ić, the city's first urban planner, pro- posed in 1887 that part of it be con- verted into a park, and goods were still traded on the Great Market un- til 1926, when the entire area became a park. Tsara Dušana #10 At number 10 Tsara Dušana Street stands the oldest preserved house in Belgrade. It was built in 1727, which marked the start of Austrian rule over Belgrade, but also the time when the architectural Europeanisation of Bel- grade began. The house was construct- ed by Swiss native Nikola Doksat de Morez, who was also tasked with rein- forcing Kalamegdan Fortress. Howev- er, what makes this house even more intriguing than its age are the alleged caves and cellars through which it is possible to access Kalemegdan For- tress. We can but guess what it would be like to walk through subterranean Belgrade to enter this house and reach Kalemegdan. Sweet corner Every city also has its own sweet his- tory, and Belgrade's chocolate histo- ry begins at 42 Tsara Uroša Street. It was there that Kosta Šonda built the first Serbian and Belgrade choc- olate factory, which was called the “Factory of cocoa, chocolate, biscuits and artificial ice – Šonda”, and which launched production in 1902. It was even earlier that this entrepreneuri- al merchant sold chocolate from his shop in Dubrovačka Street, then he later opened the factory. We can on- ly assume the aromas of Dorćol when the production line launched the first milk chocolate. The man who had brought so many sweet moments to Belgrade died in his house during the allied bombing of 1944. The mem- bers of this 'Tsintser' family contin- ued the chocolate business, but they didn't leave successors. In the fol- lowing period, this junction that had been dubbed the “sweet corner”, at the intersection of Solunska [Thessa- loniki's] and Despota Đurđa streets, would gain a children's chocolate park, in order for new and young Bel- graders to remember the man who brought chocolate to their city.
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