Vračar
Vračar , in Serb Cyrillic Врачар, is a municipality of Serbia. It belongs to the 17 municipalities of the district of Belgrade and it constitutes one of the 10 urban municipalities of the town of Belgrade itself. In 2002, it counted 58.386 inhabitants. With a surface of 3km ², it is the smallest municipality of the country, but also densément populated.
Some characteristics
Vračar is surrounded by five other municipalities of Belgrade: Voždovac in the South, Zvezdara in the East, Palilula in the North-East, Stari Grad in North and Savski Venac in the West. It is generally delimited by three grand boulevards: the boulevard of the Release, the boulevard of the South and the boulevard of King Alexandre.
Vračar is a residential municipality and a great center trading of the town of Belgrade.
History
Vračar is located on the plate of Vračar. Its name comes from a Serb word " vrač" who means " the médecin" ; it is attested for the first time in 1495 in documents Turkish. In 1560, the city is mentioned like “the Christian village” outside the Forteresse of Kalemegdan and it did not count of 17 houses. It is probably on the plate of Vračar that Siman Pasha, in 1595, burned the relics of Saint Sava torn off with the Monastère of Mileševa where they rested since 1236; he wanted to thus punish the Serb population that he judged too rebel with his taste.
At the beginning of the 19th century, while the town of Belgrade still remained with the hands of the Othoman , the prince Miloš Obrenović ordered that one builds a city according to Western characteristics; thus Vračar was decorated broad streets and grand boulevards, with parks and monuments. The city sheltered the administrative buildings of the country. Many architects came from all Europe to take part in the construction of this “Belgrade news”. After 1867, date on which the Turkish garrisons left the fortress of Kalemegdan, they extended their work to the ruins left by the engagements.
The most important monument of Vračar remains the Saint-Sava Cathedral, whose construction extended on most of the 20th century.
On the plate of Plate of Vračar is also located the National library of Serbia.
External bond
Site of the municipality of Vračar
Internal bond
Towns of Serbia
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