Church of Saint Sava
Храм Светог Саве
The Church of Saint Sava stands where an Ottoman general burned a saint's bones, and it took eighty-five years to build.
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Serbia is landlocked, 88,499 square kilometres, about 6.5 million people, and its rivers explain it better than its borders do. Belgrade stands where the Sava meets the Danube, and the fortress, the old town and the river traffic all gather at that junction. North of the capital, Vojvodina is flat farmland with Novi Sad and its own fortress on the Danube; south of it the land climbs into hills, monasteries and spa towns that see far fewer foreign visitors. The country is crossed in a few hours, so Serbia is usually visited as Belgrade plus one more thing.
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Црква Криста Краља
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Споменик захвалности Француској
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Јеврејски историјски музеј
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Чесма Мехмед-паше Соколовића
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Чукур чесма
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Пионирски парк
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Врачарски плато
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Лидо
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Парк пријатељства
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Стражевица
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Место предаје кључева Београда 1867.
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Црвени крст
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Позориште на Теразијама
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Мадленијанум
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Парк Републике Српске
Вечна ватра
Црква Светог Василија Острошког
Патријаршија Српске православне цркве
Биста Радоја Домановића
Споменик народном хероју мајору Милану Тепићу
Споменик Васи Чарапићу
Обелиск подигнут у спомен прве конференције Покрета несврстаних земаља 1961. у Београду
Парк Луке Ћеловића
Манастир Ваведења пресвете Богородице
Споменик старој железничкој станици Земун
Споменик Ћирилу и Методију
Споменик херојима са Кошара
Црква светих арханђела Михаила и Гаврила
Галерија Петра Добровића
Савски кеј
Спољна Сава капија
Галерија науке и технике САНУ
Црква Свете Тројице
Црква Светог Преображења Господњег
Црква Светог Георгија
Нудистичка плажа Ада Циганлија
Панчићев парк
Парк Баново брдо
Савски парк
Славујев поток
Медоносни врт
Црква Светог апостола Луке
Црква Светих апостола Вартоломеја и Варнаве
Храм Светог великомученика кнеза Лазара
Централно гробље
Петлово брдо
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