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20-400: Entire Brankovina area is declared Historic Landmark of Great Importance in 1979. and it is protected by Republic of Serbia . There are several important cultural monuments: In the immediate vicinity of the church is a group of grave monuments from the 19th century, about twenty of them. Here are buried many members of the family Nenadović, and other prominent families from Brankovina. In

40-516: Is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade , Serbia . It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac . Kumodraž is located in the central-eastern part of the municipality, in the lower section of the Kumodraž field ( Kumodraško polje ), in the valley of the creek of Kumodraški potok . Eastern and southern borders of the neighborhood are marked by a series of hills: Torlak, Golo Brdo, Stražarska Kosa, and

60-576: Is bordered by the neighborhood of Voždovac, to the north-west by Veliki Mokri Lug and to the east by Jajinci. Population of Kumodraž by the official censuses of population: A Roman aqueduct used to conduct water from the Kumodraž Hill. At some point it was joining the aqueduct from the Mokri Lug Hill, and then continued further to the Singidunum castrum . Both Mokri Lug and Kumodraž are hills, so

80-1664: The Central Register , 582 of which are categorized as being "of great importance" (512 cultural monuments, 25 archaeological sites, 17 historic landmarks and 28 spatial cultural-historical units). address Gospodar Jevremova St. no. 19 Višnjićeva St. no. 1 Republic Square Gospodar Jevremova St. no. 11 Lenjinova St. no. 48 Patrijarha Dimitrija St. no 34 Matije Gupca St. no. 17 Glavna St. no. 6 Lole Ribara St. no. 17 Knez Mihailova St. no. 33 Jelene Ćetković St. no. 5 Kraljevića Marka St. no. 12 Terazije St. no. 34 Džordža Vašingtona St. no. 19 Republic Square no. 1 Uzun Mirkova St. no. 14 Njegoševa St. no. 15 Kalemegdan Gračanička St. no. 10 Terazije St. no. 41 Terazije St. no. 39 7. jula St. no. 12 Kneza Miloša St. no. 103 Bežanijska kosa no. 18 Majevička St. no. 9 17. Oktobra St. no. 9 Karađorđeva St. no. 48 Kralja Milana St. no. 2 Masarikova St. no. 4 Terazije St. no. 28 Kosovska St. no. 47 Bulevar JNA St. Balkanska St. no. 1 Maršala Tita St. no. 184 Gajeva St. no. 15 Boljevački put Kumodraž Begaljica nn. Lipovački put 25 September 1967 (whole church) Crveni Krst Baba Zlatina St. Dušana Paskovića St. no. 28 Orlovića Pavla St. no. 28 Ive Lole Ribara St. no. 2 Braće Hadžića St. no. 1 Kumodra%C5%BE Kumodraž ( Serbian Cyrillic : Кумодраж , pronounced [kûmɔdraːʒ] )

100-616: The Law on Cultural Heritage of 1994 in order to be categorized as being "of great importance": According to the Law, there are four classes of Immovable Cultural Heritage: Cultural Monuments, Archaeological Sites, Historic Landmarks and Spatial Cultural-Historical Units. Objects in each of those classes can be categorized as being "of great importance" by the National Assembly. There are currently 2657 objects of immovable cultural heritage inscribed in

120-552: The "innovation hub" would cover 7.9 hectares (20 acres) and host 1,300 students. In April 2022 this was enlarged to almost 20 hectares (49 acres). Construction is planned for 2023, while already in 2024 the campus should become operational. It will be patterned after the Imperial College's campus White City , in London . Project was then enlarged again in July 2022, when the government said

140-521: The 2000s, the jackals were reported in Kumodraž in the spring of 2022. The Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera "Torlak", the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency of Serbia, and Belgrade University Faculty of Pharmacy are all located in Torlak. In 2021, construction of the new biomedical and higher learning facility across the already existing medical complex was announced. The "BIO 4 Campus" will be built on

160-500: The Kumodraž area is a source of many other creeks apart from the one that gave its name to the neighborhood: Rakovički potok (flows through the neighborhoods of Selo Rakovica and Rakovica ), Lipica ( Jajinci ), Zavojnička reka (a tributary to the Bolečica river), Bubanj potok (flows through Bubanj Potok , also a tributary to the Bolečica), Kamena voda , etc. To the north, Kumodraž

180-564: The Ottoman watchpost along the Kragujevac Road. Serbian government later adapted it into the gendarmerie post while in World War I it was turned into the mayhane and then into the military hospital. Later it became kafana , grocery store and library of the "Vojvoda Stepa" elementary school. In time, the arcade porch was replaced with the architrave one and the roof shingles were replaced with

