House of Flowers ( sr, Кућа цвећа, Kuća cveća; ; ; ) is the resting place of Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) and

Jovanka Broz Jovanka Broz (; sr-Cyrl, Јованка Броз, Будисављевић; 7 December 1924 – 20 October 2013) was the First Lady of Yugoslavia as the wife of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. She was a lieutenant colonel in the Yugoslav P ...

(1924–2013), the

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and the First Lady of the

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. It is located on the grounds of the

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, Belgrade,

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Name

The name ''House of Flowers'' comes from the fact that many flowers surrounded the tomb until it was closed to the public after the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Today there are only white rocks where the flowers used to be. It was internally called "flower shop" during Tito's life when it served as his auxiliary office with covered garden.

History

The "House of Flowers" was built in 1975, on the basis of a project by architect Stjepan Kralj. It was built as a

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with areas for work and rest of Josip Broz with an area of near the residence where he lived. It consists of three parts: the central one - a flower garden, and two parallel wide corridors on the sides. On the opposite side of the entrance is an uncovered terrace with a view of Belgrade. In the central part, following his personal wish, Tito was buried in May 1980. His third wife

was buried next to him in 2013. The permanent exhibitions in "House of Flowers" consist of local, republic, and federal Relays of Youth from the period after 1957, from when 25 May was celebrated as

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. Beside that, written messages that Tito received with relays, photographs of people carrying and exchanged batons, tickets and programs of rallies, and other related material are displayed in the museum. For almost a decade after the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the entire complex (the tomb and the memorial museum) was closed to the public and the military guards were permanently removed. However, the site was opened again to tourists and to people who wish to pay their respects. Many guests, from all over the former Yugoslavia, visit the place, especially on May 25 (Tito's official birth date) - Youth Day in the former Yugoslavia. The memorial was reportedly visited by more than eleven thousand people in 2004, and between 1982 and 2012, more than 17,000,000 people.

Gallery

File:Kuća_cveća_013.jpg, The tombs of Josip Broz Tito and Jovanka Broz side by side File:Grave of the marshal Tito in The Haus of Flowers.JPG, Josip Broz Tito's tomb inside the mausoleum File:Tito's mausoleu entrance.JPG, House of Flowers main entrance File:Kuća Cveća.jpg,

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of mausoleum File:Unutrasnjost Kuce cveca.jpg, Interior of House of Flowers File:Kuća cveća.jpg, House of Flowers museum, with Relays of Youth on the wall

References

External links

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House of flowers - Virtual tour
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuca Cveca Buildings and structures in Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mausoleums in Serbia Josip Broz Tito Buildings and structures completed in 1975 1975 establishments in Yugoslavia Savski Venac