Andrićev Venac

Coordinates: 44°48′35″N 20°27′50″E / 44.80972°N 20.46389°E / 44.80972; 20.46389
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Andrićev Venac
Андрићев венац
UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+381(0)11
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Andrićev Venac (

urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad. As the official seat of the President of Serbia
is located in it, it became synonymous for the politics of the president.

Location

Andrićev Venac in winter at night

Andrićev Venac is encompassing a corner of the Kralja Milana and

Square of Nikola Pašić in the north.[1][2]

Characteristics

Promenade

The central area is a

bequest, the Ivo Andrić Foundation, is not located here but in Dorćol
. The entire area has been given an artistic character as several galleries ("Galerija Ozone") and bookstores are located along the eastern side of the promenade.

Ivo Andrić Memorial Museum

The museum is located across the Pioneers Park. It is actually an adapted flat in which Ivo Andrić and his wife

author's rights. It includes original pens and biros used by the author, medals, accolades and numerous paintings including Andrić's portraits done by his friends. There are also fragments of author's four manuscripts, as the bulk of his handwritten works is in the archive of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[3]

The other exhibit includes the chair, writing desk and a television set. The apartment kept the authentic look it had while Andrić lived in it. There is also a library which holds an old Spanish issue of Don Quixote. There are 4,502 books in the library, of which some 500 are presentation copies, signed by the authors who personally gifted the copies to Andrić, who himself was a bibliophile. Being a diplomat, he formed his library collecting books from Madrid, Paris, Marseilles, Berlin, Geneva, etc.[3]

Central section of the exhibit is a diplomatic suitcase used by Andrić, and his blue ceremonial uniform which he used for special occasions since 1938 when he was a Yugoslav ambassador in Berlin. Coincidentally, the uniform was designed by Babić-Jovanović, a costume designer in the National Theatre in Belgrade, which will marry Andrić 20 years later, in 1958. Writer's Nobel prize is on a special display.[3]

Novi Dvor

The entire western side of the promenade is occupied by the building of the Presidency of Serbia, also known as

Beli Dvor (White Palace) in Dedinje. From 1974 Novi Dvor had been used as an office for the Presidency of Serbia, a collective governing body, and since 1991 it has been the official seat of the President of Serbia
.

References

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  3. ^ a b c Olivera Popović (29 July 2018). "Андрићеве књиге и дипломатски ковчег" [Andrić's books and diplomatic suitcase]. Politika-Magazin, No. 1087 (in Serbian). p. 22.

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