Stari Grad, Belgrade 1939191 225585484 2008-07-14T12:47:36Z Peccafly 2539201 /* Twin towns */ {{Infobox Settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Stari Grad |other_name = |native_name = Стари Град <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = [[List of Belgrade neighborhoods|Municipality]]<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City) --> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline =Belgrade Old City (Stari Grad).jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Belgrade Old City (Stari Grad) |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = Stari Grad, Belgrade.gif |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = Beoogradloc.png |mapsize = 125px |map_caption = Belgrade's location within Serbia |image_map1 = Belgrade Stari Grad.png |mapsize1 = 125px |map_caption1 = Location of Stari Grad within Belgrade |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Serbia]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Serbia|District]] |subdivision_name1 = City of Belgrade |subdivision_type2 = [[Subdivisions of Belgrade|Status]] |subdivision_name2 = Urban |subdivision_type3 = Settlements |subdivision_name3 = 1 |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title ={{nowrap|Municipality president}} |leader_name =Mirjana Božidarević ([[Democratic Party (Serbia)|DS]]) |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 7.0<!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of =2002 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =55543 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = [[CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |latd= |latm= |lats= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW= |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = Postal code <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code =11000 |area_code =+381 11 |blank_name =[[Serbian vehicle registration plates|license&nbsp;plates]] |blank_info =BG |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = [http://www.starigrad.org.yu/ http://www.starigrad.org.yu/] |footnotes = }} '''Stari Grad''' ([[Serbian language|Serbian]] [[Cyrillic]]: '''Стари Град''') is an [[List of Belgrade neighborhoods|urban neighborhood]] and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the [[Belgrade|City of Belgrade]], the capital of [[Serbia]]. It is one of 10 urban municipalities which constitute the Belgrade City proper and encompasses some of the oldest sections of urban Belgrade, thus the name (‘’stari grad’’, Serbian for “old town”). == Neighborhood == The neighborhood of Stari Grad is not generally considered by the Belgraders as one single definitive neighborhood. Area which Stari Grad covers is either simply styled "downtown" or by the names of the more established neighborhood which it overlaps: northern ("Upper") and eastern parts of [[Dorćol]] (which it borders on the north) or [[Studentski Trg]]. Roughly, it spawns northern and western from the [[Square of the Republic]], bordering also the neighborhoods of [[Kalemegdan]] (west), [[Kosančićev Venac]] (south-west), [[Jevremovac]] and [[Palilula (Belgrade)|Palilula]] (south-west) and [[Viline Vode]] (north-west), with a population of 9,646 in 2002. == Municipality == === Geography === Stari Grad, occupies the ending ridge of [[Šumadija]] geological bar. The cliff-like ridge, where the fortress of Kalemegdan is located, overlooks the [[Great War Island]] and the confluence of the [[Sava]] river into the [[Danube]], and makes one of the most beautiful natural lookouts in Belgrade. With [[Novi Beograd]], it is one of 2 municipalities of Belgrade (out of 17) which occupy the banks of both major rivers in Belgrade, the Sava and the Danube ([[Zemun]] was the third, but when the municipality of [[Surčin]] split, Zemun was left with the Danube, and Surčin with the Sava bank). The municipality of Stari Grad covers an area of just {{km2 to sq mi|7}} (second smallest in Belgrade, after Vračar) and borders the municipalities of Paliula on the east, Vračar on the south-east and [[Savski Venac]] on the south. The Sava makes a border to the municipality of Novi Beograd (west) and the Danube to the municipalities of [[Zemun]] (north-west) and the [[Banat]]'s section of Palilula. The riverside of the Danube has two distinct artificial bays, the small marina ([[Marina Dorćol]]) and the port "Beograd". === Population === Like the other two "old" municipalities of the central Belgrade (Savski Venac and Vračar), Stari Grad for decades is a highly depopulating municipality, but being a central municipality and small in area, it remains one of the most densely populated municipalities in Serbia. There were 55,543 inhabitants according to the 2002 census or {{PD km2 to sq mi|7935}}, compared to a population of 96,517 with a density of {{PD km2 to sq mi|13788}} back in 1971. Population of Stari Grad: * 1961 - 96,517 * 1971 - 83,742 * 1981 - 73,767 * 1991 - 68,552 * 2002 - 55,543 (57.5% of the 1961 population) Ethnic composition: * [[Serbs]] - 48,027 or 86.47% * [[Yugoslavs]] - 1,404 or 2.53% * [[Montenegrins]] - 1,031 or 1.86% * [[Croats]] - 409 or 0.74% * [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]] - 308 or 0.55% * [[Roma people|Roma]] - 305 or 0.55% Even though residential areas are much densely compact compared to Vračar, the latter is densely populated because almost one third of Stari Grad, even though it is "heart" of Belgrade is not inhabited (mostly the large park of Kalemegdan and the highly industrialized riverside of the Danube, with dozens of factories and spacious hangars and depots). [[Image:Belgrade Old Court 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Assembly of the City of Belgrade]] However, a number of people working on the territory of the municipality doubles its own population and makes possible for the municipality of Stari Grad to achieve [[GDP]] [[per capita]] 6 to 8 times higher than the average of Serbia. === History === Despite some of the oldest sections of Belgrade belong to Stari Grad, the municipality itself is among the latest urban ones formed administratively. It was formed by the merger of the municipality of [[Skadarlija]] and part of the municipality of [[Terazije]] on [[January 1]], [[1957]]. Recent presidents of the municipality: * 1992 – 2000; Jovan Kažić (b. 1937) * 2000 – present: Mirjana Božidarević (b. 1954) === Twin towns === ''Stari Grad is twinned with:'' * {{flagicon|Cyprus}} '''[[Germasogeia (Yermasoyia)]]''', [[Cyprus]] * {{flagicon|Montenegro}} '''[[Kotor]]''', [[Montenegro]] * {{flagicon|Slovakia}} '''[[Staré Mesto]]''', [[Bratislava]]''', [[Slovakia]] * {{flagicon|Macedonia}} '''[[Centar municipality|Centar]]''', [[Skopje]]''', [[Macedonia]] * {{flagicon|Hungary}} '''[[Erzsébetváros]]''', [[Budapest]]''', [[Hungary]] === Neighborhoods === {| |- valign=top | *[[Andrićev Venac]] *[[Dorćol]] *[[Jalija]] *[[Jevremovac]] | *[[Kalemegdan]] *[[Kopitareva Gradina]] *[[Kosančićev Venac]] *[[London (Belgrade)|London]] | *[[Skadarlija]] *Stari Grad *[[Studentski Trg]] *[[Terazije]] | *[[Terazijska Terasa]] *[[Trg Nikole Pašića]] *[[Trg Republike]] |} === Features === ==== Administration ==== * [[President of Serbia|Presidency of the Republic]] * [[National Assembly of Serbia]] (both buildings) * former [[Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Assembly]] * Assembly of the City of Belgrade (City hall) ==== Economy and tourism ==== * large industrial zone on the riverside of the Danube (including the port) * BEKO clothing factory * park and fortress of [[Kalemegdan]] * [[botanical garden]] of [[Jevremovac]] * [[Belgrade Zoo]] * pedestrian zone of [[Knez Mihailova]] * bohemian quarter of [[Skadarlija]] * [http://www.aleksandarpalas.com/ Aleksandar Palas] ***** * Hotel Majestic **** * Hotel Palace **** * [http://www.petitpiaf.com Le Petit Piaf] *** * [http://www.hotelroyal.co.yu Hotel Royal] *** ==== Culture ==== [[Image:Serbia Beograd SANU - Feb 2006.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts]]]] * [[Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts]] * [http://www.mpu.org.yu Museum of Applied Arts] (Vuka Karadžica 18) * [http://www.narodnimuzej.org.yu National Museum] (Trg republike 1a) * [http://www.mgb.org.yu Konak Kneginje Ljubice] (Kneza Sime Markovića 3) * [http://www.spc.yu/Muzej/english.html Serbian Orthodox Church Museum] (Kralja Petra I 5) * Military Museum (Kalemegdan) * Museum of Belgrade Fortress (Kalemegdan) * [http://www.etnomuzej.co.yu Museum of Ethnography] (Studentski trg 13) * [http://www.beograd.org.yu/cms/view.php?id=202316 Museum of Pedagogy] (Uzun Mirkova 14) * [http://www.mgb.org.yu Museum of the City of Belgrade] (Zmaj Jovina 1) * [http://www.theatremuseum.org.yu Museum of Theatrical Art] (Gospodar Jevremova 19) * [http://www.jim-bg.org Jewish Historical Museum] (Kralja Petra I 71/1) * Museum of [[Vuk Karadžić|Vuk]] and [[Dositej Obradović|Dositej]] (Gospodar Jevremova 21) * [http://www.beograd.org.yu/cms/view.php?id=202312 Museum of Automobiles] (Majke Jevrosime 30) As a curiosity, Stari Grad is location of two shortest streets of Belgrade, ''Marka Leka'' and ''Laze Pačua'', which are 45 and 48 meters long, respectively. <ref> [[Politika]], [[April 26]], [[2008]], p.30 </ref>. Despite being in the sole downtown and densely populated urban section, they have no numbers as all the buildings located in them are numbered from the neighboring streets. ==See also== *[[Subdivisions of Belgrade]] *[[List of Belgrade neighborhoods and suburbs]] ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == *[http://www.starigrad.org.yu/ Stari Grad municipality] *[http://www.beograd.org.yu/cms/view.php?id=2098 Stari Grad presentation at the official Belgrade site] {{Belgrade municipalities}} {{Municipalities of Serbia}} [[Category:Neighborhoods of Belgrade]] [[Category:Municipalities of Belgrade]] [[bg:Стари Белград]] [[fr:Stari Grad (Belgrade)]] [[it:Stari Grad (Belgrado)]] [[pt:Cidade Velha de Belgrado]] [[sr:Општина Стари град (Београд)]] [[sh:Stari Grad (Beograd)]]