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List Of Yugoslav World War II Monuments And Memorials In Serbia
This is a list of monuments and memorials dedicated to the National Liberation Movement (Yugoslavia), National Liberation Movement, its fighters and its victims in the World War II in Yugoslavia, built on the territory of the present day Serbia, including those in the autonomous provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija. This list does not include busts or other statues of individuals (#See also, see bottom). History The Yugoslav authorities established several memorial sites between 1945 and 1960, though widespread building started after the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement. Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito commissioned several memorial sites and monuments in the 1960s and 70s dedicated to World War II battle, and concentration camp sites. They were designed by notable sculptors, including Dušan Džamonja, Vojin Bakić, Miodrag Živković (sculptor), Miodrag Živković, Jordan Grabul, Jordan and Iskra Grabul, and architects, including Bogdan Bogdanović (architec ...
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National Liberation Movement (Yugoslavia)
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, Slovene language, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослободителна војска (НОВ); sl, Narodnoosvobodilna vojska (NOV) officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odredi Jugoslavije (NOV i POJ), Народноослободилачка војска и партизански одреди Југославије (НОВ и ПОЈ); mk, Народноослободителна војска и партизански одреди на Југославија (НОВ и ПОЈ); sl, Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije (NOV in POJ) was the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, communist-led Anti-fascism, anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers ( ...
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Kadinjača
Kadinjača is a village, fourteen kilometers from the city of Užice, Serbia, on the route of the highway Užice – Bajina Bašta. It is famous for its memorial of Kadinjača. Besides the beautiful nature, Kadinjača can boast success in the production of potatoes, raspberries and a good plum brandy. The locals of that region are largely related to the city of Užice in which many employees by companies Užice. Kadinjača Memorial, which memorializes the 29 November 1941 Battle on Kadinjača during the World War II and the end of the ''Ужичка Република'', ''Užička Republika'', or the Republic of Užice, was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia. Fighters Workers Battalion Monument on Kadinjača Memorial complex near Užice Kadinjača testifies about the days of the November 1941, when members of the Workers Battalion of Užice Partisan Detachment, which was commanded by Andrija Đurovi ...
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Tomb Of People's Heroes, Belgrade
Tomb of People's Heroes ( sr, Гробница народних хероја, Grobnica narodnih heroja) in Belgrade is located underneath the walls of the Belgrade Fortress. It holds the remains of four recipients of the Order of the People's Hero of SFR Yugoslavia. It was built in 1948. Remains of Ivo Lola Ribar (1916–1943) and Ivan Milutinović (1901–1944) were buried there on 29 March 1948. Remains of Đuro Đaković (1886–1929) were buried on the 20th anniversary of his death on 29 April 1949. Moša Pijade (1890–1957) was buried in the tomb in March 1957. Stevan Bodnarov, a sculptor from Belgrade, designed the busts of Ivo Lola Ribar, Ivan Milutinović and Đuro Đaković in 1949. The bust of Moša Pijade was designed by Slavoljub Stanković in 1959. The tomb was declared Monument of Culture by the City Assembly of Belgrade in 1983.
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Grob Narodnih Heroja
Grob may refer to: * Grob Aerospace, a German aircraft manufacturer * Grob fragmentation, an elimination reaction between an electrofuge and nucleofuge on an aliphatic chain * GrOb or Grazhdanskaya Oborona, a Russian punk band People with the surname * Charles Grob, professor of psychiatry * Connie Grob (1932-1997), American baseball player * Henri Grob (1904–1974), Swiss chess master * Jakob Grob (born 1939), Swiss rower * Jeffrey S. Grob, American Roman Catholic bishop * Konrad Grob (1828–1904), Swiss painter * Therese Grob (1798–1875), first love of Franz Schubert See also * Chorvátsky Grob Chorvátsky Grob ( hr, Hrvatski Grob, hu, Horvátgurab, Horvát-Gurab, german: Kroatisch- Eisgrub) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava region. It has a population of around 6,000 people. The vil ..., a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava region * Slovenský Grob, a village and ...
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Sremska Mitrovica
Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, hu, Szávaszentdemeter, la, Sirmium) is a city and the administrative center of the Srem District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava river. , the city has a total population of 37,751 inhabitants, while its administrative area has a population of 79,940 inhabitants. As Sirmium, it was a capital of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy of 4th century CE. Ten Roman emperors were born in or near this city, Emperors Herennius Etruscus (251), Hostilian (251), Decius Traian (249–251), Claudius Gothicus (268–270), Quintillus (270), Aurelian (270–275), Probus (276–282), Maximian (285–310), Constantius II (337–361) and Gratian (367–383). Name The modern town name is ''Sremska Mitrovica'' ( sr, Сремска Митровица). The Hungarian name was ''Szávaszentdemeter'' while in Croatian it is referred to as ''Srijemska Mitrovica''. ...
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Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade. It is the third largest of all cities on the Danube river. Belgrade is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thraco- Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it '' Singidūn''. It was conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and awarded Roman city rights in the mid-2nd century. It was settled by the Slavs in the 520s, and changed hands several times between the Byzantine Empire, the Frankish Empire, the Bulgarian Empire, and ...
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Gornji Milanovac
Gornji Milanovac ( sr-Cyrl, Гoрњи Милановац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 24,216, while the population of the municipality is 44,406. The town was founded in 1853. Before 1859 the original name of the town was Despotovica ( sr-Cyrl, Деспотовица), after the Despotovica river passing by the town. In 1859 the name was changed to Gornji Milanovac at the request of the Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović. Its name means ''Upper Milanovac'' (there is a Lower Milanovac as well, while Milanovac stems from the name Milan in Serbian). History Initially, the settlement that was to become Gornji Milanovac (before 1853) was situated in the area of today's village Brusnica. There was some discussion about the suitability of the site for a settlement. The new municipality was to be called Despotovac after the river Despotovica which passes through this municipality (the river name originat ...
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Vrnjačka Banja
Vrnjačka Banja ( sr-cyr, Врњачка Бања) is a town and municipality located in the Raška District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 10,065 inhabitants, while the population of the municipality is 27,527 inhabitants. Vrnjačka Banja has many hot springs with temperatures measuring exactly that of the human body (37.5 degrees Celsius). Settlements Aside from the town of Vrnjačka Banja, the municipality includes the following settlements: * Vraneši * Vrnjci * Vukušica * Goč * Gračac (Vrnjačka Banja), Gračac * Lipova (Vrnjačka Banja), Lipova * Novo Selo (Vrnjačka Banja), Novo Selo * Otroci, Vrnjačka Banja, Otorci * Podunavci * Rsavci * Ruđinci * Stanišinci * Štulac (Vrnjačka Banja), Štulac Demographics According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Vrnjačka Banja has 27,527 inhabitants. Population density on the territory of the municipality is 115.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Ethnic groups Most of its popu ...
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Štulac (Vrnjačka Banja)
Štulac is a village in the municipality of Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hu .... According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 1,185 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. References Populated places in Raška District {{RaškaRS-geo-stub ...
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