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43-507: Gavrilo Princip Park is located in the northern part of Savski Venac. It stretches between the streets of Kneza Miloša on the east, Admirala Geprata on the north, Balkanska on the west and Nemanjina on the south. It is embedded between the buildings of the Government of the Republic of Serbia , Finance Ministry and Supreme Court of Cassation . Residence of prince Miloš in downtown Belgrade

86-519: A direct traffic transversal which goes through the entire "Old" Belgrade, in the northeast to southwest direction. Named after the founder of the Obrenović, prince Miloš, it crosses three other streets named after members of the same dynasty: queen Natalija, king Alexander and king Milan. As it has many representative buildings, some of them were used by the Germans when they occupied Belgrade in 1941. During

129-460: A garage at the empty lot next to the Foreign Ministry building. However, when the budget for 2023 was adopted, with projections until 2025, there were no funds allocated for this project. On 29 December 2020, the government of Serbia declared the street and its surroundings a protected spatial cultural-historical unit, and placed it under the legal protection. The protected area is bordered by

172-627: A monument dedicated to him was placed in the park in 1963. It was sculptured by Nikola Jovanović. One of the leaders of Slovenian partisans in World War II, and Josip Broz Tito 's close collaborator Kidrič was appointed de facto Yugoslav minister of economy in 1948. After the Tito–Stalin split in 1948, and the ensuing Informbiro period , alleging that the Serbia as the Yugoslavia's east might be occupied by

215-553: A straight line course in a south-westerly direction, the street ends at the Mostar interchange . The street originated during the rule of prince Miloš, and was originally called Topčiderski drum (Topčider road), as it connected the downtown with the Miloš' court in the Topčider wood ( Residence of Prince Miloš ). It was named after prince Miloš in 1872. At that time, National Assembly of Serbia

258-485: Is a street in downtown Belgrade , Serbia . It was the main city's korzo (promenade) and today is one of the major traffic arteries of the city, location of some of the most important national institutions and a street with the largest number of embassies in Belgrade. It stretches through the territory of three municipalities: Stari Grad , Vračar and Savski Venac . Previously known as Topčider Road , it

301-474: The Soviet Union , he started to transfer entire factories from Serbia to the western parts of the state, including the much more developed Slovenia. This included the equipment, experts, workers, licenses, technical documentation, industrial knowledge and technology. There was some opposition from the workers, but it was suppressed, and Kidrič remained disliked in Serbia. This move has been criticized even during

344-615: The outbreak of the coronavirus , new chief city urbanist Marko Stojčić sad that the project is moved to 2021–2022, not because of the pandemic, but because the construction is not ready anyway. Some reporters referred to the project as the "dream of Spanish boulevard". In May 2021, Stojčić admitted that they don't know where to place garages, that even the conceptual design is not drafted, and that works certainly will not start before 2023. However, deputy mayor Goran Vesić in September 2021 announced "serious reconstruction", with double avenues and

387-676: The 1998 façade cleaning of the building of the Ministry of the foreign affairs, Wehrmacht insignia were discovered below the surface layer. The street preserved many buildings from the Interbellum . A number of them are protected by the state as cultural and historical monuments. In 2016 city government announced a detailed reconstruction of the Kneza Miloša, based on the look of one of the main Barcelona 's avenues, Passeig de Gràcia . Reconstruction

430-618: The Communism. Tito felt differently, so after Kidrič's premature death from cancer in 1953, at 41, he decided to memorialize his name. First, the Beogradska Street in downtown was renamed to Borisa Kidriča Street, and the Institute for examination of the structure of matter was renamed The Institute for Nuclear Sciences Boris Kidrič. Ten years later the monument was finally placed. Dislike for him in Belgrade and Serbia remained, so Borisa Kidriča

473-508: The Great street) as it was known, was turned into the city's main promenade or korzo . Queen Natalija often walked down the korzo , mingling with the people. The lower section of the street passed between affluent households with gardens and the Military Academy was also located there, whose cadets often paraded down the street as there was a bridle path , parallel to the street. As the tram