200-588: The church yard can be seen "Sobrašice", old wooden houses for family gatherings in the church during the holidays. Directly to the church yard, on the other side of the brook, is the former school yard, and in it two old school buildings, with the appropriate museum settings. Brankovina hosted the well known Serbian poet Desanka Maksimović , who spent her childhood (she was born in the nearby Rabrovica) and completed primary school there. Throughout her life, Desanka remained emotionally attached to Brankovina, and she frequently revisited it and spent her last years there, and

220-477: The location of military complex, which will be demolished. The designs were selected in January 2022. The complex will include the relocated Faculty of Pharmacy, Belgrade University Faculty of Biology, and the "Torlak" institute, but also a science and technology park , Center of Ideas, Center for Industrial Development, "Minglarijum" business-commercial center, hospitality venues, etc. It was originally announced that

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240-518: The most important Serbian army leaders in modern history, vojvoda Stepa Stepanović , was born in Kumodraž in 1856 and his birthplace is turned into memorial-house dedicated to him, and the nearby woods is named Stepin Lug ("Stepa's grove"). In addition, the main street in Kumodraž is named Vojvode Stepe (though it begins much closer to downtown, at Autokomanda ). There is a Church of the Holy Trinity in

260-411: The natural inclination allowed for the water to flow downhill to Singidunum. During the pre- World War I period, Kumodraž had its own municipality which stretched north to the eastern outskirts of Belgrade, comprising outer city suburbs, today neighborhoods, like Dušanovac . Kumodraž used to be a small, agricultural village far from downtown Belgrade, but after the 1960s the population boosted as it

280-505: The neighborhood of Voždovac is named Kumodraž II. It is a modern sub-neighborhood, located in the area marked by the elbow turn of the Kumodraška street and the street of Vojvode Stepe . It makes a direct extension of the Voždovac's industrial zone along the Kumodraška street. Connected to Belgrade by the bus line 25. The entire western section of Kumodraž is a sub-neighborhood of Torlak. It

300-535: The neighborhood. Next to it is a small cemetery which hosts the memorial to the Serbian soldiers killed during the short Austro-Hungarian occupation of Belgrade in the late 1914, within the scopes of the World War I . A memorial was erected on the location of the 1914-1915 seat of the Belgrade Defense Headquarters. Old Meyhane in located in the central part of the former village. It was built in 1865 as

320-426: The proper roof tiles. It was placed under the preliminary state protection, but became derelict in time. Central and western extension of the neighborhood, the core of the modern settlement of Kumodraž. It extends into Kumodraž II on the east, Kumodraž II on the north and Torlak on the north-west. Connected to Belgrade by the bus lines 33 and 39. Northern extension of the neighborhood, which makes urban connection to

340-801: The second-highest level of state protection in the Republic of Serbia , behind the Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance . Immovable Cultural Heritage is classified as being of Great Importance upon decision by the National Assembly of Serbia . They are inscribed in the Central Register of Immovable cultural property maintained by the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia . Objects of Immovable cultural heritage have to fulfill one or more of those criteria defined in

360-548: Was case in almost all Belgrade's suburbs at the time. In the 1970s Kumodraž was administratively declared a local community ("mesna zajednica") within the municipality of Voždovac (part of the Belgrade City proper, uža teritorija grada ), rather than being a separate settlement. Today, Kumodraž makes one continuous built up area, even though it is about 10 kilometers away from downtown. It is divided into several sub-neighborhoods: Kumodraž, Kumodraž I, Kumodraž II and Torlak. One of

380-540: Was finally buried under a hundred year old oak trees in the Brankovina churchyard, according to her wishes. 44°21′N 19°53′E  /  44.350°N 19.883°E  / 44.350; 19.883 Historic Landmark of Great Importance (Serbia) Immovable Cultural Heritage of Great Importance ( Serbian : Непокретна културна добра од великог значаја / Nepokretna kulturna dobra od velikog značaja ) are those objects of Immovable cultural heritage that enjoy

400-427: Was named after the 308 meters-high hill of Torlak, which was very important in the military operations for the defense of Belgrade in World War I . The surrounding area is forested, with wildlife including roe deer , wild boar and red fox . Animals occasionally descend into the lower, urbanized neighborhoods, like Stepa Stepanović. With the expansion of the population of jackals in the outskirts of Belgrade since

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