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Novo groblje 
Church of St Nicholas at Novo grobljeDetails Year established 1886 Country Serbia Location Zvezdara, Belgrade Type Christian Novo groblje (Cyrillic: Ново гробље, meaning New Cemetery is Serbian) is a cemetery complex in Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Ruzveltova street in Zvezdara municipality. The cemetery was built in 1886 as the third Christian cemetery in Belgrade. The newly developed cemetery in that period had no chapel or church. The current church dedicated to Saint Nicholas was built in 1893 by Draginja and Stanojlo Petrović, through their generous endowment[citation needed]. The architect was Svetozar Ivačković.[citation needed]
Except for the graves of ordinary citizens, the cemetery complex also includes special parts: military graves from Serbian-Ottoman War, Serbo-Bulgarian War, Balkan Wars and World Wars, the Alley of the Greats and Alley of Distinguished Citizens, where some of the most important persons of Serbian history are buried.
Contents
The complex
Military graveyards
The oldest memorial at Novo groblje complex is the Serbian soldiers' ossuary built in 1907 which contains remains of the soldiers of Serbian-Ottoman War and Serbo-Bulgarian War that were transferred from Tašmajdan cemetery[1]. Another important part of the complex are the military graveyards with the remains of soldiers from Balkan Wars and World Wars. It contains remains of Serbian and other Allied soldiers, as well as Axis soldiers (there are French[1][2], Russian[2], British[3][4], Italian[1], German, Austro-Hungarian[2] and Bulgarian[2] military graveyard)[5]. The complex of military graveyards also includes graves of those died in the 1941 and 1944 Bombing of Belgrade.
Liberators of Belgrade cemetery
Liberators of Belgrade memorial
Part of the Novo groblje complex, but on the other side of the street from the main part is the Liberators of Belgrade cemetery (Гробље ослободилаца Београда / Groblje oslobodilaca Beograda)[5]. It contains graves of 2944 National Liberation Army soldiers and 961 Red Army soldiers and the mass grave of 1381 National Liberation Army soldiers and 711 Red Army soldiers who died during the Belgrade Offensive.
The cemetery includes Liberators of Belgrade memorial with the relief by sculptor Rade Stanković and the Red Army soldier sculpture by Antun Augustinčić. In front of the memorial is the sculpture of a Partisan holding a gun by Rade Stanković.
Jewish cemetery
Next to the Liberators of Belgrade cemetery is the Jewish cemetery with the remains of Jewish soldiers died in the Balkan Wars and World War I, ossuary of Jewish refugees from Austria and the Memorial to the Holocaust victims and Jewish soldiers died in World War II by the architect Bogdan Bogdanović.[1]
Alley of the Greats
Tomb of Jovan Cvijić at the Alley of the GreatsAlley of the Greats (Serbian: Алеја великана / Aleja velikana) was created in the 19th century with move of the greats from the Tašmajdan Cemetery to the New Cemetery. It was formed in 1927, with 22 places for the tombs. Since 1927 there are no new tomb spots in that alley. Some of the people buried at the Alley of the Greats are:
- Kornelije Stanković (1831-1865), composer[6]
- Ilija Milosavljević Kolarac (1789-1878), donator[7]
- Stevan Kaćanski (1828-1890), poet[8]
- Petar Kočić (1877-1916), writer[9]
- Jovan Cvijić (1865-1927), geographer[10]
- Kosta Hristić (1852-1927), diplomat and writer[11]
- Stevan Hristić (1885-1958), composer[12]
Alley of Distinguished Citizens
Tomb of Zoran Đinđić at the Alley of Distinguished CitizensAlley of Distinguished Citizens (Serbian: Алеја заслужних грађана / Aleja zaslužnih građana) was formed in 1965[1], and that alley is used since then for the distinguished and important citizens burial, after special procedure and approval of the City Assembly of Belgrade and Mayor of Belgrade. It contains single and group tombs of important writers, artists, actors, generals, people's heroes and other important persons. Some of the people buried at the Alley of Distinguished Citizens are[13]:
- Paja Jovanović, (1859-1957), painter
- Radivoj Korać, (1938-1969), basketball player
- Petar Lubarda, (1907-1974), painter
- Mija Aleksić, (1923-1995), actor
- Ivo Andrić,[14] (1892-1975), writer, and Nobel Prize winner
- Miloš Crnjanski, (1893-1977), poet, author, and a diplomat.
