Another trademark of Belgrade with MX5 Edited by Akvarista at 2016-12-08 08:33
In 1895, three hundred years after the burning of Saint Sava's remains, the Society for the Construction of the Church of Saint Sava on Vračar was founded in Belgrade. Its goal was to build a temple on the place of the burning. A small church was built at the future place of the temple, and it was later moved so the construction of the temple could begin. In 1905, a public contest was launched to design the church; all five applications received were rejected as not being good enough. Soon, the breakout of the First Balkan War in 1912, and subsequent Second Balkan War and First World War stopped all activities on the construction of the church. After the war, in 1919, the Society was re-established. New appeals for designs were made in 1926; this time, it received 22 submissions. Though the first and third prize were not awarded, the second-place submission by architect Aleksandar Derokowas selected. Forty years after the initial idea, construction of the church began on 10 May 1935, 340 years after the burning of Saint Sava's remains. The cornerstone was laid by Metropolitan Gavrilo of Montenegro, (the future Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo V). The project was designed by Aleksandar Deroko and Bogdan Nestorović, aided by civil engineer Vojislav Zađina. The work lasted until Second World War Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. The church's foundation had been completed, and the walls erected to the height of 7 and 11 meters. After the 1941 bombing of Belgrade, work ceased altogether. The occupying German army used the unfinished church as a parking lot, while in 1944 thepartisans and the Red Army used it with the same purpose. Later, it was used for storageby various companies. The Society for Building of the Cathedral ceased to exist and has not been revived. In 1958, Serbian Patriarch German II renewed the idea of building the church. After 88 requests for continuation of the building—and as many refusals, permission for finishing the building was granted in 1984, and architect Branko Pešić was selected as new architect of the church. He remade the original projects to make better use of new materials and building techniques. Construction of the building began again on 12 August 1985. The walls were erected to full height of 40 meters. The greatest achievement of the construction process was lifting of the 4,000 ton centraldome, which was built on the ground, together with the copper plate and the cross, and later lifted onto the walls. The lifting, which took forty days, was finished on 26 June 1989. As of 2009, the church is mostly complete. The bells and windows had been installed, and the facade completed. However, work on the internal decoration of the building is still in progress.
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Amazing! It's very similar with a temple in Moscow which i have been there before
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Tifafa replied at 2016-12-01 12:49 All ortodox temples are similar. Russia is Ortodox like Serbia | |
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Thanks for sharing the brief history and clicks of the famous landmark of your city... Good shots...
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Nice....
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brian_rodrigues replied at 2016-12-03 06:23 Thnx Brian. I hope im not boring with my pics. :-))) | |
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Akvarista replied at 2016-12-03 13:07 Not at all buddy... Its interesting as we get to see places that we might never be able to visit through your clicks and also get to know more about your wonderful city... Hope more of our forum members can share such clicks with us too...  | |
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Really good shots. Loved them
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Rudraksh replied at 2016-12-04 06:38 Thnx man,and your images are awesome | |
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Akvarista create on 2016-12-08 13:57 Thanks I'm glad you liked them | |
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