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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 .
Belgrade Waterfront (Serbian: Београд на води / Beograd na vodi, lit. ' Belgrade on the Water '), is an urban renewal development project headed by the Government of Serbia aimed at changing Belgrade's cityscape and economy by gentrifying the Sava amphitheater, between the Belgrade Fair and Branko's bridge, including the Savamala neihgbourhood.
First public announcement of the construction was published on 7 January 1947, and the building started on 5 April 1949. It was projected originally for 4,500 beds. Only a year later, students already settled the Block III. Block II followed in 1952, and in 1955 Blocks I and IV were finished, completing the original project. [3] [4]
The neighborhood is known for its two rows of over one hundred residential buildings, especially blocks 45 and 70 with original setup of two sets of 21 (totalling 42) identical four and two-story buildings close to the river, with large playgrounds in between, and two sets of over 40 (totalling 80) similar red brick skyscrapers close to the Jurija Gagarina street.
Vehicle registration plates of Serbia display black alphanumeric characters on a white background with blue field placed along the left side edge.. Issuance of current registration plates started on 1 January 2011 and they were used alongside the old ones during the transitional period until the end of 2011.
At the end of 1932, Belgrade had 65.5 km (40.7 mi) of tracks, of which 2/3 were double-track and 1/3 single-track ones. During 1931 and 1932 the following new lines were opened: Knežev spomenik – Dedinje , Slavija – Dušanovac , Terazije – Pašino Brdo and Smederevski drum – Cvetkova mehana – Prištinska Street (today Cara Nikolaja ...
The Kragujevac massacre was the mass murder of between 2,778 and 2,796 mostly Serb men and boys in Kragujevac [a] by German soldiers on 21 October 1941. It occurred in the German-occupied territory of Serbia during World War II, and came as a reprisal for insurgent attacks in the Gornji Milanovac district that resulted in the deaths of ten German soldiers and the wounding of 26 others.
The University of Kragujevac (Serbian: Универзитет у Крагујевцу, romanized: Univerzitet u Kragujevcu) is a public university in Kragujevac, Serbia. It is the oldest and the largest higher education institution in Šumadija and Western Serbia .