Museum of Chocolate Take just a few more steps to- wards Kalemegdan and you will be confronted by a dilemma – wheth- er to carry on in the direction of the Museum of Natural History or to head down Pjarona de Mondezira Street (formerly Tadeuska Kosciusko Street), to the Chocolate Museum at number 18. We can only assume that you’ll choose the second option, due to a desire to satisfy your sweet tooth. The first of five rooms offers a jungle environment, representing the lands where the cacao tree was discovered. The plant was “sniffed out” by the ancient Mayans and Incas, “and the bowls that they used 400 years ago are still in use today, and form part of our exhibition,” explains the mu- seum’s owner, Nenad Radulović. This museum offers a chance to sample all possible chocolate brands, while there’s also a workshop where every- one can make their own chocolate and take it home with them. Museum of Natural History While you’re still on the fringes of Kalemegdan Park, you can skip over to the Museum of Natural History. It is located at 5 Mali Kalemegdan, in the Gallery building that was con- structed in the early 19 th century, pur- portedly for the needs of the guards protecting the fortress’s main Stam- bol Gate entrance. “The largest part of the collection is located in the main building of the Museum in Vračar, at 51 Njegoševa Street, which stores 125 collections that include speci- mens of plants, animals, minerals, fossils and rocks from the territory of Serbia, the Balkans and further afield,” says Aleksandra Savić, mu- seum adviser and head of its Edu- cation and Communication Depart- ment. Famous Serbian botanist Josif Pančić also discovered the ramonda serbica, the Serbian phoenix flower, with its delicate purple flower, which also occupies an important place in the collection of this museum. Vuk & Dositej Museum By heading downhill from the city’s central hub towards its oldest neighbourhood, Dorćol, you will ar-
mogućih čokoladnih brendova, a tu je i radionica u kojoj svako pra- vi svoju čokoladu i nosi je kući. Prirodnjački muzej Dok ste još na obodu Kale- megdanskog parka, možete da skoknete do Prirodnjačkog mu- zeja. Njegova adresa je Mali Ka- lemegdan 5, zdanje Galerije po- dignuto je početkom 19. veka, a smatra se da je sazidana za po- trebe straže koja je čuvala glav- ni prilaz Stambol kapiji. – Najveći deo kolekcije sme- šten je u glavnoj zgradi Muzeja, u Njegoševoj ulici 51 na Vrača- ru, gde je pohranjeno 125 zbirki sa primercima biljaka, životinja, minerala, fosila i stena sa pod- ručja Srbije, Balkana i šire – ka- že Aleksandra Savić, muzejski sa- vetnik i šef odeljenja za edukaciju i komunikaciju. Josif Pančić, ču- veni srpski botaničar, otkrio je i srpsku ramondu, nežni ljubičasti cvet, koja takođe zauzima značaj- no mesto u zbirci Muzeja. Muzej Vuka i Dositeja Spuštanjem iz strogog centra ka najstarijem delu grada, Dorćo- lu, stiže se u Muzej Vuka i Dosi- teja, ogranak Narodnog muzeja Srbije. Zdanje u Gospodar Jevre- movoj 21 podsećanje je na sumrak otomanske vladavine u Srbiji i jedno je od najstarijih očuvanih stambenih zgrada u Beogradu. U toj kući je početkom 19. veka ra- dila Velika škola, što publici da-
je autentičan doživljaj vremena prosvetiteljstva krajem 18. i po- četkom 19. veka, kada se svojom borbom za prosvećivanje naroda istakao Dositej Obradović, koji je bio i prvi ministar prosvete Kara- đorđeve Srbije. Tek je reforma pi- sma bila prava revolucija. Naime, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić je uveo princip da svaki glas ima po je- dan znak, po čemu je srpski je- zik jedinstven. U njemu su izloženi njegovi lični predmeti, portreti i umet- nička zaostavština, prva izdanja
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