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516-407: The border between Stari Grad and Vračar, until the intersection with Kraljice Natalije / Masarikova , where it enters Savski Venac. It goes through and directly connects several old neighborhoods of Belgrade: Tašmajdan , Krunski Venac , Andrićev Venac , London , West Vračar and Mostar. Through its natural extensions on the north ( Takovska street) and south ( Bulevar Vojvode Putnika ), it makes

559-480: The building at 14 Admirala Geprata, which separates the park from this street, was announced. New, planned building will have "transparent" ground floor, which would allow view on the Hammam of Prince Miloš and northern section of the park. The hammam itself will be reconstructed and adapted into the cultural center. Also planned is an underground garage below the park. Marking ten year anniversary of Boris Kidrič 's death,

602-459: The central Knez Mihailova Street became the main Belgrade promenade. Up to the 1890s, most of the street was populated with small, crumbly houses with orchards, fields and wooden fences. Only then construction of proper, nice houses began and after 1900 numerous villas were built along the street. At the end of the street, where the modern Mostar road interchange is, was kafana Kafana pocepanih gaća ("Torn nickers"). Queen Draga ordered for

645-430: The corner with Masarikova street, a Communist Spasoje Stević attempted to assassinate the king Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1921. As the king was in the carriage with the prime minister Nikola Pašić , Stević threw the grenade at the carriage but hit the telegraph line instead. King and prime minister were unharmed, but several pedestrians were wounded. The assassination attempt was organized by Mustafa Golubić , and

688-538: The dead end Lazarevića street from the left and crosses the intersections with Andrićev venac street on the right and Krunska on the left, and with the city's main street, Kralja Milana . The next intersection is with the streets Kraljice Natalije on the right and Masarikova on the left, and then it receives Admirala Geprata street from the right. From then on, it crosses the streets Nemanjina , Birčaninova , Vojvode Milenka , Miloša Pocerca , Višegradska and Durmitorska . After 1.87 km (1.16 mi) of

731-578: The dynamite grenade was thrown by Stević from the Trade Ministry building (today Finance Ministry). When prime minister Zoran Đinđić was assassinated on 12 March 2003 in front of the building of the government, he was rushed to the ER via the Kneza Miloša, but the wounds were fatal. Kneza Miloša was heavily bombed by NATO in 1999. On 2/3 April 1999, both Ministry of the Interior buildings (MUP), federal and

774-402: The events connected with it, though they are results of the fact that most important government buildings are located in it. When Prince Mihailo Obrenović was fatally wounded in Topčider, it was this road through which the carriage with the wounded prince rushed downtown to try to save the prince's life. Still, the prince died during the ride, somewhere where the modern London building is. On

817-468: The former period. However, the decision in the Belgrade Assembly was unanimous, an extremely rare situation in the 1990s, that both the regime and opposition vote for the same decision. The pedestal was left in the park, so that it could be used for the new monument. There were several suggestions, and finally it was proposed that Prince Miloš should get a monument, as he had none, and the street where

860-567: The fortress was placed under the military jurisdiction and the band's performances were relocated there, too. Parts of park were demolished in time. In 1889 for the building where the modern Finance Ministry is located, and in 1926 when construction of the present building of the Government began. Park was hit in the German bombing of Belgrade in 1941 . Even though the modern park is on its original location, its present appearance originates completely from

903-518: The garden Sovetski Park (Council's Park), as it was closed for the general public and only the government ministers and counselors were allowed into it. After both princes, Miloš in 1839 and his son Mihailo in 1842, went into exile, both the residence and the garden were handed over to the state which in turn vested it to the Finance Ministry, so gradually it became known as the Financial Park. It

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946-415: The location is, was named after him. Municipality of Savski Venac proposed this in 1996, but for the next eight years, the paperwork rested in some drawer. It was finally decided to place the monument after the massive reconstruction of the park in 2004. It was decided to use replica of Petar Ubavkić 's composition originally sculptured for the 1900 Paris World Fair . Named Takovo Uprising , it represented

