Where is Staro Sajmiste in Novi Beograd, Serbia?

Where is Staro Sajmiste in Novi Beograd, Serbia?

Staro Sajmište is located in the Novi Beograd’s Block 17, between the street of Zemunski put (extension of the Old Sava Bridge ), the Mihajlo Pupin boulevard (extension of the Branko’s bridge) and the Sava river. It extends into the non-residential neighborhood of Ušće on the north and into the newly developed Savograd on the west.

When did Staro Sajmiste become a cultural site?

Finally on 9 July 1987, Belgrade City Assembly decided to make Staro Sajmište a cultural site, thereby protecting it from real-estate expansion development. In 1992 city administration adopted a plan for the area covering 20.5 hectares of land and 1.4 hectares of the Sava river’s aquatoria.

When was the Staro Sajmiste monument in Sava built?

On 21 April 1995, a monument in remembrance of Sajmište victims was unveiled along Sava, one day ahead of the 50-year anniversary of Hitler admitting defeat on 22 April 1945. However, almost nothing was done to conserve the area and today Staro Sajmište is in a very bad shape.

What was the centerpiece of the Sajmiste camp?

The centre’s modernist pavilions featured elaborate displays of industrial progress and design from European countries, including Germany. Its architectural centerpiece was a large tower which was used by Philips to transmit the earliest television broadcasts in Europe.