Belgrade's New Cemetery

New Cemetery

Church of St. Nicholas at the cemetery
Details
Established 1886
Location Zvezdara, Belgrade
Country Serbia
Type Christian

The New Cemetery (Serbian: Novo groblje/Ново гробље) is a cemetery complex in Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Ruzveltova street in Zvezdara municipality. The cemetery was built in 1886 as the third Christian cemetery in Belgrade. The newly developed cemetery in that period had no chapel or church. The current church dedicated to Saint Nicholas was built in 1893 by Draginja and Stanojlo Petrović, through their generous endowment. The architect was Svetozar Ivačković.

Except for the graves of ordinary citizens, the cemetery complex also includes special parts: military graves from Serbian-Ottoman War (1876-1877), Serbo-Bulgarian War, Balkan Wars and World Wars, the Alley of the Greats and Alley of Distinguished Citizens, where some of the most important persons of Serbian history are buried.

The complex

Military graveyards

The oldest memorial at Novo groblje complex is the Serbian soldiers' ossuary built in 1907 which contains remains of the soldiers of Serbian-Ottoman War and Serbo-Bulgarian War that were transferred from Tašmajdan cemetery.[1] Another important part of the complex are the military graveyards with the remains of soldiers from Balkan Wars and World Wars. It contains remains of Serbian and other Allied soldiers, as well as Axis soldiers (there are French,[1][2] Russian,[2] British,[3][4] Italian,[1] German, Austro-Hungarian[2] and Bulgarian[2] military graveyards).[5] The complex of military graveyards also includes graves of those died in the 1941 and 1944 Bombing of Belgrade.

Cemetery of Belgrade Liberators

Liberators of Belgrade memorial

Part of the Novo groblje complex, but on the other side of the street from the main part is the Cemetery of Belgrade Liberators (Гробље ослободилаца Београда / Groblje oslobodilaca Beograda).[5] It contains graves of 2944 National Liberation Army soldiers and 961 Red Army soldiers and the mass grave of 1381 National Liberation Army soldiers and 711 Red Army soldiers who died during the Belgrade Offensive.

The cemetery includes Liberators of Belgrade memorial with the relief by sculptor Rade Stanković and the Red Army soldier sculpture by Antun Augustinčić. In front of the memorial is the sculpture of a Partisan holding a gun by Rade Stanković.

Jewish cemetery

Next to the Cemetery of Liberators is the Jewish cemetery with the remains of Jewish soldiers who died in the Balkan Wars and World War I, ossuary of Jewish refugees from Austria and the Memorial to the Holocaust victims and Jewish soldiers died in World War II by the architect Bogdan Bogdanović.[1]

Alley of the Greats

Tomb of Jovan Cvijić at the Alley of the Greats

Alley of the Greats (Serbian: Алеја великана / Aleja velikana) was created in the 19th century with move of the greats from the Tašmajdan Cemetery to the New Cemetery. It was formed in 1927, with 22 places for the tombs. Some of the people buried at the Alley of the Greats are:

Alley of Distinguished Citizens

Tomb of Zoran Đinđić at the Alley of Distinguished Citizens

Alley of Distinguished Citizens (Serbian: Алеја заслужних грађана / Aleja zaslužnih građana) was formed in 1965,[1] and that alley is used since then for the distinguished and important citizens burial, after special procedure and approval of the City Assembly of Belgrade and Mayor of Belgrade. It contains single and group tombs of important writers, artists, actors, generals, people's heroes and other important persons. Some of the people buried at the Alley of Distinguished Citizens are:[13]

Gallery

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 NEW CEMETERY, Turistički vodič kroz Beograd
  2. 1 2 3 4 http://www.beogradskagroblja.rs/galerija.php?id=9
  3. ↑ "Casualty details—Clinton, Walter". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "Casualty details—Jovanovic, Ratko G.". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  5. 1 2 VOJNIČKA GROBLJA > Oltari sebičnih otadžbina, Vreme, 22 April 2004 (retrieved: 22 October 2009) (Serbian)
  6. ↑ Novo groblje official site: Kornelije Stanković
  7. ↑ Novo groblje official site: Ilija Kolarac Milosavljević
  8. ↑ Novo groblje official site: Stevan Kaćanski
  9. ↑ Novo groblje official site: Petar Kočić
  10. ↑ Novo groblje official site: Jovan Cvijić
  11. ↑ Novo groblje official site: Kosta Hristić
  12. ↑ Novo groblje official site: Stevan Hristić
  13. ↑ List of notable people buried at New Cemetery, Official cemetery website
  14. ↑ "Ivo Andrić". Official website of Novo Groblje. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  15. ↑ "Zoran Đinđić". Official website of Novo Groblje. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  16. ↑ http://www.klix.ba/vijesti/kultura/na-danasnji-dan-nepokretan-i-nijem-umro-je-veliki-pisac-mesa-selimovic/140711004

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