989-609: The name to be changed to Tri ključa ("Three keys"). Much later, this became the name of the park which was planted on this location, today also known as the Park Gazela, after the nearby bridge over the Sava river. The first traffic light in the Belgrade was placed at the crossroad of the Bulevar kralja Aleksandra , Takovska Street and the beginning of the Kneza Miloša in November 1939. The plan

1032-417: The names were awarded to the streets for the first time in the 19th century. From the beginning to the end, the street goes downhill, and since it is completely straight, it gives a nice panoramic view down the entire course. The street is 32 m (105 ft) wide, out of which 18.75 m (61.5 ft) is the driveway and 13.25 m (43.5 ft) sidewalks. In its first section, Kneza Miloša marks

1075-432: The period after World War II . The park covers an area of 1.95 hectares (4.8 acres) today. It went through a complete reconstruction in 2004, after which a monument to prince Miloš was erected in the park. Another refurbishment ensued in 2011 and in 2015 a monument to Gavrilo Princip was constructed. On 18 April 2017, Belgrade City Assembly officially changed its name to Gavrilo Princip Park. In January 2021, demolition of

1118-635: The prince and archimandrite Hadži Melentije . For ideologial reasons, this monument has been cut in pieces after World War II, but the pieces were kept. In 1981 the monument was reconstructed, and in 1990 it was placed in Takovo . The replica was dedicated in the park on 26 September 2004, and placed on the pedestal remaining from the Kidrič's monument. Kneza Milo%C5%A1a street Kneza Miloša Street ( Serbian Cyrillic : Улица кнеза Милоша , romanized :  Ulica kneza Miloša , lit. "Prince Miloš Street")

1161-418: The project. Though the blueprints for the underground garages were made, it was decided then to build the one leveled, above the ground. As many military objects are in the street, the city contacted military authorities asking where the large garage should be located, but the Ministry of Defense didn't answer. The project would have to be changed again after the military picks the location. In April 2020, during

1204-476: The projected cost of €7 million and in August 2017 the building permits were obtained but the works were moved to the spring of 2018, In November 2017, construction of the garages was pushed to 2019. In September 2019, when reconstruction of the sidewalks was to begin, the works were moved for spring 2020, with a major change in the plan - the underground, elongated garages stretching for a kilometer, were dropped from

1247-514: The republic's one, were bombed. On 29/30 April Ministry of Defense and Serbian General Staff were demolished, Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs was hit again and the Government Building was damaged. On 7/8 May General Staff and Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs were bombed again and on 24/25 May the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia. Kneza Miloša is one of 34 streets in downtown Belgrade which have never changed their names since

1290-471: The street marked an eastern border of urban Belgrade. The commercial zone, with grocery stores ( čaršija ), spread from Terazije to the street, while from this point on, the gardens and fields extended to the east until the marshy pond where the Slavija Square is today, where local population went for duck hunting. Where the major crossroad of Kneza Miloša and steep Nemanjina streets is today, Topčider road

1333-412: The streets: Kneza Miloša, Krunska, Resavska, Višegradska, Durmitorska, Sarajevska, Hajduk Veljkov Venac, Balkanska, Admirala Geprata, Dobrinjska, Kralja Milana and Andrićev Venac. On the same day the protection was adopted, a building which is covered with the protected area, at 14 Admirala Geprata Street, was exempt from the protection, and the investor was granted the right to demolish it. The building

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1376-510: Was Zvezdan Jovanović 's vantage point in the assassination of prime minister Zoran Đinđić . Investors from Cyprus envisioned a square edifice with "transparent" ground floor, which would allow a view from the street on the Hammam of Prince Miloš , which is on the other side of the building, in the Gavrilo Princip Park. They will also have to commemorate in some way the role of the building in

