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Savamala is the oldest part of Belgrade which
changed in the course of its 150 years history, from a lively and scenic
riverfront to a neglected area, characterized by heavy traffic and
disconnected from both the city center and the river.
Savamala is located to the south of the Kalemegdan fortress and the neighborhood of Kosancicev Venac, and it stretches along the right bank of the Sava river. The area was the first new settlement constructed outside the fortress walls of Kelmegdan. Construction began in the 1830s as ordered by the prince of Serbia, Milos Obrenovic, after a popular pressure to build a Serbian settlement outside the fortress and the Turkish settlement. The area was originally a bog called Ciganskabara (Gipsy pool), but the name was later changed to Bara Venecija (Venice pool). The pool was drained, becoming a neighborhood of its own and Savamala grew around it.
Its current marginalization and dilapidation is in strong contrast with its location and potential. Savamala has a history, but it lacks a vision for its future.
Savamala is located to the south of the Kalemegdan fortress and the neighborhood of Kosancicev Venac, and it stretches along the right bank of the Sava river. The area was the first new settlement constructed outside the fortress walls of Kelmegdan. Construction began in the 1830s as ordered by the prince of Serbia, Milos Obrenovic, after a popular pressure to build a Serbian settlement outside the fortress and the Turkish settlement. The area was originally a bog called Ciganskabara (Gipsy pool), but the name was later changed to Bara Venecija (Venice pool). The pool was drained, becoming a neighborhood of its own and Savamala grew around it.
Its current marginalization and dilapidation is in strong contrast with its location and potential. Savamala has a history, but it lacks a vision for its future.
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