Studentski Grad (Belgrade)
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Studentski Grad or colloquially Studenjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Студентски Град or Студењак) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade
, the capital of Serbia
. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd
. It is the largest dormitory in Belgrade, originally constructed to accommodate nearly 5,000 students.
Studentski Grad is located in Novi Beograd's Block 34 (and some smaller parts of Block 4), bounded by the neighborhoods of Bežanijska Kosa on the west and Fontana
on the east. The area is encircled by the streets of Tošin bunar and Narodnih heroja, Zoran Djindjić Boulevard and the Belgrade-Zagreb
highway (or the Boulevard of Arsenije Čarnojević).
Studentski Grad, as its name points out (Serbian for student city) is actually the University of Belgrade
's student residence. It was constructed in period 1949-1955 and a massive and long reconstruction was conducted 1985-1997 after which Studentski Grad gained its present appearance.
Studentski grad includes not only students rooms and restaurant
, but also two libraries, gallery space, cinema
and theater building, spaces for conferences and podium discussions, an open stage for summer concerts and happenings and one orthodox
chapel.
Studentski Grad is divided in four blocks (I, II, III and IV) and each block is further divided in two sub-blocks or wings, F and G. F wings have buildings seven storeys high, while G wings comprise buildings with six storeys. Altogether, Studentski Grad accommodates 4,406 students and the surrounding local community had the population of 8,491 in 2002.
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, the capital of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd
Novi Beograd
Novi Beograd or New Belgrade is the most populous municipality that constitutes the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is a planned city, built in 1947 on the left bank of the Sava river which was previously an uninhabited area, opposite of the old Belgrade...
. It is the largest dormitory in Belgrade, originally constructed to accommodate nearly 5,000 students.
Studentski Grad is located in Novi Beograd's Block 34 (and some smaller parts of Block 4), bounded by the neighborhoods of Bežanijska Kosa on the west and Fontana
Fontana (Belgrade)
Fontana is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd....
on the east. The area is encircled by the streets of Tošin bunar and Narodnih heroja, Zoran Djindjić Boulevard and the Belgrade-Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
highway (or the Boulevard of Arsenije Čarnojević).
Studentski Grad, as its name points out (Serbian for student city) is actually the University of Belgrade
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...
's student residence. It was constructed in period 1949-1955 and a massive and long reconstruction was conducted 1985-1997 after which Studentski Grad gained its present appearance.
Studentski grad includes not only students rooms and restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
, but also two libraries, gallery space, cinema
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
and theater building, spaces for conferences and podium discussions, an open stage for summer concerts and happenings and one orthodox
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
chapel.
Studentski Grad is divided in four blocks (I, II, III and IV) and each block is further divided in two sub-blocks or wings, F and G. F wings have buildings seven storeys high, while G wings comprise buildings with six storeys. Altogether, Studentski Grad accommodates 4,406 students and the surrounding local community had the population of 8,491 in 2002.