Here are some pictures from my trip to Belgrade two weeks ago.



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Great photos hybrid. I really miss Belgrade. Too bad I'm not going back this summer. :(

It's great to see that the city is being fixed up constantly and I hope the reconstruction projects continue to fix up a lot of the beautiful buildings in Belgrade. I think the priority though has to be to fix Generalstab, etc. because it's not a nice image to see when in the city. From what I read a few days ago, the buildings that were destroyed are still under the ownership of Yugoslavia and have not yet been transferred to SCG, so nothing can be done with them yet. Between 2002 when I went back for the first time since 1992 to 2004, my family and I noticed a drastic difference in the city. And it seems that the city has already changed since last summer.

Some of my favourite pictures:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/5a.jpg

Which building is this? Where is it located?
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/11.jpg

Lookin' Nice
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I see the crane is up for B2. CVRKI is going to be happy :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/1.jpg

The building that you ask which one it is, is a building across the street from the Ministry of Defense, and across the park between this building and the Government building. It was very run-down, and the job they did is fantastic. It's lit up like no other building in Belgrade. And I heard that the park it self has been reorganized as well; I'll see in two weeks.

Anyway, I'm not sure if this building is the Ministry of Finance or the Union Statistics Office, or both.

BTW.. WTF is happening with the interior of Hram Svetog Save? Did someone confuse this job with the upgrading of Intercontinental bathrooms? :runaway:

wow, what's that building; beautiful :banana:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/8.jpg
the rest definitly needs some restoration(and I love seeing the streets reconstructed in the pics)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/14.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/20.jpg
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All in all it seems that Belgrade progresses quite well

wow, what's that building; beautiful :banana:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/8.jpg
I believe that's the Postal Museum.

Ohhh, I almost forgot to say:

Thanks for the great pics hybrid :):okay:

Majevcan

@hybrid. Nice pics, thanks.

BTW.. WTF is happening with the interior of Hram Svetog Save? Did someone confuse this job with the upgrading of Intercontinental bathrooms? :runaway:

I'd really like to see the interior plans for St Sava. The central dome is supposed to have a mosaic of Christ Pantokrato (http://www.culture.gr/2/21/212/21211m/00/lb11m02c.jpg) so I had imagined something similiar to this golden design:
http://www.bestofsicily.com/pantokrator.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/Monreale.jpg
...but with a red and green colour scheme of diamonds for the base, I really don't know how the walls, arches, minor domes and the interior as a whole, will turn out in the end.

Anyway, once again, great pics hybrid!

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where is that ?

It;s at the lower end of Skadarlija; near the market.

Bajlonijeva pijaca ? I bilo je vreme da je urede malo :yes:

This is by far my favourite picture of BGD, when you say BGD - that's my association :okay:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/hybrid111/Belgrade2005/21.jpg

Hybrid, very nice photos!

Belgrad looks exactly like a normal, European city should look like.

Was it severely damaged during WW2 or not?

Yes it was, bombed twice, first by Germans, and then even more severe by Allied forces.

That doesn't tell me anything. How many streets were destroyed? What percentage of the city? Was it rebuilt?

Ok.. well it at least told you that it was bombed, and not once, but twice. But here are some details:

April 6,7, 11 and 12, 1941: 440 ton of explosive material was dropped on Belgrade by German forces. Central areas were hit; including the main Chain Bridge, Royal Palaces and the National Library. Around 50% of all buildings in Belgrade were destroyed or damaged. 2.274 persons were killed.

April 16, 17, 21, 24 April, 18 May, 6 June, 8 July and 3 September 1994: Allied forces bomb Belgrade. Many buildings are destroyed, as well as ALL the bridges across the Sava and the Danube. In the first two days, 1160 civilians die; the number of civilian casualties for the following days is still unknown.

In total, some 50.000 Belgrade inhabitants died as a result of WW2.

Rebuilding: Some buildings have been rebuilt, like the National Museum and the Royal Palaces, although not completely, while other targets, like the old bridge, and the National Library, remaind ruins.

photos "vrlo" good, brate hybrid!

that renovated building (ministery of finance) has beautifuk iluminations as the renovated facade of the city hall (the one faced to the new fountaine).
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
for the photographers who are these days in Belgrade please take a picture of "Batman begins" billboard in Kralja Milana, across "Miticeva rupa". I think many of the forumers will love it, especially Stevan.

Belgrade was BEAUTIFUL , BUT VERY BEAUTIFUL before WW2. And plans for new buildings were FUNTASTIC!!! (treba da vidite ako niste videli plan za Mitićevu robnu kuću koja je trebalo na Slaviji da bude)! and after 41. all went down... comunist architecture ruined bg, when they put commie buildings near older ones... but what you see is the thing that was saved, and Belgrade now isn't 1/10 nice as it was before WW2 during The Kingdom of Yugoslavia......

Beautiful gallery hybrid

April 16, 17, 21, 24 April, 18 May, 6 June, 8 July and 3 September 1994:

You mean 1944, actually.

Belgrade... has soul!:) I love it , i love it, i love HIM

Great pics...

Love the pics, Are they replacing the trams or trolleys in the city?

nice pictures, thumbs up for the renovations. Go belgrade!
the city reminds me a little of Sofia only without the chaos, stifling traffic and overlapping parked cars. streets look very neat, there are no posters and ads everywhere. Is traffic so calm all the time or are the photos taken on a weekend? It's really surprising to see a city with almost 2mln (Balkan) inhabitants and no subway have such mild driving conditions.

WE couldn't build metro till 1990... we were a rich country, but there were 6 republics , and if Belgrade had taken the money, thet would have been negative for relationships... so commies didn't take money to save peace in country, and they made stupid tram lines that were supposed to be fast ( to suburbs like Banovo Brdo, Knezevac, Blok 45.), but aren't fast, just an ordinary tram.... and after 1990 the war and crisis started , and there wasn't money... Belgrade needed metro since 1970's....today, trafic is chaotic here...
Today, mayor explains that light rail is better, the main reason is price... :( so soon we will get light rail , instead od 2 time faster, comfortable and totaly underground heavy metro.

conclusion:
no money-- no music:)

Beautiful city :applause: there are some nice buildings :yes:

I love these life-filled cities! And Belgrade has a lot of it! Fantastic architecture in both the ancient and newest city.

Belgrade totally rocks! :nocrook:

Greetings Србија и Црна Гора from Португалија! :)

I love these life-filled cities! And Belgrade has a lot of it! Fantastic architecture in both the ancient and newest city.

Belgrade totally rocks! :nocrook:

Greetings Србија и Црна Гора from Португалија! :)

:banana: right on!! i love portugal..i went there this summer, to the algarve...so great!! but i wish i saw more of the culture and stuff, instead i only hung out at the beach and clubs, maybe next ime :)

Love the pics, Are they replacing the trams or trolleys in the city?
Trolleys are being replaced by new ones rapidly and as well about 90% of trolleys are now orange (their new colours). For trams I’m not shore.
Great pics BTW