RITAM GRADA / RHYTHM OF THE CITY
KUĆA DIMITRIJA KRSMANOVIĆA Bogate, moćne i ugledne po- rodice podizale su kuće na prosto- ru Kosančićevog venca, pa je tako i uticajna porodica Krsmanović iz- gradila porodičnu kuću u neposred- noj blizini Saborne crkve i Patrijar- šije. Njen vlasnik je bio Dimitrije Krsmanović, trgovac i dobrotvor. Krsmanovići su na licitaciji 1894. godine kupili imanje na uglu Kneza Sime Markovića, tada Bogojavljen- ske, i Kosančićevog venca. Jedno od najznačajnijih ostvarenja beograd- ske stambene arhitekture 19. veka sagrađeno je na placu oštrog ugla, sa dve bočne i jednom centralnom, čeonom, uskom fasadom, sa svim elementima akademizma. Porodi- ca Dimitrija Krsmanovića se useli- la 1903, nasledio ju je njegov sin, a zatim je prodata austrijskoj amba- sadi, koja se i danas tu nalazi. SABORNA CRKVA Saborna crkva je najstariji beo- gradskihram.Onačuvaviševekovnu prošlost i pravoslavnu tradiciju gra-
da Beograda i srpskog naroda. Tu, na mestu na kojem je danas, još od 16. veka stoji crkva posvećena istom svecu – arhanđelu Mihailu. Prebro- dila je razaranja i pljačkanja stranih osvajača, 1728. godine je srušena, pa obnovljena, da bi 22. juna 1836. knez Miloš Obrenović naredio da se stara crkva sruši i da se na istom me- stru sagradi nova. Izgradnja je po- čela 28. aprila 1837. godine. Arhi- tektonski je oblikovana skladnim uklapanjem dva stila: klasicizma i baroka. Njena arhitektura značila je okretanje Beograda ka evropskim arhitektonskim i umetničkim tene- dencijama. Posebnu vrednost Sabor- ne crkve predstavlja njena riznica u kojoj se čuvaju zlatarska dela iz 18. i 19. veka, odežda, krstovi, ikone i drugi kulturno-istorijski važni pred- meti. U hramu su sahranjeni knez Miloš Obrenović, njegov sin Mihailo Obrenović i pojedini poglavari srp- ske pravoslavne crkve. Ispred ulaza u crkvu, u njenoj porti, sahranjeni su reformator srpskog jezika Vuk Karadžić i srpski književnik i pro- svetitelj Dositej Obradović.
Jedna od najpoznatijih prestoničkih kuća simbol je lepote starog Beograda i spomenik kulture One of the Serbian capital’s most famous houses, it represents a symbol of the beauty of old Belgrade and is classified as a cultural monument
the corner of Knez Sima Marković Street – then Bogojavjevska Street – and Ko- sančićev Venac at an 1894 auction. One of the most significant achievements of 19 th -century Belgrade residential archi- tecture was built on the sharply angled site, with two lateral façades and one nar- row central, frontal façade, incorporating all the elements of academicism. Dimi- trije Krsmanović’s family took up resi- dence there in 1903. The property was duly inherited by his son, only to later be sold to become the Embassy of Austria, which remains its purpose to this day. CATHEDRAL CHURCH The Cathedral Church is Belgrade’s oldest temple. It preserves multiple cen- turies of history and the Orthodox tradi- tion of the city of Belgrade and the Ser- bian people. A church dedicated to the same saint – the Archangel Michael – has stood on the site of today’s monumental church since the 16 th century. It weathered the destruction and ransacking of foreign invaders, only to be demolished in 1728 and subsequently rebuilt. It was on 22 nd June 1836 that Prince Miloš Obrenović ordered the old church be demolished to make way for a new one on the same site. Construction began on 28 th April 1837. Architecturally, it forms a harmonious combination of two styles: classicism and baroque. This architecture implied Belgrade’s shift towards the architectur- al and artistic tendencies of Europe. A spe- cial value of the Cathedral is represent- ed by its treasury, which preserves works of gold from the 18 th and 19 th centuries,
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