The whole complex is popularly called the ‘’House of Flowers’’, even though that is the name only for a single building where the former dictator of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, is buried. That is the entry to the Museum of the History of Yugoslavia. Just at the end of the part, you will notice a large parking space with Yugoslav post-modernist symbolism plastered all over. Thankfully, if you follow any path for even a few minutes you will exit to two of the biggest streets in Belgrade, and the one connecting them. #3 Hyde Park & the Yugoslavia MuseumĬalled after its larger London namesake, Hyde park seems to be very orderly, unless you make a wrong turn, finding yourself quickly in what would seem like a forest. Just beware, regardless of which song you order, it will be ‘the most expensive one’. At any moment, provided that your purse is adequately lined, you can call the music to your table and order a song.
The restaurants that are packed on both sides of the street have a concept of singing while you eat and drink. This music will range from international jazz to old evergreen music, both Balkan and international, to very lascivious folk music, depending on the level of intoxication of the audience. On a busy summer day, and especially night, you will be able to hear the music even from a few streets away. Just a short walk from the Kalemegdan fortress, secluded in the historic Dorcol district, there is the Bohemian Quarter called Skadarlija because of the main street that goes right through it. Over almost two millennia, the fortress was often built and added upon, with each culture owning it mixing in their own style starting with the Romans, then the Huns, Goths, Visigoths, Greeks (Byzantines), Slavs, Hungarians, Turks, and finally Slavs once again in the 19 th century. The ‘Town of Singi’ was located in the current district of Vishnichka Banja, some 10 kilometers west of the fortress.
While most current writers will cite that the fort was inside Belgrade, or Singidunum how it was called at the time, this is opposite to the truth. The original structure, which now comprises the Upper Town, was built in 101 CE by the Roman Flavia Felix 4 th Legion that came to the town some 15 years prior. #1 Kalemegdan FortressĬalling the location Kalemegdan Fortress is a bit of a pleonasm as ‘’Kale’’ in the name already refers to the fort, with ‘’megdan’’ meaning battlefield in Turkish, being that Ottoman Turks were the last to use its walls as a defensive feature.
We have some records, but as even written history knows that Belgrade was raised and rebuilt many times, most of the information has been lost to devastation. Most current residents of the city will agree that the history and culture of Belgrade can’t be known, but rather felt. The area which now comprises the city was inhabited well before modern humans came to the region, with some spearheads and bone tools dating as far back as 160.000 years BCE and were created by the Neanderthal tribes that hunted Mammoths roaming the Pannonia grasslands.
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