The Victor ("Pobednik") Monument (Belgrade)
Serbia and Montenegro /
Central Serbia /
Borca /
Belgrade
World
/ Serbia and Montenegro
/ Central Serbia
/ Borca
, 5 km from center (Борча)
World / Serbia / Grad Beograd
statue, monument
The Pobednik (Serbian Cyrillic: Победник; English: The Victor) is a monument in the Kalemegdan Fortress (in Belgrade, Serbia), erected after World War I to commemorate the first Allied victory of the war, the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire by the Kingdom of Serbia in the Battle of Cer. It is one of the most famous works of the Croatian sculptor, Ivan Meštrović.
The statue was originally supposed to be placed on the Republic Square, but ended up at Kalemegdan Fortress after people complained about its nudity.[1]
This statue, holding a dove of peace on one hand and a sword of war in the other hand, and looking forward across the confluence of the Sava and the Danube, and over the vast Pannonian plain, towards the very distant Frushka Gora mountain, is probably the most powerful, most popular visual symbol of Belgrade.
The statue was originally supposed to be placed on the Republic Square, but ended up at Kalemegdan Fortress after people complained about its nudity.[1]
This statue, holding a dove of peace on one hand and a sword of war in the other hand, and looking forward across the confluence of the Sava and the Danube, and over the vast Pannonian plain, towards the very distant Frushka Gora mountain, is probably the most powerful, most popular visual symbol of Belgrade.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pobednik
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°49'22"N 20°26'51"E
- MZ "Vukov Spomenik" 2.9 km
- Liberators of Belgrade Memorial 3.1 km
- Monument to the Unknown Hero 16 km
- Ravna Gora 82 km
- Spomenik na Kadinjači 116 km
- Maće (Brezova) 142 km
- Zona Istorică 156 km
- Niš Fortress 202 km
- Bubanj 203 km
- Old cemetery 204 km
- Kalemegdan 0.2 km
- Sava estuary 0.4 km
- Kalemegdan DIstrict 0.4 km
- Block 15 0.7 km
- Popovic District 0.9 km
- MZ "Trg Republike" 1.1 km
- Stari Grad 1.2 km
- Park Ušće 1.2 km
- Great War Island 1.4 km
- New Belgrade 5.3 km