- Veljko Vlahović, (1914-1975), politician, Order of the National Hero bearer
- Ivan Stambolić, (1936-2000), politician
- Ljubinka Bobić, (1897-1978), actress
- Dušan Radović, (1922-1984), journalist and writer
- Branko Ćopić, (1915-1984), writer
- Zoran Radmilović, (1933-1985), actor
- Danilo Kiš, (1935-1989), writer
- Slobodan Marković, (1928-1990), poet
- Vasko Popa, (1922-1991), poet
- Borislav Pekić, (1930-1992), writer
- Milić od Mačve, (1934-2000), painter
- Boško Buha, (1959-2002), general
- Zoran Đinđić,[15] (1952-2003), prime minister of Serbia
- Stevo Žigon, (1926-2005), actor
- Nikola Ljubičić, (1916-2005), general, Order of the National Hero bearer
- Ljuba Tadić, (1929-2005), actor
- Nenad Bogdanović, (1954-2007), Mayor of Belgrade
- Milenko Zablaćanski, (1955-2008), actor
Gallery
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Petar Lubarda, Stojan Aralica, Matija Vuković and Danilo Kiš (Alley of Distinguished Citizens)
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Stevo Žigon and Rahela Ferari (Alley of Distinguished Citizens)
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Kosta Nađ (Alley of Distinguished Citizens)
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Nenad Bogdanović (Alley of Distinguished Citizens)
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Ivo Andrić (Alley of Distinguished Citizens)
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Branko Ćopić (Alley of Distinguished Citizens)
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Danilo Kiš, Stojan Aralica, Petar Lubarda and Matija Vuković (Alley of Distinguished Citizens)
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Zoran Radmilović (Alley of Distinguished Citizens)
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Ilija Milosavljević Kolarac
References
- ^ a b c d e NEW CEMETERY, Turistički vodič kroz Beograd
- ^ a b c d http://www.beogradskagroblja.rs/galerija.php?id=9
- ^ "Casualty details—Clinton, Walter". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2000677. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
- ^ "Casualty details—Jovanovic, Ratko G.". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2224452. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
- ^ a b VOJNIČKA GROBLJA > Oltari sebičnih otadžbina, Vreme, 22 April 2004 (retrieved: 22 October 2009) (Serbian)
- ^ Novo groblje official site: Kornelije Stanković
- ^ Novo groblje official site: Ilija Kolarac Milosavljević
- ^ Novo groblje official site: Stevan Kaćanski
- ^ Novo groblje official site: Petar Kočić
- ^ Novo groblje official site: Jovan Cvijić
- ^ Novo groblje official site: Kosta Hristić
- ^ Novo groblje official site: Stevan Hristić
- ^ List of notable people buried at New Cemetery, Official cemetery website
- ^ "Ivo Andrić" (in English). Official website of Novo Groblje. http://www.beogradskagroblja.rs/licnosti.php?id=5. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ "Zoran Đinđić" (in English). Official website of Novo Groblje. http://www.beogradskagroblja.rs/licnosti.php?id=20. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- Novo groblje u Beogradu, RTS, 4 September 2009
External links
- Novo groblje official site
- Novo groblje sa Alejom velikana at [www.ANTIC.org] (Serbian)
- Nenad Bogdanović will not sign decision about Slobodan Milošević burial in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens, 13. Mart 2006. (Serbian)
- Ljuba Tadić buried in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens (Serbian)
- Mayor of Belgrade Nenad Bogdanović buried in the New Cemetery, 30. September 2007. (Serbian)
Coordinates: 44°48′34″N 20°29′14″E / 44.80944°N 20.48722°E
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Belgrade
- Christian Orthodox cemeteries
- Cemeteries in Serbia
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