new fence on the north side was built and the new seedlings were planted), 2011-2012 and 2015. New plane trees , Callery pears and photinias were planted and three flower rondelles were restored around
775-777: The settlement, structural cracks developed in the ornamented wall, but also because it has no interruption in its design so the construction can't "work". Out of 74 alcove, 15 had no iron ornaments anymore, while almost all amphorae were either damaged or completely destroyed. In February 2020, the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments drafted the project of static restoration, which includes reconstruction of all damaged or missing plastics. Emilijan Josimovi%C4%87 Emilijan Josimović ( Moldova Nouă , Caraș-Severin County , then part of Austrian Empire , 1823 – Sokobanja , 25 May 1897)
806-407: The small prices, and then sell it themselves in the city for much higher amounts. After constant complaints from the farmers, vizier of Belgrade, after counseling with the city merchants, agreed to choose one place for the market. Market became operational in 1824. As per Serbian-Turkish agreement anyone could bring and sell goods, market quickly grew and became city's commercial center and was known as
837-403: The streets of Belgrade were mostly winding. The trench was an external fortification whose line can be recognized in the broken routes of today's Kosančić's, Topličin's and Obilić's wreath (circle). Emphasizing the lack of greenery and free spaces for rest, Josimović proposes public parks on the site of the Great Market ( Studentski trg ) and on Kalemegdan . The first idea for the construction of
868-405: The three monuments (Pančić, Obradović, Cvijić). By 2020, the fence deteriorated a lot. The entire fence is built on the embankment as the continual wall which causes static instability. As the pressure is the strongest where the massive gates are, one of the gates was permanently closed due to the terrain settling which caused the shifting of the axis of the columns which hold the gate. Also due to
899-408: The two pools of hot water). The site became an archaeological dig in 1969 and 8 rooms in total were discovered, including the remains of the brick furnace which heated the water. It was a public unisex bath dated to 3rd or 4th century. The entire area of the park is actually within the borders of the "Protected zone of Roman Singidunum ". It is situated in the area that used to be the civilian sector of
930-693: Was a Serbian urban planner who designed the first urban plan of Belgrade at the same time as Cerdà in Barcelona and Georges-Eugène Haussmann in Paris from 1853 until 1870. Josimović was arguably the first modern Serbian urbanist and the first modern professor of architecture in Serbia . Emilijan Josimović was born in 1823 in the town of Moldova Nouă (now Romania ), in the Serbian family of border lieutenant Josimović. He had one older brother and two younger ones. Jovan
961-566: Was the head of the Mathematics Department and then became its rector . He retired from the Grande école ( Visoka škola ) which by then was soon-to-become the newly-formed University of Belgrade after 33 years of dedicated educational work. Josimović wrote university textbooks in Serbia in trigonometry , mathematics , mechanics , geometry , descriptive geometry and perspective , as well as