Kopitareva Gradina

Kopitareva Gradina (Serbian Cyrillic: Копитарева градина) is a square and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad.

Location

Kopitareva Gradina is located in the east-central section of the municipality. It is located between the streets of "Džordža Vašingtona", HIlandarska", "Šafarikova", "Đure Daničića", "Bulevar despota Stefana", "Jelene Ćetković" and the square of Kopitareva Gradina itself. In the east it extends into the neighborhood of Jevremovac, in the south-east into Palilula, into Trg Republike on the west and into Dorćol in the north.

History

The neighborhood was originally named "Mitropolitova bašta" ("metropolitan's garden") [Politika daily, August 20, 2007, p. 9] , but was changed later to Kopitareva Gradina ("Kopitar's garden"), after Jernej Kopitar, Slovene philologist and collaborator of Vuk Karadžić, major reformer of the Serbian alphabet. For the most part, the area was urbanized in the period 1900-1914.

Characteristics

Kopitareva Gradina is a unique ambiental and architectural neighborhood within Belgrade. The are was urbanized in the first decade of the XX century and the dominant features in its skyline are for the most part preserved until today. [ [http://www.kcb.org.yu/srpski/arhiva/00/bg_03.html Exhibition on Kopitareva Gradina] ] Series of low, residential houses with back yards was built. The neighbrohood is built in two different architectural styles: Classicism (and Academism) and Secession. Examples of the first are the houses built by the architect Sreten Stojanović, and of the latter work of Milan Antonović. At the time, Kopitareva Gradina was a place where many politicians and public figures built their own houses. The square itself is somewhat secluded and has no traffic importance. In "Hilandarska" street is the museum, Memorial house of Laza K. Lazarević

As an important cultural-historical complex, it has been declared a cultural property and protected by law on December 27, 1968. [ [http://www.starigrad.org.yu/articles/details.aspx?id=368 Protected areas of Stari Grad] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.urbansquares.com/srb06.html Photos of Kopitareva Gradina]