Vidovdansko Naselje ( sr, Видовданско Насеље) is an urban neighborhood of the city of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the P ...

, Serbia.

Name

Name of the neighborhood derived from

Vidovdan Vidovdan ( sr-cyr, Видовдан, lit. "Saint Vitus Day") is a Serbian national and religious holiday, a ''slava'' (feast day) celebrated on 28 June (Gregorian calendar), or 15 June according to the Julian calendar. The Serbian Church des ...

, the Serbian veneration of

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, thus the English translation of the settlement's name would be "the Saint Vitus day's settlement". Saint Vitus is also the

patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or perso ...

of the neighborhood and stone cross dedicated to him was erected in 1929.

Location

Vidovdansko Naselje is located in northern part of Novi Sad, between Klisa in the west,

Salajka Salajka ( sr, Салајка), also known as Slavija ( sr, Славија), is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Borders The western and southern border of Salajka is Kisačka ulica (Kisač Street), the eastern border is Teme ...

in the south, Mali Beograd in the east, and

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in the north.

History

During

NATO bombing of Novi Sad in 1999 During the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from 24 March 1999 to ...

, civilian residential buildings in Vidovdansko Naselje were devastated by

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bombs.

Features

Well known Najlon market (''Najlon pijaca'' in Serbian) is located in Vidovdansko Naselje. Every Sunday, it is the largest market place in Novi Sad where various goods and services are offered for visitors.

References

*Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002. *Milorad Grujić, Vodič kroz Novi Sad i okolinu, Novi Sad, 2004.

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