Tinkers Alley (, '), also known as Coppersmith Alley, is an old urban downtown in

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, Serbia, which was built in the first half of 18th century. It was a street full of

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s and other crafts, together with craftsmen houses deriving from

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Unfortunately, only one part from those houses was preserved today and protected as one structural building wholeness. The alley is protected by the state as a complex of great architectural value. Now the street has many cafés and restaurants.

Location

Tinkers Alley is located in the City of

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and it is facing the Kalča, which is a

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References

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