The National Library building SIBA – A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s Milanka Matić editor Nataša Mišković editor Middle Eastern Studies, University of Basel Centre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Graz o:siba.4004 Borba fotodokumentacija, Belgrade Vreme Borba.biblioteka Photoarchive Borba Cultural Participation Total Culture Architecture Structures Recreational Facilities Recreation Public Education Government Activities Dwellings Structures Cultural Identity and Pride Total Culture Photographic plate 1920-1941 Svetozar Grdijan Grdijan, Svetozar View of the front of an imposing, large building with flags above the door. It has two floors and a roof storey. The entrance is hidden behind a massive loggia with four double coloums. The balcony above features four allegoric statues. The windows and the corners of the building are richly decorated with identical stucco female faces and Corinthian capitals. The National Library (Narodna biblioteka), founded in 1832, is Serbia’s oldest cultural institution. In 1920, after several relocations, it moved into a former cardboard factory owned by industrialist Milan Vapa in Kosančićev Venac street and served as the central state library of Yugoslavia despite the fact that the building was not adapted for this purpose. During the bombing on 6 April 1941, the Library was burnt to the ground and a large part of its collection was completely destroyed. Exactly thirty years later, on 6 April 1973, the new National Library building opened its doors on Vračar Hill, where it is still situated today. Not specified Not specified 90 130 Serbia Yugoslavia Belgrade Stari Grad Vujović, Branko (1994): Beograd u prošlosti i sadašnjosti. Beograd: Draganić, 189-190. Background of the National Library of Serbia Building. Source: https://www.nb.rs/pages/article.php?id=32 (accessed 23.04.2016).
Cultural Participation Total Culture Architecture Structures Recreational Facilities Recreation Public Education Government Activities Dwellings Structures Cultural Identity and Pride Total Culture