Orlovača

Orlovača (Serbian Cyrillic: Орловача) is one of major cemeteries in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica.

Orlovača is located in the eastern part of the Orlovača field, on the southern tip of the Belgrade City urban proper, alongside the Ibarska magistrala road, on the border of Čukarica and Rakovica municipalities.

It is bounded by the creeks of Krušik to the south and Krušički potok to the north. It is located between the neighborhoods of Železnik (west) and Petlovo Brdo (north).

The cemetery is accessible by the public transportation lines, buses number 531, 532 (weekends only) and 533 (all week days). Ibarska magistrala, which passes next to Orlovača, is notorious for car accidents in this section ^[1]. To prevent this from happening, a construction of new interchange began in March 2008. It will make a better access to Orlovača and increase the traffic on Ibarska magistrala as a present traffic light will be removed when interchange is finished. It will also provide an access to the future auto-base "Vrbin Potok" which is to be built in Orlovača, too ^[2].

The name of the field, Orlovača, means eagle place.

References

1. ^ "Brže do Orlovače" (in Serbian), Politika: 24, 2008-03-28 
2. ^ "Izgradnja petlje kod Orlovače" (in Serbian), Politika: 26, 2008-03-27