The National Library buildingSIBA – A Visual Approach to Explore Everyday Life in Turkish and Yugoslav Cities, 1920s and 1930s Milanka MatićeditorNataša MiškovićeditorMiddle Eastern Studies, University of BaselCentre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Grazo:siba.4004Borba fotodokumentacija, BelgradeVremeBorba.bibliotekaPhotoarchive BorbaCultural ParticipationTotal CultureArchitectureStructuresRecreational FacilitiesRecreationPublic EducationGovernment ActivitiesDwellingsStructuresCultural Identity and PrideTotal CulturePhotographic plate1920-1941Svetozar GrdijanGrdijan, 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 specifiedNot specified90130SerbiaYugoslaviaBelgradeStari GradVujović, 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 ParticipationTotal CultureArchitectureStructuresRecreational FacilitiesRecreationPublic EducationGovernment ActivitiesDwellingsStructuresCultural Identity and PrideTotal Culture