1419-712: Was actually crossing over the stream of Vračarski Potok, which was draining the Slavija Pond into the pond of Bara Venecija in the Savamala neighborhood. Only after the Belgrade Main railway station was built in Bara Venecija in 1884, the stream was conducted underground and the Nemanjina was transformed into the proper street. At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Kneza Miloša (or Miloša Velikog (Miloš

1462-616: Was among the first streets which changed names after the fall of Communism when the former name, Beogradska, was reinstated in 1991. That same year, decision was made to rename the institute to Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences . In the fall of 1996, the monument was removed from the park and relocated to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ušće . There were some opposing voices, stating that Belgrade shouldn't do what many post-Communist states and cities have done, to indiscriminately remove all monuments from

1505-600: Was an English style park. Prince Mihailo, who returned to the throne in 1860, in July 1864 declared the Financial Park a "people's park", that is, the first public park in Belgrade. The park was in the vicinity of the military complex situated along and around the Topčider road. Army orchestra known as the Military Band, performed every Sunday in the park. After the Ottomans withdrew from Belgrade Fortress , their last hold in Belgrade,

1548-491: Was charged with making the city greener. In the process of planting trees across Belgrade, he arranged the Košutnjak and Topčider parks (including park's nursery garden) and planted avenues along Terazije and Topčider Road. While he embellished Terazije with chestnut trees, he formed an avenue of Lombardy poplars in the upper, more urbanized part of Topčidеr Road, while on the lower Nikolić planted poplars . In this period,

1591-419: Was finished in 1836 and included a large garden, nucleus of the future park. The building had one floor, it was long and spacious, built in the typical architectural style of the day and faced towards the Sava river . Prince used it to entertain his foreign guests. Surviving documentation shows that the park was built in the "English style" and cost 10,245 Groschen . At that time, inhabitants of Belgrade called

1634-455: Was introduced to the street, among the first in Belgrade, korzo lost its function. The tram line, Belgrade-Topčider, was a sort of an excursion line, which Queen Natalija also often used, travelling with her son and future king, Alexander I of Serbia . She preferred the tram over the fiacre . Also colloquially styled the Korzo of Queen Natalija, the street lots this function completely by 1910 when

1677-455: Was later named after prince Miloš Obrenović , the first ruler of modern Serbia (1815-1839 and 1858–1860). In 2020, the street, with its surroundings, was protected by the law and declared a protected spatial cultural-historical unit . A total of twelve buildings situated along the street have been already previously declared a separate cultural monuments. Kneza Miloša begins at the intersection with Bulevar kralja Aleksandra . It receives

1720-675: Was located across the Cathedral Church , where the Patriarchal See of the Serbian Orthodox Church is today. As Turks were still residing in the Belgrade Fortress , in order to move further away from them, prince Miloš began building another residence on 25 August 1829. He has chosen an uninhabited area along the Topčider road, modern Kneza Miloša street. The residence, planned as the sojourn for his sons Milan and Mihailo ,

1763-578: Was located at the intersection with the Kraljice Natalije street, like some of the ministries. The assembly building was a humble, low and unrepresentative edifice, so sometimes the deputies held sessions in the "Kasina" hotel on the Terazije square. In its upper, urban part, the road was fully formed in the 1840s, as part of the development plan for this section of Belgrade. The plan was drafted by Franz Janke. Atanasije Nikolić , engineer and urbanist,

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1806-491: Was to include adding one more traffic lane, green island in the middle of street, thick avenues , widened sidewalks, bicycle paths, underground garage with 427 parking spots and glass, decorative entrances into the garage. According to the chief city urbanist Milutin Folić, the works were to begin by the mid-2017 and to finish by the summer of 2018. The garage was planned to cover an area of 12,100 m (130,000 sq ft) with

1849-515: Was to place them at every busy crossroad in the city, but the outbreak of World War II squashed the plans. Instead, the second traffic light was placed only in 1953, in the neighborhood of London, at the crossroad of the Kneza Miloša and Maršala Tita (today Kralja Milana). In 1965, along the entire route of the Kneza Miloša-Takovska streets, the first green wave was introduced. The street gained somewhat of an assassination notoriety, due to

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