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Kragujevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Крагујевац, pronounced [krǎɡujeʋats] ⓘ) is the fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Serbia, and is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River .
Kragujevac, city in central Serbia. It lies on the Lepenica River, a tributary of the Morava. Kragujevac is the chief city of the Šumadija region, in which at the beginning of the 19th century Karadjordje led the first Serbian uprising against the Turks.
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Located around 100 km south of Belgrade, Kragujevac lies in the centre of Šumadija and the Morava (Pomoravlje) region. It is Serbia’s fourth biggest city. A sure sign that you have arrived in the former capital of Serbia is a newly built cross, which carries an icon of Saint George slaying the dragon. With the fall of Serbia’s medieval ...
- Šumarice Memorial Park
- Šumarice Museum
- Milosev Venac
- Prince’s Arsenal
- Old Foundry Museum
- First Kragujevac Gymnasium
- The Old Church and Assembly
- Amidžin Palace
- National Museum
- Cathedral Church
On October 21 1941 an atrocity happened just outside Kragujevac, when 3,000 men and boys aged 16 to 60 were rounded up in Kragujevac and neighbouring villages and shot. This act was a response to attacks by Partisans and Chetniks that had killed ten German soldiers. The site of the massacre has been left as a memorial, and in the 1960s the artist M...
Also in the park is the museum, the work of the well-regarded post-war architect Ivan Antić. This oppressive building, made up of big square pillars, is constructed from red brick to signify the blood of the victims. The walls are windowless to give you a sense of being trapped, and the only light filters in through the ceiling. The exhibitions hav...
Prince Miloš Obrenović is a name that is going to crop up a lot in this list. And the old centre of the Kragujevac is named after him. The Milosev Venac is a complex of buildings that sprouted from 1818 to 1841 when this city became the first capital of modern Serbia. There are palaces, government buildings, mansions, a historic school, a theatre a...
Nowhere in the Balkans is there anything quite like this gigantic military-industrial site. These former weapons factories and warehouses have red-brick architecture borrowed from Western Europe at the end of the 19th century. The arsenal hasn’t barely been altered in more than a century, and has become a popular shooting location for period movies...
Kragujevac’s Cannon Foundry opened in the Prince’s Arsenal 1853. And more than 150 years later the same operator, the Zastava Arms corporation remains Serbia’s leading weapons manufacturer. Of course, there aren’t any orders for cannons anymore, so one of the old foundry buildings is now a museum. This capacious hall is from 1882 and employed cutti...
On Students’ Square (Đački trg) sits an old grammar school in a striking Neoclassical building. This isn’t your average place of learning though, as it was the first high school to be founded south of Serbia’s Sava-Danube line. The building dates back to 1887, while the school was established some time before, in 1833. If you take a guided tour of ...
Kragujevac’s first cathedral was built between 1818 and 1829 on the orders of Prince Miloš Obrenović. No expense was spared in its construction, and when it was finished it became liberated Serbia’s first cathedral and royal church. The site is also prized for the assembly building in the churchyard: Up to 1859 all Serbian parliamentary sessions we...
The last remaining building in Prince Miloš Obrenović’s residential enclave is this small palace dating to 1818. It was intended for Sima Milosavljević-Paštrmac, the head of the prince’s court. He was affectionately known by the prince as “uncle” Amidžin), and the interior is maintained by the National Museum in Kragujevac. The hall is in the Balka...
The Amidžin Palace is just one of seven branches of the National Museum in Kragujevac. The museum was founded in 1949, but its story goes back much further, to 1823 when Prince Miloš Obrenović started collecting paintings. With donations and acquisitions, that collection has swelled to more than 1,000 pieces. And art is just a small fraction of the...
Where many of Kragujevac’s mid-19th century secular buildings borrowed from Central European architecture, the cathedral church sets its gaze on the east. The locally-born architect Anreja Andrejević was trained in Moscow and designed this church in the Byzantine style with five domes. The biggest and most dramatic of these is above the transept an...
It is the fourth largest city in Serbia, main city of Šumadija and the administrative centre of Šumadija district. According to official results of 2011 census, the city is settled by 150,835 citizens, while area around the city is populated by 179,417 inhabitants.
Jul 10, 2023 · Kragujevac, located in central Serbia, is a city steeped in history. With its origins dating back to the 15th century, this vibrant city has witnessed the rise and fall of empires. The Capital City of Serbia. Kragujevac served as the capital city of Serbia twice.
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Apr 28, 2018 · Serbia’s fourth largest city, Kragujevac, is often overlooked in favour of the bigger and more alluring spots to the north. The country’s industrial capital has plenty to offer to any visitor however, whether with its fascinating and difficult history or its dedication to culture in difficult times.
