Palace Albania
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Palace Albania (Serbian: Палата »Албанија« / Palata »Albanija«) is a highrise building in Belgrade, Serbia.
It is located in Terazije square. It was finished in 1940. It was designed by Miladin Prljević and Đorđe Lazarević, based on the 1938 project by Branko Bon and Milan Grakalić. It was the first highrise building in Belgrade and for a long time the highest one, domineering the architecture of Belgrade of the time. The origin of its name is traced back to the period before it was built, since at the place it was build, there used to be a restaurant/bar named "Albania" (serbian: "Albanija").
On the October 20, 1944 red flag on Palace Albania declared that Belgrade was liberated by Yugoslav Partisan forces and the Red Army. To this day it is the highest reference point between Terazije and Slavija.
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