Tomb of People's Heroes, Belgrade

Tomb of the People's heroes

Tomb of National Heroes (Serbian: Гробница народних хероја, Grobnica narodnih heroja) in Belgrade is located underneath the walls of the Kalemegdan fortress. It holds the recipients of the Order of the People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

It was built in 1948. Remains of Ivo Lola Ribar (1916-1943) and Ivan Milutinović (1901-1944) were buried there on March 29, 1948. Remains of Đuro Đaković (1886-1929) were buried on the 20th anniversary of his death in April 29, 1949. Moša Pijade (1890-1957) was buried in the tomb in the March of 1957.

Stevan Bodnarov, a sculptor from Belgrade, designed the busts of Ivo Lola Ribar, Ivan Milutinović and Đuro Đaković in 1949. The bust of Moša Pijade was designed by Slavoljub Stanković in 1959.

The tomb was declared Monument of Culture by the Assembly of Belgrade in 1983.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Grobnica narodnih heroja, National Center for Digitization, Serbia

Coordinates: 44°49′19″N 20°26′56″E / 44.82194°N 20.44891°E / 44.82194; 20.44891


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