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The international collection of paintings in the National Museum in Belgrade continues the story of this museum. In my previous two posts, I wrote about Serbian medieval art and Serbian 19th century painting. Surely, those are truly magnificent works of art and, as I previously mentioned, probably the most interesting to see. This is especially true for people that want to get acquainted with the Serbian ...
The Serbian 19th century painting is, in addition to the Serbian medieval art, certainly the most interesting part of the collection in the National Museum in Belgrade. I dedicated my previous post to Serbian frescoes and icons. However, in this post I will present the 19th century paintings. It was the time when Serbia gained independence from the Ottoman rule. It was also a period when European influences ...
The National Museum of Serbia is the oldest, most important and most prestigious cultural institution in Serbia. Established in 1844, it moved into its current building in 1950. The museum collection consists of over 400000 objects which, in addition to local treasures, also includes foreign masterpieces. I'm starting the story of this museum with the Serbian medieval art.
The museum was closed between ...
I've been in Belgrade for just over two weeks now. This is the first time in 30 years that I'm staying here for a longer time. In the past, I would stay for a week or two, but never longer than that. I had a job to go back to and had to shape visits around my holidays. I love that I can spend more time here and that I can reconnect with the city. After all, I'm from Belgrade. It's my city, despite the fact ...
A place in Belgrade that I've never visited before is the Vuk and Dositej Museum. Normally, it's a place where they take you as a kid with school, to learn about two most influential Serbs that shaped the language and culture of the nation, after centuries under the Ottoman rule. But, for some reason, I never went there.
In all honesty, I didn't think much of this museum because it's in a relatively ...
Belgrade Fortress is the most important historic site in Belgrade. Its position, overlooking the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, makes it a very unique place because not many other cities have two big rivers. Views from the fortress are spectacular.
SHORT HISTORY OF BELGRADE FORTRESS
The city-fortress was first established in the 3rd century BC. ...
SHORT HISTORY OF BELGRADE FORTRESS
The city-fortress was first established in the 3rd century BC. ...
Princess Ljubica's Residence is one of the most important historic buildings in Belgrade. Built in 1830, it certainly had all characteristics of the Serbian-Balkan style houses. It is also among the most preserved examples of the civil architecture from the first half of the 19th century Belgrade. It was a luxurious court of the Serbian ruling Obrenović dynasty.
After the expulsion of the Obrenović ...
I am back in Belgrade. I mentioned in my previous post that I was planning to go there. The main reason why I decided to leave London for a period of time is because I think that the situation in the UK is much worse than in Serbia. I also think that the situation in the UK will not improve any time soon. Profound mistakes made by an incompetent UK government at the start of the epidemic are not easy to ...
There is a place in Belgrade that I wanted to visit for a long time. Remarkably, I've never been there. Not even when I lived in Belgrade, before I moved to London. If you ask me why, I wouldn't know what to say. Perhaps, I thought of it as a place that was right there and easy to visit. Somehow, I never actually managed to do it until now. The place that I am talking about is the Nikola Tesla museum in ...
I've written many stellar articles about Belgrade. And rightly so. It's a dynamic and interesting city that's rapidly changing. It's also a refreshingly rare non-globalised European city, especially if you compare it with most Western European capital cities where you see the same shops and restaurant chains over and over again. In that respect, Belgrade is still rather authentic. When you walk around the ...
