Belgrade

June 24, 2019

004 - P1180582 Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia from its creation in 1918 to its dissolution in 2006.

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005 - P1180585 In a fatally strategic position, Belgrade has been battled over in 115 wars and razed 44 times, being bombed five times and besieged many times.

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003 - P1180579 Arriving Belgrade, the capital and largest city of Serbia.

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008 - P1180590 Gutted building... next to a relatively new building with a bank at the ground floor...

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017 - P1180609 The Stari dvor (Old Palace) was the royal residence of the Obrenović dynasty, built between 1882-1884. Today it houses the City Assembly of Belgrade (City...

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018 - P1180611 National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, their assembly is comprised of 250 deputies who are proportionally elected to four-year terms. The assembly elects...

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019 - P1180619 National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia - sculptures by Toma Rosandić in 1938, named this composition of bronze horses and their tamers “Black horses at...

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022 - P1180625 Buildings bombed and destroyed but stilll stand there...

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026 - P1180632 Arriving the Temple of Saint Sava...

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028 - P1180635 The Temple of Saint Sava is the largest Orthodox church in Serbia, one of the largest Eastern Orthodox churches and it ranks among the largest churches in the...

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029 - P1180637 The Temple of Saint Sava's dominating dome resembles that of the Hagia Sophia at Istanbul, Turkey after which it had been modelled.

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030 - P1180638 Following the conversion of the Hagia Sophia at Istanbul Turkey to a mosque in July 2020, the Patriarch of Serbia and Serbia's president in August 2020...

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035 - P1180645 The backside of the Temple of Saint Sava looks almost identical and the doors are under renovation...

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036 - P1180646 Straight from the back side of the Temple of Saint Sava is the low irregular shape fountain pools in front of the National Library of Serbia.

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037 - P1180648 Another irregular triangle shape pool locates across a walkway between the two pools...

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031 - P1180639 Nikola Tesla Monument (1856-1943) in front of the National Library of Serbia, close by to the Temple of Saint Sava.

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032 - P1180640 The mathematics formula T=Wb/sq. m refers to

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038 - IMG_5158 Saint Sava (1175–1235), the patron saint and national hero of the Serbian people, was born Rastko Nemanja in 1175, the son of Serbian Grand Župan Stephen (r....

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