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Knez Mihailova – The Liveliest Street (II)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

STOJANOVIĆ MARKO’S HOUSE, Knez Mihailova 53-55, about 1889 built as a private home of the lawyer Marko Stojanović, in the renaissance style. Here used to be the Academy of Fine Arts, established in 1937, and now there is the Gallery of the Academy.

THE BLOCK OF URBAN HOUSES, Knez Mihailova 50, 48 and 46, built in 1870s, represented the beginning of discontinuity of traditional “Balkan” architecture. All those buildings have been shaped in the same manner, a transitional style from Romantisme to renaissance. The block consists of three buildings:

The House of Hristina KUMANUDI, No. 50, was built in 1870 as a corner building at the intersection of Kneza Mihaila and Dubrovačka streets. For A Certain Period, this building was the residence of the Ffrench-Serbian Bank, and later of the consulates of Belgium and Great Britain. (more…)

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Knez Mihailova – The Liveliest Street (I)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Kneza Mihailova, always bustling with walkers, is one of the oldest.

knez mihailova, the liveliest street

photo source: www.businessweek.com

Avenue pedestrian Kneza Mihaila (also written as Knez Mihailova), always lively with pedestrians, is one of the oldest, with bourgeois mansions 1880. It was the center of the city in Roman times, and during the Ottoman Empire wore a myriad of gardens, fountains and mosques. Today it is the main commercial city. In sections 6 and 42 you will find crafts and souvenirs. (more…)

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