Stepin Lug

Stepin Lug or Gaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Степин Луг or Гај) is a park-wood and, for the most part, non-residential suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipalities of Voždovac (southern part) and Zvezdara (northern part).

Location

Stepin Lug is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Belgrade. It is a large, wooded area, roughly bordered by the neighborhoods of Veliki Mokri Lug on the north, Kumodraž on the north-west, Zanzibar and Selo Rakovica on the west, Beli Potok on the south and Bubanj Potok on the east. The southern border is marked by the road of Kružni put and eastern by the Belgrade-Niš highway.

Characteristics

Stepin Lug or formerly known as Titov Gaj or just Gaj, is a memorial complex, a park-wood with an area of 8,5 km². The area has a 13 distinct tree communities, but the number of the separate species is three times larger as many species were planted later even though they are not autohtonous, including both conifers and deciduous trees. They include:

Evergreen trees:

Deciduous trees:

The wildlife comprises hares, roes and pheasants. Other important historical features are the vicinity of the Torlak hill and its importance in the battles for Belgrade in the World War I and the memorial-house of vojvoda Stepa Stepanović, one of the main army-leaders of the Serbian army. For a while, wood has been named after the Yugoslav Communist president Josip Broz Tito (Titov Gaj).

Stepin Lug can be divided into several areas:

References

Coordinates: 44°44′43″N 20°32′10″E / 44.74528°N 20.53611°E / 44.74528; 20.53611

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